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Datrick scores in Kentucky Breeders' Cup
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Datrick won Thursday's Kentucky Breeders' Cup S.
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Heiligbrodt Racing Stable's homebred DATRICK (Favorite Trick) pressed the pacesetting Sentry (Silver Deputy) during the early running of
Thursday's $184,250
Kentucky
Breeders' Cup S. (G3) before moving up in the stretch under a hard ride from
jockey Shaun Bridgmohan to take the five-furlong test by 1 1/4 lengths. Trained
by Steve Asmussen, the dark bay colt stopped the clock in :58 1/5 on the fast
Churchill Downs track as the 5-2 second choice and paid $7.40, $4.40 and $3.60.Pro Pink (Touch Gold) managed to get up for second by 1 3/4 lengths,
returning $15 and $7.40 at 23-1 while ending the $156 exacta. Sentry set the
splits of :22 1/5 and :45 3/5 after 2-1 favorite Sequoia King (Forestry) tried
to wheel coming out of the gate and was relegated to last in the early going. Show gave back
$4.60 at 7-1. The trifecta was worth $1,004 and the 4-6-3-11 superfecta yielded
$14,480.60.
Nereus (Sea of Secrets) followed the top three under the line and next came
Beautiful Venue (Came Home), Sequoia King, Erin's Kristina (Precise End),
Fortunate Envoy (French Envoy), Hot Flame (Flame Thrower), Teuflesberg
(Johannesburg), Ringside Partner (Pure Prize) and Mistycal Light (Festival of
Light).
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Datrick broke his maiden in his debut prior to this one, taking the 4
1/2-furlong Keeneland test by 7 1/2 lengths, and has now earned $136,202. Bred
in Texas, the juvenile colt is out of Daum (French Deputy), who also has an
unnamed 2006 colt by Abajo.
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