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Guidry lifts Crown Royal aboard Duveen
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Duveen has found his true home on the turf
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Andrew Farm's DUVEEN (Horse Chestnut [SAf]) parlayed a pace-prompting trip
into victory in Friday's $188,700
Crown
Royal American Turf S. (G3) at Churchill Downs. Expertly ridden by Mark
Guidry, who had celebrated his 5,000th career win earlier on the card, the dark
bay sophomore shadowed Jazz Quest (Jambalaya Jazz) through fractions of :24 3/5,
:50 and 1:14 4/5. Duveen overtook the longtime leader in the stretch and had
enough left to hold off the rallying Whatsthescript (Ire) (Royal Applause [GB])
by a half-length. The Dale Romans pupil completed 1 1/16 miles on yielding turf
in 1:44 to extend his winning streak to three."I told everybody a month ago that he would win this race," Guidry said. "He
was fresh today and he was really pumped up in the post parade. I tried to keep
him as relaxed as possible and when we turned for home, he really exploded for
me. I think he has a great future."
Whatsthescript was caught behind horses at the top of the lane, and once he
extricated himself, found another gear, but his thrust fell short. Jazz Quest
held on dourly for third, another half-length behind the runner-up. Marcavelly
(Johannesburg), the nearly 3-1 favorite, wound up a one-paced fourth.
"The big crowd may have had something to do with it because he was very rank
and wouldn't settle for Edgar (Prado)," Marcavelly's trainer Bill Mott noted.
"(The soft turf) could have been a factor, but the big thing was how anxious and
rank he was."
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Distorted Reality (Distorted Humor), Top Cross (Gone West), Birdbirdistheword
(Pure Prize), Royal War Academy (Royal Academy), Delightful Kiss (Kissin Kris)
and Cobrador (El Prado [Ire]) rounded out the order under the wire. Imawildandcrazyguy (Wild Event) was scratched in
favor of running in Saturday's Kentucky Derby (G1).
Dispatched as the 9-2 third choice in the 10-horse field, Duveen returned
$11.20, $6.20 and $5.20 while keying exotics worth $50.60 (exacta), $622.40 (trifecta)
and $2,176.80 (4-2-3-5 supefecta). Whatsthescript gave back $5.40 and $4.20 at
7-2, and the 17-1 Jazz Quest paid $7.40 to show.
Duveen improved his record to 7-3-1-0 while boosting his bankroll to
$203,640. After finishing off the board in his first three starts on the main
track, he just missed by a neck in his turf debut and hasn't tasted defeat in
three subsequent outings on the grass. He broke his maiden by 4 1/4 lengths and
then took the Palm Beach S. (G3) by a nose.
Bred in Kentucky by Richard Brodie, Robert Scanlon and James Buckley, Duveen
RNA'd for $140,000 as a two-year-old in training at Keeneland last April. He is
out of Grade 3-placed Casanova Storm (Storm Cat), who has also produced the
stakes-winning Cherry Hill Lady (Grand Slam) and a yearling colt by Chapel
Royal.
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