Epicenter, perhaps his best chance to win his first Kentucky Derby, led from gate to wire in a dominant, 2 3/4-length triumph in the Grade 2, $400,000Risen Star Stakes. [13] "He took a little dirt today and he didn't mind it," said Rosario. Along with handicapping and betting, Chris has worked as a teller at his local track and participated in ownership partnerships. University of Louisville Equine Industry Program - Get a Career in Horse Racing! "He galloped a mile and a quarter. This one has lost 2 straight to Tiz the Bomb who will be a career turfer. "I also thought he took the Louisiana Derby extremely easilyin terms of how he came back from the test barn and went into the barn. I thought the trip might have settled him down a little bit," he added. The Winchell family has been pursuing a Derby win for two generations. "[14], Epicenter went off as the 4-1 favorite in a very deep field for the 2022 Kentucky Derby. ** Get a $150 deposit match from AmWager + Daily Rewards**, Epicenter, recovering from surgeries, arrives at Ashford Stud, Flightline and friends: See the 2022 Eclipse Award finalists, Flatter: At last, Eclipse Awards decisions have been made, Division Rankings: This Eclipse voter has made up his mind, Eclipse opinion: Epicenter has led Taiba every step of the way, Kentucky Derby prep: Gotham Stakes 2023 odds and analysis, Work tab: Cody's Wish drills for 1st time since Breeders' Cup win, Head to Head: Handicapping Fountain of Youth 2023, Romans wins weight battle, now looks to Fountain of Youth, Ky. Derby prep: 1 horse can beat Yakteen 5 in San Felipe, HRN Speed figures powered by Colts Neck data. Which horses should you bet on at TVG? Epicenter (164) Epicenter rolls to victory. "He's in good shape.". "He is tired right now," Rivera said. Thoroughbred pedigree for Epicenter, progeny, and female family reports from the Thoroughbred Horse Pedigree Query. ', "It's typical of him. Equibase Analysis: Epicenter The One To Beat In Lecomte. "It's a big hole; he wants to fill it," Winchell said. All rights reserved. However, this runner romped over Doppelganger at Santa Anita. The odds may reflect a season debut in which Echo Zulu experienced the first close race of her career, holding off Kentucky Oaks rival Hidden Connection by a nose in the Twinspires.com Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) March 26. The trouble is that this one is pointed to the Bay Shore instead of the Wood which implies this one wont be pointed toward the Derby anyway. These runners are often way over bet. Fern Circle Stables, Back Racing, and Magdalena Racing's allowance optional claiming winner Creative Minister was feeling good Wednesday in his first visit to the track. Epicenter did all the dirty work that day, carving out fast early fractions of :23 2/5 and :47, setting the table for Call Me Midnight's late run. The following horses have earned Kentucky Derby points. This runner won the Sunland Derby and did beat Messier last year, but I just dont trust this one. He will enter the Kentucky Derby with four wins from six starts and boasts purse earnings of $1,010,639. Blasi said Epicenter will school in the starting gate during training Thursday and will school in the paddock during the races. It seems like his energy level is good," said Scott Blasi, assistant to trainer Steve Asmussen, who left the track early to watch horses work at The Midlantic Sale, Fasig-Tipton's 2-year-olds in training sale at Timonium. That's why his training and his works since have been faster and stronger.". This could be the Derby Asmussen garners a more-lasting winning feeling as he sends out Winchell Thoroughbreds' Epicenteroff of dominating victories at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in the Risen Star Stakes Presented by Lamarque Ford (G2) and the Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby (G2). He's not going to beat us.' Ron's Winchell's father, Verne, who passed away in 2002, predicted his son would reach Churchill's most hallowed ground. Trafalgar finished second in his debut last summer at the same seven furlong distance that Epicenter finished sixth in his debut. 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Saturday, January 22, 2022 Post Time 7:20 PM E.T. Smile Happy will look to run in the Blue Grass ahead of the Derby. "[9], Epicenter began his three-year-old campaign on January 22, 2022, in the Lecomte Stakes at the Fair Grounds. Image courtesy of Blood Horse. The Risen Star was the most legitimate field he faced and he was a far cry from winning that race finishing 6th. He was trained by Steven Asmussen and retired -> race for Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC, and was bred in Kentucky, United States by Westwind Farms. Gulfstream Park Some of them weren't fast enough and I've had others where it wasn't meant to be. If this runner was a legitimate contender, the Arkansas Derby would have been his for the taking. Before he gets to Saturday, Asmussen will have a chance at his third Oaks win with undefeated champion juvenile filly Echo Zulu, a daughter of Gun Runner campaigned by L and N Racing and Winchell Thoroughbreds. The son of Not This Time seemed home free in the Derby in deep stretch, only to have the late-running Rich Strike shoot past him on the rail to win by three-quarters of a length at odds of 80-1. Epicenter held off Pappacap but was caught at the wire by Call Me Midnight, losing by a head. Smile Happy, the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) winner who was the individual favorite in last weekends pari-mutuel Kentucky Derby Future Wager, spent most of the race four or five lengths off the lead. Proprietary to and 2023 Equibase Company LLC. He went to the early lead, setting fast opening fractions of 22.37 seconds for the first quarter-mile and 45.72 for the half. The Grade 2, $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes , t Hallandale Beach, Fla. Trainers always are searchi Before handicapping the Grade 2, $400,000 San Feli History (1875-2022 Derby Results & Videos), Breeders' Cup Super Screener - Expert Picks. Long shot Pioneer of Medina (33-1) finished a head behind in the show photo and settled for fourth. Also getting a feel for the Maryland track for the first time Wednesday were Early Voting, Armagnac, and Creative Minister. With Curlin, I just never dreamed he could get beat. This one is a hard pass. An (*) asterisk after the odds means Epicenter was the post-time favorite. Even if she had won the race there was a strong possibility she was going to the Oaks instead. If there was any question about Epicenter, it was whether he would go too fast. Trafalgar took two months off and ran in an allowance race at Fair Grounds on Dec. 2, instead of a stakes race as Epicenter did. "He traveled well. Moving forward this is what we wanted to see. Meanwhile, Early Voting tracked the early pace set by Armagnac and moved to the lead entering the stretch, pulling well clear with an eighth of a mile remaining. This one just barely cracked the top 3 of the Louisiana Derby. And bam. La Crte is comfortable and weight bearing, a Tweet from owner Stonestreet Stables said Saturday night. That's not to say Asmussen hasn't enjoyed plenty of spring success. Stop stealing our stuff and ripping off our features, please. And he did", said Asmussen. "I've had the disappointment and survived it. "He was jumping around," Ramsey said. [21], It was the first Travers Stakes win for Asmussen and Rosario. No thank you. This list does not include Messier who currently has a 107 Equibase Speed Figure to his name. Asmussen most assuredly puts the work in as he searches for Derby gloryin April he drove all night from Oaklawn to Churchill to witness an Epicenterbreezebut he's also been around the race enough to nod to the 'Derby gods.' Curlin was attempting to be "Justify" more than a decade before the lightly raced 2018 Triple Crown winner's amazing spring. "He was off the pace today and inside of horses. "Our opportunity this year with Epicenter? [19], The Travers Stakes on August 27 attracted a very strong field, including the top three finishers in the Kentucky Derby (Rich Strike, Epicenter and Zandon), Preakness winner Early Voting and Cyberknife, who had won the Haskell in his last start. [18], Epicenter was given a layoff, then returned to racing on July 30 in the Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga. Epicenter improved markedly last November in his second career start when stretching out to a mile (around one turn) for the first time and controlling the tempo from start to finish to beat nine. *All statistics on this page include results from all countries. Epicenter has raced at Churchill Downs, Fair Grounds, Keeneland, Pimlico Race Course, Saratoga with wins at Churchill Downs, Fair Grounds, Saratoga. If you guys want to go, we can go.' He now enjoys sharing his passion with his wife and two young daughters who love going out to the track each and every summer. He finished second by three-quarters of a length to one of the biggest upset winners in the history of the Derby. New York Thoroughbred Breeding & Development Fund. He also finished second as the favorite in both the 2022 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. After a mediocre fourth place finish in the Del Mar Futurity last summer, trainer Mark Casse did not give up on Pappacap and entered him in a two-turn race for the first time in the American Pharoah Stakes. "[22], Epicenter made his final start in the 2022 Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland on November 5. Despite sitting wide, the colt who I had shown some support for, did little to make me think this one can even hit the board in the Derby. Pappacap is notable not because of his two runner-up efforts last fall but because those efforts came against unbeaten and untested Corniche in the G1 American Pharoah Stakes and in the G1 Breeders Cup Juvenile. "He has taken a lot of training extremely easily," Asmussen said. It was one of those evenings that even the most successful trainers must endure from time to time. The three horses were transferred to the former assistant to Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert while that conditioner serves a regulatory suspension for the post-race betamethasone positive of Medina Spirit in the 2021 Kentucky Derby. Pappacap, Lecomte Stakes I think this one is going to be the buzz horse into the Derby. He broke away with a clean break and got into a nice little rhythm.". You want these horses to progress, and he definitely took a step in the right direction.. We're lucky to have him. Early Voting (102) Epicenter (100) Creative Minister (98) Epicenter (100) Creative Minister (98) 1:54.54: 5/7/22: 4th (98) CD 1 1/4M: Dirt-Fast: 2022 Kentucky . Win contenders, in preference/probability order: There are 10 stakes races Saturday at Pimlico including the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes in Race 13. [6] He returned on November 13 in another maiden special weight at Churchill Downs, this time at a distance of one mile. Jockey: Carlos Eduardo Lopez He set fairly quick times as the pace setter in the UAE Derby and just didnt have the sustaining power to get the job done late. If this one gained some professionalism from the start, he may be the likeliest Derby winner we saw all weekend. He is trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen. Epicenter does meet some key trends and respected metrics in horse racing when determining a contender or winner of the Kentucky Derby. The decision to ship to Baltimore came after the allowance score. Given the poor performance of Simplification in Arkansas this weekend, this one is probably a fade. If she were to get in here though she would be a great bet against because she would take a ton of narrative money. The Oaks field is so deep that 2021 NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner Echo Zulu enters with five wins in as many startsby more than 22 combined lengthsand yet she is the third-choice on the morning line at 4-1 behind Central Bank Ashland Stakes (G1) winner Nest (5-2) and undefeated Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) winner Kathleen O. Considering the win was at Fair Grounds and at the distance of the Lecomte and Epicenter is making only his fourth career start and second around two-turns, this colt is the one to beat in the Lecomte. Curlin would continue to reach racing's heights. They all look good out there. Equibase Company is the Official Supplier of Racing Information and Statistics to America's Best Racing, Breeders' Cup, Daily Racing Form, NTRA, The Jockey Club, TRA, TVG and XpressBet. Epicenter Off to a Good Start as a Stallion at Ashford Nearly four months after suffering a career-ending injury in the 2022 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), champion 3-year-old male Epicenter is. All Rights Reserved. Here is stable of my top 5 Derby contenders heading into the last month of prep races. Simplification horse rating and status. Given that these horses are currently outside the top 2o they are unlikely to make the gate unless they score more points. Breeder: Winchell Farms Trainer: Steve Asmussen Owner: Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC Record: 6-4-1-0 "He bounced out of the Derby with relative ease and made the ship fine. Unified Report is unbeaten in three races but gets a test on two levels here as his wins in the Louisiana Legacy Stakes and Louisiana Juvenile Stakes were against Louisiana-breds and were sprint races; he will be tackling two-turns for the first time in the Lecomte. Even with Corniche rolling all alone on the front end, Pappacap stayed as close as he could and held second at 13 to 1 odds. Like Justify, Curlin didn't race at 2 and entered the Derby undefeated with just three starts under his belt, including wins in the Rebel Stakes (G3) and Arkansas Derby (G2) at Oaklawn Park. Epicenter. As has been the Midnight Lute colt's custom in recent starts, he lagged behind early Saturdayracing eighth of as Gun Runner Stakes winner Epicenter shot to the lead in the 1 1/16-mile race with. Through it all the connections have been talking about shipping this one to Europe to run on turf. He's the leading two-year-old stallion in the world. Print; Tweet Email. Also, horses that exited the Kentucky Derby that finished in the top half of the field own a sizable. Cox is the reigning Eclipse Award winning trainer and this one is the kind of horse that is progressing at the right time. But when you start running a 108, you can compete with anybody. The problem I have is that the Kentucky Derby has been a front runners game largely since the introduction of the points system. He took two starts to break his maiden. Early Voting went to the early lead while Epicenter settled in last place along the rail. He seemed to be put together like a Derby horse. Crown Pride put him away in the last half furlong. ", Photo: Anika MiskarArmagnac gallops at Pimlico. As a consistent, fast, and pace-versatile horse who has already won at 1 3/16 miles, hes the deserving favorite in the Preakness. The Preakness will be Early Voting's first start away from Aqueduct Racetrack, where he broke his maiden, won the Withers (G3), and finished second by a neck in the Wood Memorial Stakes Presented by Resorts World Casino (G2). Upsets by Rick Strike, Zandon or Early Voting would go a long way in solidifying their aspirations. The Kentucky Derby prep races are wrapping up. "The trip didn't take anything out of him.". He seemed more calm today, more mature, said Rosario, who also rode Epicenter in the Lecomte and a maiden victory last November at Churchill Downs. Special Race Coverage "We were able to drop him down in competition and just get him set up with a field that would be sort of a confidence booster for him," Yakteen said. Historically these types of horses have a high probability to win. He got everything I wanted at Oaklawn and just couldnt do any running late. This horse was included in that mix. ** Get a $150 deposit match from AmWager + Daily Rewards**, Kentucky Derby prep: Gotham Stakes 2023 odds and analysis, Work tab: Cody's Wish drills for 1st time since Breeders' Cup win, Head to Head: Handicapping Fountain of Youth 2023, Romans wins weight battle, now looks to Fountain of Youth, Ky. Derby prep: 1 horse can beat Yakteen 5 in San Felipe, Epicenter takes them all the way in the Risen Star for Asmussen. ET, following the renovation break. Creative Minister Feeling Good "The only way I can explain it is, it just wasn't meant to be," Blasi said, adding of the torrid pace that included the first-quarter mile in a Derby-record :21.78, "I don't think anybody saw those fractions coming the first three-quarters of a mile of the race. Epicenter Notes: Laurel Park Leading the Lecomte field is Epicenter, winner of the Gun Runner Stakes on Dec. 26, a newly anointed Road to the Derby race in which he earned 10 points, which could be significant later in the season. And he's won the Derby's sister race, the Kentucky Oaks (G1), with Summerly in 2005 and Untapable in 2014. "Because it's the Kentucky Derby; it's attaining something that you haven't," Asmussen said of his drive for the Roses. [3] His dam, Silent Candy, is a stakes-winning daughter of Giant's Causeway. This one is actually kind of interesting. He continued to draw away down the stretch to win by 5+14 lengths over Cyberknife, with Zandon in third and Rich Strike fourth. In that race he ran into Corniche, who had just galloped in his maiden win and was the prohibitive favorite. We thought that about him all along, right from the beginning, Winchell said. The euphoria of victory in a big race stifled by an injury to a stablemate on the undercard. The rest of the field, with their best Equibase Speed Figures, is Blue Kentucky (94 in sprints), Call Me Midnight (89), Cyberknife (91), Presidential (79), Surfer Dude (92 sprinting) and Unified Report (90 sprinting). It seems like he can be special. You just have to come here and kind of get that done., Winchell said the March 26 running of the Louisiana Derby (G1) would be next for Epicenter, for whom he said its all good at the moment.. If so, hes a major threat. This runner finished second in the Fountain of Youth. Zandon was closing on his outside while on the inside, Rich Strike found room on the rail. Some horses may pass on the Derby which could then draw in horses from further down the list. The Keith Desormeaux trainee skipped the Risen Star last month, his conditioner hoping to have a fresher horse for the rigors of what he hopes is a journey on the Triple Crown trail. Winchell Thoroughbreds'Epicenter, the 6-5 morning-line favorite for the May 21Preakness Stakes (G1), jogged a mile around Pimlico Race Course early May 18, his first morning in town after vanning from Louisville. The diagnosis took the edge off a satisfying climax to the night for Asmussens team. "You look at the third-place Derby finishes by Curlin and Gun Runner and I've had horses that were good enough, they just weren't fast enough on that day or the circumstances didn't allow it," Asmussen said of his Derby drought. With his regular exercise rider Marino Garcia up, Early Voting went out to the track at 8:30 a.m. Find everything you need to know about horse racing at Equibase.com. This progressive colt has run faster with each start, with Equibase Speed Ratings of 82, 90, and 94. He started jumping and feeling good, so I said to the groom, 'Let's put the saddle on him and take him to the track. In the Belmont, Curlin lost by a head to filly Rags to Riches. "Happy Jack, Fenwick Settle In Epicenter (7-2), the third betting choice, had his way as he stayed out front. In fact, an upset by Cyberknife could clinch the three-year-old championship. Trainer Kevin McKathan said Fenwick will train Thursday at 6:00 a.m. Epicenter, Early Voting Get Acquainted With Pimlico. Epicenter (7-5) Jockey: Joel Rosario Trainer: Steve Asmussen Owner: Winchell Thoroughbreds Career record: 5 starts - 3 wins - 1 second - 0 thirds Career earnings: $410,639 Earnings per start: $82,128 Top Equibase Speed Figure: 97 Kentucky Derby points: 64 Pedigree: Not This Time - Silent Candy, by Candy Ride Color: Bay He has twice won the Preakness Stakes (G1); with the aforementioned Curlin in 2007 and filly Rachel Alexandra in 2009. 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