Tom Keyser
Regally Ready, with Corey Nakatani up, wins the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint by 1 1/2 lengths.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – After Regally Ready won a Churchill Downs turf allowance last fall by nearly eight lengths, Scott Blasi was convinced of one thing. “This one’s the real deal,” said Blasi, the assistant to trainer Steve Asmussen.
On Saturday, with Blasi cheering before the television cameras, Regally Ready proved all that and more by dominating the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Churchill, defeating 13 others as the 2-1 favorite. Country Day, a 33-1 shot, was second, 1 1/2 lengths behind the winner and another three-quarters of a length before Perfect Officer.