Grade 3, $500,000 Ohio Derby; 1 1/8 miles; Thistledown; June 27, 2020
(20 Derby qualifying points for a win, 8 for second, 4 for third, 2 for fourth)
Winner: Dean Martini, by Cairo Prince
Trainer: Tom Amoss
Jockey: Ricardo Mejias
Owners: Raise the BAR Racing LLC
Beyer Speed Figure: 95
There is slightly more than nine weeks remaining until the rescheduled Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Sept. 5, just enough time for the talented colt Cezanne to continue his summertime impression on the 3-year-old division.
Cezanne was the easy winner of a maiden special weight race at 6 1/2 furlongs on June 6 at Santa Anita in his debut. Thursday at Los Alamitos, Cezanne will have his second start, and first around two turns, in an allowance race with a $40,000 claiming option at a mile.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Tiz the Law, winner of the Belmont Stakes, closed as a solid favorite when Pool 5 of the 2020 Kentucky Derby Future Wager closed Sunday.
Tiz the Law closed at 2-1, followed by Honor A. P. at 6-1, and the mutuel field, the 24th or “all others” option, at 8-1. Then came Authentic (11-1), Uncle Chuck (13-1), Cafe Pharoah (14-1), Cezanne (19-1), Art Collector (20-1), and Dr Post (20-1).
Kentucky Derby hopeful Honor A. P. will stand at Lane's End Farm upon his eventual retirement from racing as that Kentucky stallion operation continues to build on the legacy of the late A.P. Indy.
Lane's End announced on Friday morning that it had acquired the breeding rights to Honor A. P., who is from the first crop of its young stallion Honor Code, the Eclipse Award champion older male of 2015. Honor Code, also the sire of Belmont Stakes third-place finisher Max Player, is by Hall of Famer and sire A.P. Indy, who died in February at age 31 at Lane's End.
Since the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile there’s been no reason to leave the stands after Storm the Court races.
The champion 2-year-old male has yet to visit the winner’s circle in three starts this year, a streak he’ll try to end Saturday at Thistledown in the Grade 3, $500,000 Ohio Derby.
Gouverneur Morris is off the Triple Crown trail and most likely done for the year after suffering a case of colitis, Barry Irwin, president of Team Valor International, which is part-owner of the colt, said Thursday.
Gouverneur Morris had been at the Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland since last week, being treated for a leg infection. On Monday, the horse was transferred to the Mid-Atlantic Equine Medical Center in Ringoes, N.J., with severe diarrhea. He also had issues with his feet.
The international Coolmore operation has acquired the breeding rights to Tiz the Law, winner of last Saturday's Belmont Stakes, and will stand the colt at its Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky., upon his eventual retirement from racing, the operation announced Thursday.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Spectators will be allowed at this year’s rescheduled Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs in Louisville under protocols that will limit attendance and encourage customers to minimize their movement throughout the facility, officials of Churchill Downs said on Thursday morning.
In the aftermath of the runaway victory by Cafe Pharoah in the Unicorn Stakes last Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse, Churchill Downs officials this week said they had received encouraging feedback from the colt’s connections regarding a potential start in this year’s Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5, adding international intrigue to an already unprecedented Derby.
The dialogue was so positive that Churchill Downs officials made Cafe Pharoah one of the individual betting interests in the Derby future wager being offered this weekend.
