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Kentucky HBPA General Horsemen's Meeting, June 20, 2022

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Will Walden, in only his second year as a trainer, won his second graded stakes and first in his home state (and first stakes of any kind at Keeneland) as 38-1 shot Minaret Station came flying from near-last under Cristian Torres to take the $350,000, Grade 2 Castle & Key Bourbon Stakes by 1 1/2 lengths over Golden Afternoon and the front-running Clock Tower. The 1 1/16-mile turf stakes for 2-year-olds is a "Win and You're In" for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. We talk to Walden afterward. Owned by Larry Best's OXO Equine, Minaret Station started his career with a third at Ellis Park, followed by a maiden win at Horseshoe Indy.
Juddmonte's Idiomatic, last year's Breeders' Cup Distaff winner and champion older filly or mare, won Keeneland's $600,000, Grade 1 Juddmonte Spinster for the second straight year, cruising to a front-running 6 1/2-length victory over Occult. We speak with trainer Brad Cox and Garrett O'Rourke, head the international racing and breeding concern Juddmonte's American operation.
Conversation with trainer Phil Bauer Monday morning at Churchill Downs, shortly before Rigney Racing's colt Iroquois Stakes winner Jonathan's Way went to the track, jogging a mile and then galloping a mile. Video begins with b-roll of training, followed by Bauer interview. Bauer and owner Richard Rigney will have two rooting interests in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, with Rigney having also bred Saturday's 3-for-3 Champagne winner Chancer McPatrick, the now two-time Grade 1 winner trained by Chad Brown. Bauer trained Chancer McPatrick's dam, Bernadreamy, who could only win a maiden race in nine starts but who is a daughter of Dream Empress, winner of Keeneland's Grade 1 Darley Alcibiades. Here's link to our video interviews with Rigney and Bauer after Jonathan's Way won the Iroquois: https://youtu.be/NTUTz-Gj4-8?si=hpoubb7eEDhvvvfU
Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen likes his horses to run fast when they race, not for a routine workout. So that was Cogburn - who in winning the Grade 1 Jaipur in 59.80 seconds set is believed to be the fastest time ever for 5 1/2 furlongs -- working an easy half-mile in 49.80 Monday right after the Churchill Downs track opened for training at 5:30 a.m. Cogburn last raced in easily winning Kentucky Downs' $2 million, Grade 2 Ainsworth Turf Sprint on Sept. 7. He is training up to the $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Del Mar Nov. 2. Video starts out with b-roll of Cogburn, including heading into and galloping out of his work, followed by Asmussen interview.
The bad news is that Astros star Alex Bregman was available to be at Keeneland Sunday because Houston was eliminated by Detroit in the wild card playoffs. The good news is that his Bregman Family Racing's 2-year-old colt Governor Sam ran his record to 4 for5 after winning Keeneland's $250,000 Indian Summer Stakes by a neck over out on bail. We catch up with Bregman after the winner's circle presentation, which included honoring jockey Paco Lopez on his 4,000th career win. Bregman was with wife Reagan and their young son, Knox Samuel. Governor Sam - named for Bregman's dad -- now is headed to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Del Mar.
We catch up with trainer Brendan Walsh the morning after Godolphin's East Avenue romped to a front-running victory over favored Ferocious in Keeneland's Grade 1, $600,000 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity. Among other things, Walsh explains why East Avenue made his debut (an eight-length score at six furlongs) at Ellis Park. Note: After earning an excellent 90 Bris speed figure at Ellis, East Avenue earned a 95 Bris in Saturday's race. This video is available for any media use as part of the Kentucky HBPA's initiative to provide select supplemental racing content to news outlets.
Zeitlos blew to the lead in the stretch to win the $350,000 stakes for filly and mare sprinters by 2 3/4 lengths under Jose Ortiz over Spirit Wind at Keeneland. We speak with Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen about Zeitlos, who earned a fees-paid spot to the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at Del Mar.
Jockey Tyler Gaffalione swept the day's last two stakes, both in front-running fashion with even-money favorite Carl Spackler winning the $1.25 million Coolmore Turf Mile by a length over the last running More Than Looks at Keeneland. That victory followed Gaffalione's triumph on East Avenue in the Claiborne Breeders' Futurity. We speak with Gafflione about both Carl Spackler and East Avenue, as well as Cherie DeVaux, trainer of More Than Looks, who closed with a rush from last in the Coolmore Turf Mile.
Our Shot, second in this race last year, rallied from mid-pack to win Keeneland's $350,000, Grade 2 Woodford presented by FanDuel by 1 3/4 lengths over 29-1 shot Charcoal. We catch up with winning trainer John Terranova and also speak with trainer Tracey Wisner and owner-breeder Ron Dowdy, who were thrilled with the 8-year-old Charcoal's second. It was the 5-year-old One Shot's first stakes victory, coming over a field that included 2023 Woodford winner Arzak (who finished third) and last year's Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner Nobals.
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Horsemen: We are printing new ballots for the Kentucky HBPA board of directors election that will include trainer Eric Foster, whose name was inadvertently left off the original ballots.

The new ballots should go out to Kentucky HBPA members in 10-12 days. The new deadline is Nov. 16 to have your ballot received by the accounting firm that counts the ballots.

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