Vote No goes to 3 for 4 with Turfway Preview score
Edited press release (Coady photo of Vote No’s victory)
FLORENCE, Ky. (Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024) – Joseph P. Morey’s Vote No delivered a powerful last-to-first run to easily win Saturday’s 29th edition of the $125,000 Turfway Prevue Stakes by 5 ¼ lengths.
The Turfway Prevue, spanning 6 ½ furlongs, marked Vote No’s third win from just four-lifetime starts. Under the guidance of jockey Gerardo Corrales, the promising Bill Morey trainee clocked a final time of 1:17.70. Vote No won his debut over Presque Isle’s synthetic surface, then captured Kentucky Downs’ $500,000 Pepsi Juvenile Sprint Stakes. His only defeat came as he closed out his 2-year-old season with third in Keeneland’s Grade 2 Castle & Key Bourbon, the margins being only a nose and a length in the field of 12.
Breaking from the rail as the 7-5 favorite, Vote No initially trailed the compact field of five while the speedy Let’s Go Mark was hustled to the early lead under jockey Adam Beschizza. Despite a brief early challenge by Joe Shiesty, Let’s Go Mark spurted two lengths clear of his rivals after completing a swift quarter-mile in :22.13. Approaching the three-eighths pole, Corrales maneuvered Vote No to the outside and began to ask him for his best run. As the field entered the far turn, Vote No began to easily pass his rivals and, by the eighth-pole, overtook Let’s Go Mark while under a hand ride.
Let’s Go Mark held on to the runner-up position, finishing 4 ¾ lengths ahead of Joe Shiesty, followed by Tagliatelle and Quarrymen.
Those who backed the favorite Vote No were rewarded with $2 mutuel prices of $4.98, $3.80 and $2.10. Let’s Go Mark returned $4.10 and $2.96 while Joe Shiesty paid $2.62.
Vote No earned $76,600 for his victory in the Turfway Prevue to improve his overall purse earnings to an impressive $425,338.
Vote No is a 2-year-old son of Divisidero out of the More than Ready mare Sistas Ready. A $1.6 million-earner who is a stallion at Aidrie Stud, Divisidero won Churchill Downs’ Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic while trained by Kentucky HBPA board member Buff Bradley. He was bred in Kentucky by Mr and Mrs. A. John Price.
The 2024 Winter/Spring Meet will continue with another four-day racing week Wednesday-Saturday with daily first posts of 5:55 p.m. For more information, visit www.turfway.com.
