While veteran wins Flagstaff He may be the 8-5 morning line favorite in the Commonwealth Stakes (G3) on April 3rd for $ 200,000 KeenelandAll eyes will be on Marc Detampels Hidden scroll on race day.
The 5 year old bay has shown a tendency to be unpredictable when he steps to the starting gate, which begs the question: what hidden scroll will emerge? Will it be the horse that strays out of its field to win with double digit margins, or the horse that misbehaves in goal and sometimes runs below expectations and doesn’t hit the board?
After nine starts and two wins for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, the Juddmonte Farms Homebred was bought by Detampel at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale last fall for $ 525,000, where it was part of the WinStar Racing show. In the barn of trainer Brad Cox, son of Hard spun through the early winter at blew Oaklawn Park. Then the typical speedball showed another dimension with a comeback on January 24th in Oaklawn.
“He had to overcome some things somehow,” said Cox after the race. “If he has won in the past, he is simply broke and has shown the way and has not really overtaken anyone or overcome obstacles or adversities in the race. That was encouraging. “
Hidden Scroll blew half a mile in: 48 March 24 in Oaklawn in preparation for the seven-year Commonwealth, only its third published breeze since its victory in Oaklawn. Training in Oaklawn was suspended for almost two weeks in February due to a winter storm.
Florent Geroux, who accompanied the son of Hard spun will be back on board for its last registration on Saturday.
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Victor Espinoza and Flagstaff return to the winners circle after the 2020 San Carlos Stakes at Santa Anita Park
Trained by John Sadler, Flagstaff will go straight into the interior of the Hidden Scroll from Post 1. The gelding, who won class 2, has made almost $ 600,000 in his 17-start career and wants to take another win as he no longer chases the top sprinter CZ missile in the Commonwealth.
Flagstaff suffered few defeats in the Pat O’Brien Stakes (G2) and Santa Anita Sprint Championship Stakes (G2) last year to CZ Rocket, the runner-up in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1), before he left for the rest of the season had to suspend. Owning Lane’s End Racing and Hronis Racing, the 7-year-old was shipped to Oaklawn, where he took a quick-closing fourth place in the King Cotton Stakes on February 6, before beating old rival CZ Rocket and the champion Sprinter 2020 was satisfied with third place Whitmore in the Hot Springs Stakes on March 13th.
Flagstaff flashed a half mile in: 47 2/5, the fastest of 40 plants at that distance, on March 26th in Oaklawn. Joel Rosario keeps the mount.
From the outermost branch, Hog Creek Hustle makes its first launch since late November in the Commonwealth. The son of Overanalysis won the Woody Stephens Stakes (G1) in 2019 Belmont Park as a 3 year old. Last year, at the age of 4, he won for the first time since that Woody Stephens when he stretched for a mile in an optional November 27th eligible Churchill Downs.
The 5 year old, who was trained by Vickie Foley, will be ridden by regular pilot Corey Lanerie on his 5 year debut.
Special reserve , 2-on-2 this year in Oaklawn, recent winner of the optional applicant for Gulfstream Park Allowances and 3rd place Retention rate , Class 1 placed A lot of and win bets Bango Fill in the field.
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