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proctor road After an early spurt with a furlong to go, he completed strongly on Thursday, defeating Superior Czech by three-quarters of a size within the listed race and incomes $289,665. cardinal stakes at Churchill Downs.
Proctor Road, a 4-year-old filly bred and owned by Patricia Moseley, ran 1 1/8 miles on exhausting turf in 1 minute, 49.65 seconds for her first profession stakes win. Tyler Gaffalione rode the winner for coach Brendan Walsh.
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Out of a discipline of 11 fillies and mares, Proctor Road broke free from the ninth submit with Fashionable Sue taking the lead with occasions of 24.33, 49.38 and 1:13.88, operating up the backstretch alongside the within in fifth place.
#11 Proctor Road ($8.44) or much less @Tyler_Gaff He break up a late-rising horse to win the $300,000 Cardinal Stakes. @Churchill Down. Daughter of Road Sense (@DarleyAmerica) educated by @brenpwalsh Owned by Patricia Moseley. pic.twitter.com/Mw39r6xFTM
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Proctor Road across the second nook was filled with runs. Gaffalione opted to remain within the shadows, ready for a gap between tiring pacesetter Fashionable Sue and common 2-1 pinup Betty, this 12 months’s Grade 3 Mint Julep and Anchorage at Churchill winner. Proctor Road ran by means of the opening on the No. 8 pole and held off Superior Czech who skimmed the rail for his first stakes victory.
“All credit score goes to Brendan and his staff,” stated Gaffalione, who labored with Walsh and gained the 2019 Cardinal with Kallio. “She was actually prepared right now. I had loads of horses underneath me, however when the outlet opened up within the straight, she didn’t hesitate to go for it.”
The win was value $175,700, growing Proctor Road’s earnings to $451,910 from his 8:5-1-1 file.
“I believe she’s beginning to flip a nook,” Walsh stated. “Who is aware of what she’ll do from right here?”
Proctor Road returned $8.44, $5.20, and $4.04 for the 3-1 second betting choice. Superior Czech, ridden by Ricardo Santana Jr. at odds of 10-1, earned $9.46 and $5.86. Jockey Flavien Prat’s third-place finisher Fleetingly paid $5.38 to maneuver a head additional down with a 10-1 file.
Ending order was Adrasteia, Pinup Betty, Viv Veuve, defending Cardinal champion Dube Day, Sabalenka, Fortunate Speech, Miwa (UK) and Fashionable Sue. She’s Lookin Fortunate, Faucet the Champagne, and Weighted Common had been scratches.
Previous to the Cardinal, jockey Proctor Road earned a third-class allowance on the turf at Keeneland on October 16.
Proctor Road is a Kentucky-bred daughter of 2007 Kentucky Derby winner Road Sense, out of the Ghost Zapper mare Proctor’s Ledge.
