{"id":12264,"date":"2019-04-14T19:10:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T01:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thoroughbredpeople.com\/blogUS\/?p=12264"},"modified":"2019-04-14T19:10:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T01:10:59","slug":"12264-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thoroughbredpeople.com\/blogUS\/12264-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Derby Countdown: Anothertwistafate, Sueno Heading To Churchill Downs With \u2018Fingers Crossed\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Press Release:<\/em> The top three finishers from Saturday’s $200,000 Stonestreet Lexington (G3), Owendale, Anothertwistafate and Sueno, are either at Churchill Downs or soon will be, according to their connections.<\/p>\n

Rupp Racing’s Owendale, who notched his first stakes victory with a 1\u00be-length triumph, might head back to Churchill Monday to join trainer Brad Cox’s string there, according to Tessa Bisha, who runs Cox’s barn at Keeneland.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was one of the first 2-year-olds we got here last year about this time,\u201d Bisha said of Owendale, who had five works here last spring before going to Ellis Park to begin his racing career. \u201cHe has always had the talent, and I think the big thing yesterday is the rider (Florent Geroux, who was aboard for the first time) let him settle.\u201d<\/p>\n

The victory earned Owendale 20 points toward qualifying for the $3 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1), a total that is good for 29th on the leaderboard. The Derby is limited to the top 20 point earners and invitees that pass the entry box.<\/p>\n

Via text, Cox said the Preakness (G1) is a possibility for Owendale.<\/p>\n

Peter Redekop’s Anothertwistafate picked up eight Derby points with his runner-up effort to boost his Derby points total to 38, good for 23rd on the final leaderboard.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe ate up good and cooled out fine, and that’s the main thing,\u201d trainer Blaine Wright said Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe will spend a couple more days here and then go to Churchill maybe Tuesday or Wednesday,\u201d Wright continued. \u201cWe planned to go to Churchill no matter what, so now we will take a wait-and-see approach.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anothertwistafate raced on the inside and was boxed in from the half-mile pole to the quarter pole.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did not have the best of trips,\u201d Wright said of his first Keeneland starter. \u201cI don’t think he likes being inside. The rider (Javier Castellano) tried to tip him out at the head of the stretch, but the leader drifted out and he had to go back inside.\u201d<\/p>\n

Should Anothertwistafate run in the Derby, he would represent the second starter for Redekop, whose Cause to Believe finished 13th behind Barbaro in 2006.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he doesn’t get in (the Derby), we still have the Preakness,\u201d Wright said of Anothertwistafate, who gained an automatic berth into the May 18 race by winning the El Camino Real Derby (L) at Golden Gate Fields on Feb. 16. \u201cHe has done a lot of shipping, and I think the best thing now would be to get to one place and settle in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Silverton Hill’s Sueno finished another 1\u00bc lengths back in third and picked up four Derby points to increase his total to 32, a figure that ranks 24th on the leaderboard.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe got back to Churchill last night, and he came out of the race great,\u201d said Julie Clark, assistant to trainer Keith Desormeaux. \u201cNow we will keep our fingers crossed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two years ago at this time, another Desormeaux runner, Sonneteer, was basically in the same position as Sueno. He was 26th in points after finishing fourth in the Arkansas Derby (G1). A week before the Kentucky Derby, he was 22nd when he shipped to Churchill from Southern California.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had some other horses we were bringing, and we felt there was a good chance he would get in,\u201d Clark said of Sonneteer. \u201cIt would not have made sense to stay in California if he could have gotten in.\u201d<\/p>\n

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