For all the skills and the potential Bishop Bay showed in his first eight races, there was a noticeable omission from his resume.
A graded application gain.
This mistake was solved when Uncle Mo's ultra-consistent son used his class and Grit to win a hard-fought victory in half length Quint's Brew In the 175,000 US dollar Westchester Stakes (G3) May 4 Aqueduct racing route.
“We always thought he was this kind of horse. We couldn't run it much around 3 or last year, so it is good to drive him back and robust and in a good rhythm,” said coach Brad Cox. “We hope that he can improve and strengthen himself all year round.”
Hind leg problems held the 5-year-old Bischofs Bay on the edge for 17 months from June 2023 to November 2024, but he has returned to the races better than ever before. With 3 grades 3, he has won four out of five starts since his return. In his career, he has 6 victories of 9 starts with three seconds for the bundle of Bulky BSW/Crow Colts Group Ownership from Spender Farm, Steve Landers, Martin Schwartz. Michael Dubb, Ten Strike Racing, Jim Bakke, Tittletown Racing, Kueber Racing, Substantial Uncomplicated Racing, Rick Kanter, Michael Caruso and Breeder Winstar Farm.
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The mile western chest, one of three rated missions on the Sunday card, was contested on a muddy, sealed path due to a brief but forceful rainstorm and was a two-horses.
Paul Berube, Karen Linnell and Heather Hunter's Quint's Brew, who achieved a neck loss in the Carter Stakes (G2) for coach Ed Allard, and Bishops Bay broke as a booker in the area of seven. Quint's Brew, A Mosler Wallach kept a narrow lead from outdoor posts, with Bishops Bay (5 US dollars), the 3-2 favorites, half a long length on the rail. These two were not threatened in the rest of the path when Bishops Bay kept a close lead by factions of: 46.32 and 1: 09.90. They fought until the last sixteenth when Bishops Bay and Jockey Flavien Prat covered the mile in 1: 34.19.
Senses Move Stable's Yo daddy was 6 1/2 lengths back in third place.
“He dug up. Flavia brought him to a good place and he reacted on the trail,” said Cox.
Cox said he would most likely search for a softer place than the Metropolitan Handicap (G1) of June 7 for the next start of Bishops Bay.
Bishops Bay was bought from the pioneer of the Nile Machtops Catch My Drift for 450,000 US dollars from the Warrendale sale program at the September September sales sale.
There is lively prices in Beaugay
A wide journey can be costly in a graded lawn bar, but not even 9-10 ways can be kept away '' ' Animated pricing .
Animated prices wins the Beaugay inserts on the Aqueduct racing route
Extremely forced when the 2: 1 favorite front Raqiya In the last round, lively prices under Irad Ortiz Jr. were launched a forceful stretch rally and shot forward in the last yards to secure half the length of the length in the $ 175,000-buggay inserts (G3T) for fillies and mares.
One of three second class winners, who was trained by Chad Brown in the field of eight years, the 4-year-old daughter of Night of the thunder made her first start since September. It was her third victory in eight starts and put her income on 497,125 US dollars.
Bred by Epona Bloodstock, it was coordinated in 1: 42.12 on a firm lawn for the mile and a sixteenth lawn and paid 9 US dollars to win.
“It was nice that she was ready and avoided the difficulties in this race. She was able to really started her season,” said Brown.
edict Was second and Heredia third.
Transport ICE takes the vagrancy
After using the speed speed to drive to determined missions in their last two starts, it is wins Transport ice ($ 6) showed a nice measure of Grit to publish their first win for graded missions.
Ownership C Two Racing Stall, Paul Braverman, Miller Racing and Timothy Pinch, the swift daughter of Carbon lost the lead R disaster In the middle of the saver, but implemented again to achieve a neck victory in the $ 175,000 vagrancy (G3) for stut foals and mares.
The stut foal trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., which was bred by Eugenia Thompson-Benight in Arkansas, reported on the 6 1/2 Furlongs in 1: 16.10 on a swift route, while he won in 14 starts for the eighth time.
R disaster was second, followed by Leslies rose One nose behind the third.
Socially selective It was declared a non -starter for the acting purposes when it was held by a starter when the gates opened.