LOUISVILLE, KY (Saturday, May 5, 2012) –
Houyhnhnm Stable’s
Great Attack surged past favored Bridgetown in deep stretch to
win the 18th running of the $150,350 Twin Spires Turf Sprint
Presented by GE Appliances (Grade III) by three-quarters of a length, the
first of six stakes on the Kentucky Derby Day card.
Trained by Wesley Ward and ridden by Joel
Rosario, Great Attack had finished fourth in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Turf
Sprint (GII) here in his lone previous try over the Matt Winn Turf Course.
Bridgetown, ridden by John Velazquez, had
spurted away from the field in upper stretch and maintained a daylight margin
inside the sixteenth pole, but could not hold off Great Attack.
Great Attack, a 5-year-old Florida-bred son of
Greatness out of the Storm Cat mare Cat Attack, covered the five furlongs on a
Matt Winn Turf Course labeled as “good” in :56.61.
The victory was worth $86,692 and increased Great Attack’s earnings to $378,010
with a record of 17-6-4-2.
Great Attack returned $10.80, $4.60 and $3.60. Bridgetown returned $3.40 and $3
in finishing two lengths in front of Cactus Son, who paid $8 to show
under Garrett Gomez.
Great Mills was another 1 ¼ lengths back in fourth
and was followed in order by Spinning Move, Chamberlain Bridge, Stormy
Going, Amanecer de Oro, Santo Gato, Shabaab, Speight
the Halo and City Sage.
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