Legends of the Track: 36 years later, remembering Winning Colors the last filly to win the Derby, The History of Woodbine, The Second of Britain's five Classic races + Nick Luck Podcast
Tuesday Edition - April 16th, 2024 (Edition 58)
IN TODAY’S EMAIL
Horse of the Day: 36 years later, remembering Winning Colors as the last filly to win the Derby (USA)
The World Greatest Racetracks: The History of Woodbine Racetrack (CAN)
The One Thousand Guineas (GB): The Second of Britain's five Classic races (GB)
Podcast of the Day: Nick Luck Daily Podcast - A New National (GB)
HORSE OF THE DAY
Winning Colors (USA)
Photo - Eugene Viti
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - While Secretariat’s 50th anniversary is celebrated at Churchill Downs and beyond, another important anniversary is noted: the last time a filly has won the Run for the Roses.
Winning Colors’ 1988 win is still remembered by fans worldwide, not least of all by her trainer, D. Wayne Lukas. He hadn’t won a Kentucky Derby before her.
“He’ll tell you that’s probably one of his favorite Derby winners because that was definitely his first one,” Sean Collins, assistant tour manager at the Kentucky Derby Museum said. “It kind of became a running joke that he would never win the Kentucky Derby because all the time he would run three, four horses in the race, and none of them would end up winning.”
Until Winning Colors came along; Lukas was so confident in her potential that she was the only horse he ran in the 1988 Derby.
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THE WORLD’S GREATEST RACECOURSES
Woodbine Racecourse (CAN)
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Watch as our friends at Old Toronto take you through the history of Woodbine Racetrack.
THE ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS (GB)
The Second of Britain's five Classic races (GB) - Lush Ground Awaits Some One Thousand Guineas Hopefuls
Trainer Charlie Appleby plans to send out group 3 winner Dance Sequence for her 3-year-old debut April 17 in the Nell Gwyn Stakes
Newmarket's Craven meeting begins April 16; Nell Gwyn Stakes (G3) scheduled April 17
The three-day Craven meeting heralds the start of the season at Newmarket, and the April 16 fixture will be the first under the supervision of new clerk of the course Andrew Morris.
It is unlikely that in 23 years at the helm his predecessor Michael Prosser was ever faced with quite such lush growing conditions as Morris has encountered, not that the new man is complaining.
"It's been an incredibly interesting few months, with the wettest winter on record and one of the wettest springs," said Morris, whose previous posts include being clerk at Bangor and Chester, as well as a year as racing manager at Moonee Valley in Australia. "At one point there was a lane shut on the A14 because of flooding, which is unheard of.
"Although it's been difficult in terms of getting machinery on the track, the condition of the sward and the general condition of the track is further forward than it might normally be.
"That is due to the wet weather and the fact that temperatures have remained pretty mild, apart from the first 10 days in January. The grass growth got going earlier in the spring than you might expect, so we're really pleased with where we stand."
Tuesday's card is headlined by a mile handicap and a seven-furlong conditions race for 3-year-olds, while 11 fillies have been declared for Wednesday's Nell Gwyn Stakes (G3) at seven furlongs for 3-year-old fillies.
In the Nell Gwyn, trainer Charlie Appleby will take the wraps off Dance Sequence , who is no bigger than 6-1 for the One Thousand Guineas (G1) and makes her first start since winning her second race in as many starts in the Oh So Sharp Stakes (G3) last autumn. Also, Aidan O'Brien gives a first start over seven furlongs to Matrika , a 20-1 shot for the One Thousand Guineas who was second in the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot before landing the Airlie Stud Stakes (G2) at the Curragh eight days later.
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PODCAST OF THE DAY
Nick Luck Daily Podcast - A New National
Nick is joined by Cornelius Lysaght to discuss the events of the weekend. In their Aintree debrief - covering the race itself, the changes, the crowd, audience figures and more - they are joined by Aintree MD Dickon White and by Dan Skelton, who also offers his thoughts on the trainers' championship. Also today, the latest on affordability checks, Breeder Ron Huggins on how the National winner may have had a very different life, and Richard Hughes looks forward to the Craven meeting at Newmarket.
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