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Epicenter closed steadily, first on the inside and then to the outside as Early Voting shifted towards the rail. I'm unbelievably excited to be doing this well with this much on the line.". After a mediocre fourth place finish in the Del Mar Futurity last summer, trainer Mark Casse did not give up on Pappacap and entered him in a two-turn race for the first time in the American Pharoah Stakes. "Happy Jack, Fenwick Settle In And he did", said Asmussen. Racing achievements and Top 100 Rankings include North American (U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico) Thoroughbred races only. He settled in fourth-place behind Cyberknife, who set moderate fractions for the first three-quarters of a mile. He also finished second as the favorite in both the 2022 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. Before he gets to Saturday, Asmussen will have a chance at his third Oaks win with undefeated champion juvenile filly Echo Zulu, a daughter of Gun Runner campaigned by L and N Racing and Winchell Thoroughbreds. It doesn't bother him if he's here or there. He was pulled up on the first turn after an injury to his right forelimb. "We've come here eight times together. It did not, however, keep assistant trainer Scott Blasi from praising Epicenter. Three Year Olds Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen had it happen Saturday at Fair Grounds. "[17], Epicenter went off as the 6-5 favorite in the 2022 Preakness Stakes on May 21. #Epicenter dominates the Risen Star Stakes on the Road to the #KyDerby for Joel Rosario, Steve Asmussen, and Winchell Thoroughbreds. Tawny Port (24-1), Slow Down Andy (7-1), Trafalgar (24-1), second choice Pappacap (7-2), Bodock (63-1) and Russian Tank (149-1) finished fifth through 10th in that order. Nope. He swung five-wide moving into the stretch and moved steadily to the lead to win by 1+12 lengths over Zandon, with Early Voting finishing in fourth. How to make 2022 Breeders' Cup Classic picks, bets. La Crte is comfortable and weight bearing, a Tweet from owner Stonestreet Stables said Saturday night. Ron's Winchell's father, Verne, who passed away in 2002, predicted his son would reach Churchill's most hallowed ground. Equibase Company is the Official Supplier of Racing Information and Statistics to America's Best Racing, Breeders' Cup, Daily Racing Form, NTRA, The Jockey Club, TRA, TVG and XpressBet. This one ran second in the Jeff Ruby behind a turf horse. This one is a major toss for me in the Derby. [19], The Travers Stakes on August 27 attracted a very strong field, including the top three finishers in the Kentucky Derby (Rich Strike, Epicenter and Zandon), Preakness winner Early Voting and Cyberknife, who had won the Haskell in his last start. Some horses may pass on the Derby which could then draw in horses from further down the list. He got everything I wanted at Oaklawn and just couldnt do any running late. Epicenter is a 4 year old colt that was born in 2019 and retired -> race from 2021 to 2022. Epicenter. These runners are often way over bet. If so, hes a major threat. "I walked him this morning because he was feeling so good. We thought that about him all along, right from the beginning, Winchell said. That runner was awful at Oaklawn against the East Coast contingent. "[14], Epicenter went off as the 4-1 favorite in a very deep field for the 2022 Kentucky Derby. Asmussen would love to help make Verne Winchell's prediction come true Saturday evening at Churchill but he's also appreciative of what he's accomplished as well as his racing family. The decision to ship to Baltimore came after the allowance score. He was away cleanly and thought he was very comfortable and attending close enough to the pace, and just ran a very dominating performance against a very good group. One Mile and One Sixteenth Welcome to Equibase.com, your official source for horse racing results, mobile racing data, statistics as well as all other horse racing and thoroughbred racing information. Horse Profile for Epicenter | Equibase is Your Official Source for Thoroughbred Racing Information Horse Profile Home Stats Central Horse Profile (Thoroughbred) Epicenter (KY) TB, B, C, foaled January 29, 2019 ( Not This Time - Silent Candy, by Candy Ride (ARG) ) Connections as of Current Entry: Jockey: N/A Trainer: Steven M. Asmussen She has a condylar fracture that is a good candidate for repair. That came about a half-hour after previously undefeated La Crte was pulled up on the backstretch by jockey Joel Rosario while leading the $300,000 Rachel Alexandra (G2), a prep for the Kentucky Oaks. Epicenter had the lead into the deep stretch before huge 80-to-1 longshot Rich Strike stole the show with a late rally along the inside to win and leave Epicenter as runner-up. Epicenter (164) Epicenter rolls to victory. Im hesitant to endorse this one. Knowing that many will press for the lead in the Kentucky Derby, I feel this one is going to fade off late and be no factor. Epicenter's owner, Ron Winchell, who has sent Asmussen a number of top runners, including Gun Runner (co-owned with Three Chimneys),has seen first hand Asmussen's determination to win the Derby. Then there's 2011 runner-up Nehro, who gained the lead in the Churchill Downs stretchsending Asmussen's heart racingbefore yielding to Animal Kingdom. That's the great thing about horses like that, the consistency of them.". He has twice won the Preakness Stakes (G1); with the aforementioned Curlin in 2007 and filly Rachel Alexandra in 2009. . Along with handicapping and betting, Chris has worked as a teller at his local track and participated in ownership partnerships. [7], Epicenter made his final start of the year on December 26 in the newly-created Gun Runner Stakes, an early prep race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby over 1+116 miles at Fair Grounds Race Course in Louisiana. "[9], Epicenter began his three-year-old campaign on January 22, 2022, in the Lecomte Stakes at the Fair Grounds. Horse profile for Kentucky Derby contender Epicenter. "I've had the disappointment and survived it. The race fell apart a little bit, as it should have. It was the best performance of his five-race career. What a story. This is the loser that I think you want out of this weekends races. Breeder: Vivian E. Rall. His current speed figure is among the top in the three year old crop. The Medaglia dOro filly suffered an injury to her right front leg. The number in parenthesis after the horses name is the total number of Derby points earned to this point. Consigned by Bettersworth Westwind Farms. The rest of the field, with their best Equibase Speed Figures, is Blue Kentucky (94 in sprints), Call Me Midnight (89), Cyberknife (91), Presidential (79), Surfer Dude (92 sprinting) and Unified Report (90 sprinting). Handicappers will point to the huge closing kick this one has showed in the last two races. Owner: Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC But when you start running a 108, you can compete with anybody. [24] On November 6, Asmussen confirmed that Epicenter would be retired from racing, adding that the surgery was successful and the prognosis for him to stand at stud was good.[25]. This one is a hard pass. Thoroughbred pedigree for Epicenter, progeny, and female family reports from the Thoroughbred Horse Pedigree Query. Epicenter (6-5) POST NUMBER: No. University of Louisville Equine Industry Program - Get a Career in Horse Racing! Zandon was closing on his outside while on the inside, Rich Strike found room on the rail. This one just barely cracked the top 3 of the Louisiana Derby. Brown and Klaravich owner Seth Klarman opted to skip the Kentucky Derby to focus on the Preakness, which they won in 2017 with Cloud Computing using the same script. [8], "To be able to win the inaugural running of the Gun Runner today is special for us," said Scott Blasi, Asmussen's assistant trainer. Epicenter ran arguably his best race this year in the Kentucky Derby and finished strong despite other horses fading through fast fractions. The New York prep circuit has been most terrible in the Kentucky Derby, but this year there are some sneaky signals that this could be the year for these runners. All of the sudden this one picks up some Derby points on synthetic surfaces and is a Derby radar horse. NBA Betting Guide for Wednesday 3/1/23: Will the Knicks Keep Winning? He continued to draw away down the stretch to win by 5+14 lengths over Cyberknife, with Zandon in third and Rich Strike fourth. He was trained by Todd Pletcher and has raced for Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable, and was bred in Kentucky, United States by South Gate Farm. "I thought she won the Fair Grounds Oaks on natural ability and class," said Asmussen, adding that he's been pleased with her works and wants her razor sharp for Friday. This one is actually kind of interesting. He is a good shipper. 2009-2019 numberFire, Inc. Certain headlines thanks to Rotoworld. "He was off the pace today and inside of horses. That's why his training and his works since have been faster and stronger.". In fact, since first sending out ninth-place Fifty Stars for the 2001 Derby, the Racing Hall of Famer has moved into consideration for the "best trainer to not yet win the Derby" category behind his 23 starts without a victory in the Churchill Downs classic. If she were to get in here though she would be a great bet against because she would take a ton of narrative money. To get the full benefits of numberFire, please log in. While this horse seems to be coming along nicely, the likelihood that he can make that kind of jump in a short time just seems like a reach. Will Epicenter validate the belief he ran the best Kentucky Derby performance based on being relatively close to the hot pace? [20] Epicenter was again the even-money favorite. Special Race Coverage Now, with two wins this year in the Louisiana Derby and Risen Star plus a pair of runner-up finishes, Epicenter takes the lead role in the Preakness with Rich Strike bypassing the race. This one couldnt beat Classic Causeway who didnt exactly flatter the Tampa Bay runners on Saturday. Smile Happy, the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) winner who was the individual favorite in last weekends pari-mutuel Kentucky Derby Future Wager, spent most of the race four or five lengths off the lead. Simplification horse page with past performances, speed figures, results, pedigree, photos and videos. He had worn them in three of his first four starts before O'Neill took them off for the Derby. The problem I have is that the Kentucky Derby has been a front runners game largely since the introduction of the points system. I thought this horse would be written off due to the low speed figure earned in the last race. Photo: Anika MiskarCreative Minister gallops atPimlico. Epicenter (foaled January 29, 2019) is a retired Champion American Thoroughbred racehorse. Who knows what all the reasons are, whether they didn't run their best race that day or they were never good enough. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Pappacap began his career last spring and summer in sensational fashion, breaking his maiden easily by almost three lengths then winning the Best Pal Stake by nearly five lengths. Still in seventh place after three-quarters of a mile, he began to make up ground along the rail near the top of the stretch. Presidential was impressive when winning by seven and three-quarter lengths in his second career start, but it was nearly five months ago so he could be a bit short of ready for this caliber of field. Maybe needed to be a tad closer early, trainer Kenny McPeek said. "He is tired right now," Rivera said. This horse is tricky. He went to the early lead and set a moderate pace, then opened up a wide lead in mid-stretch. McPeek, who won the COVID-delayed 2020 Preakness with the filly Swiss Skydiver over Kentucky Derby winner and eventual Horse of the Year Authentic, is scheduled to be at Pimlico Thursday morning. Happy Jack finished 14th in the Run for the Roses, his fourth straight loss since breaking his maiden Jan. 22 at Santa Anita Park. Perhaps this is the year he can break through. "I'm good at getting here. And I was like, 'You're just being a pessimist. All Rights Reserved. That was a very impressive effort, Blasi said near the winners circle while Asmussen was back at the barn looking after La Crte. With Curlin, I just never dreamed he could get beat. 8 JOCKEY: Joel Rosario / TRAINER: Steven M. Asmussen RECORD: 7 starts: 4-2-0 TOP EQUIBASE SPEED FIGURE: 105 . *All statistics on this page include results from all countries. Epicenter will break from post 8 in the Preakness, which Rich Strike is skipping. She is talented and will be a deserving favorite in the Oaks, but not good enough to win the Derby. In that race he ran into Corniche, who had just galloped in his maiden win and was the prohibitive favorite. "The only way I can explain it is, it just wasn't meant to be," Blasi said, adding of the torrid pace that included the first-quarter mile in a Derby-record :21.78, "I don't think anybody saw those fractions coming the first three-quarters of a mile of the race. He finished second by 1+14 lengths. The son of Quality Road made his first appearance at Pimlico just after 8:30 Wednesday morning, galloping about a mile for trainer Tim Yakteen. He notes that in following the Derby his whole life, it nearly always seems that the winners' stories sound like "they were meant to be before it happened." Rivera said the Calumet homebred will hit the Pimlico track Thursdayat about 6:30 a.m. [4], Epicenter was sold at the 2020 Keeneland September Yearling Sale for $260,000 to Winchell Thoroughbreds, owned by Ron Winchell. The potential is there; Asmussen said that at this point in Epicenter's career, he is faster than both Gun Runner and Curlin when they went into the Derby. Using TVG projections and Horse Racing Nation (HRN) as a guide, here are the horse profiles for the second leg of Americas Triple Crown. When he was caught by Call Me Midnight at the wire last month in the Lecomte (G3), he went out in 23.40 and 47.01. 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