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LEXINGTON, KY—Beach Glass’s speed job fell through off the final turn while driver Andrew McCarthy poised Kentucky Championship winner I Did It Myway (Captaintreacherous) on his preferred second-over perch and pounced to a 1:48.2 victory in the second of two divisions for the $178,000 Captaintreacherous Bluegrass Stakes on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 1) at The Red Mile.
River Ness strung Beach Glass out after a :26.4 first quarter and yielded for the pocket while the legacy son of Somebeachsomewhere freewheeled into a :53.3 half. He tried to keep his engine rolling through three-quarters in 1:21.2 but came under stress as Mad Max Hanover powered first over into the lane with I Did It Myway on his back. Once McCarthy showed daylight to I Did It Myway, the son of Captaintreacherous lunged to the lead late and downed Mad Max Hanover by 3-1/2 lengths. Fourever Boy closed for third and Beach Glass settled for fourth
I DID IT MYWAY REPLAY
“He loves a target,” trainer Tony Alagna said after the race. “He can do it the other way as well, but he’s so much better with a target and that’s why Lexington is so kind to him. Andy [McCarthy] is the best. I love our relationship, the fact that he drives so many horses for us and the fact that he teaches these horses for the long haul. He and I are on the same page on what we’re looking for – he knows when its time to go and when its time to educate one. That makes us a good team.”
Scoring his fifth in a row and his 12th victory from 22 starts, I Did It Myway has now earned $622,908 for owners Country Club Acres, Joe Sbrocco, Don Latore, Alagna and Fodera Racing. He paid $5.90 to win.
All About The Hunt (Huntsville) upset Pebble Beach in the other Captaintreacherous division, holding onto command until the end of a 1:49 mile.
Driver Yannick Gingras brushed All About The Hunt to the front after a :28.2 first quarter while odds-on choice Pebble Beach remained third up the backside. Cruising by a :55.2 half, All About The Hunt plugged along the final turn to click three-quarters in 1:23 and open a two-length padding on his competition angling for home. Pebble Beach took aim at All About The Hunt in the stretch and inched closer with each stride, but the Ron Burke-trained Huntsville colt denied the North America Cup winner by a neck at the beam. Birthday rallied down the center to finish third and Energetic Hanover closed for fourth.
ALL ABOUT THE HUNT REPLAY
“We thought he could step up,” said Michelle Crawford, the breeder who co-owns All About The Hunt through Crawford Farms Racing. “Ronnie’s always said he’s a really good horse and he struggles on the half. I think we just try to do everything right by him and we knew that he was going to come down here and we were hoping he would throw a big mile like this.”
All About The Hunt won his fifth race from nine starts and has now earned $145,483 for owners Crawford Farms Racing and Heather Marshall. He paid $29.52 to win.
Each division of the Captaintreacherous Bluegrass Stakes was sponsored by the Captaintreacherous Syndicate and Hanover Shoe Farm.
Live racing returns to The Red Mile on Friday (Oct. 7) for the second week of the Grand Circuit fortnight. Freshman trotting colts and geldings and freshman pacing fillies will take center stage in their divisions of the International Stallion Stakes. A reminder for horsepeople: entries for the Friday card are due by 9 a.m. (EDT) on Sunday (Oct. 2).
For complete race results, click here.
by Ray Cotolo, for The Red Mile
