Jockey: Florent Geroux Post Position: 5 out of 20 Morning-Line Odds: 10-1 Race Record PedigreeCandy Ride (ARG) x Quiet Giant, by Giants Causeway. Candy Ride, grandson (via sire Ride the Rails) of prolific Fappiano son Cryptoclearance, was a champion miler in Argentina. His damsire, Candy Stripes, was a son of Blushing Groom, who won many of France's most prestigious distance races. Quiet Giant, who won 7 of her 12 starts (and placed in 2), has a solid pedigree. Her sire, Giants Causeway, is a son of Storm Cat and was successful in his own right across the pond. Her damsire is Quiet American, another son of Fappiano. In addition to two occurrences of Northern Dancer on Gun Runner's dam’s side, Blushing Groom and Lyphard (himself a son of Northern Dancer) appear once each on either side. I like that there’s a good deal of diversity of country of origin here (mostly from Candy Ride) and also the Secretariat on Quiet Giant’s side, but I’m not super keen on the double Fappiano along with double Northern Dancer. ConformationAside from a slightly lean neck and being possibly a little bit tied in beneath the knee, Gun Runner seems to have very ideal conformation. He has a large shoulder, yes, but an equally large hindquarter. Nice short back and a clean throatlatch. His pasterns have a good slope to them without being too long. Correct, clean legs with a good cannon:forearm ratio.
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Race Results Gun Runner took the challenge of an additional sixteenth of a mile more than his previous races completely in stride, winning today's Louisiana Derby by several lengths over second place finisher Tom's Ready. In a photo finish for third, Dazzling Gem beat out Mo Tom seemingly by a nose. |
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