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 Jockey Eibar Coa celebrates aboard Big Drama with owner Harold Queen leading him.
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The $2 million Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) featured a field of 12 older horses going 6 furlongs on the Churchill Downs main track. Girolamo, winner of the Vosburgh (G1) after finishing 5th in the Forego (G1), was sent off as the lukewarm 4-1 favorite over 5-1 second choice Big Drama, second in both the Alfred G. Vanderbilt (G1) and the Forego (G1), and 11-2 third choice Smiling Tiger, winner of the Ancient Title (G1) and Bing Crosby (G1) in California.
 Big Drama catches pacesetter Smiling Tiger in the stretch |
Jockey Eibar Coa sent Big Drama to the front exiting the chute, and he set quick fractions of 21.34 and 44.55 with 20-1 Cash Refund and 6-1 Atta Boy Roy stalking him 1 1/2 lengths behind. At the top of the lane, Big Drama began to pull away from the field, opening up a 2 1/2 length advantage over late-running 24-1 Hamazing Destiny through 5/8 in 56.42. Hamazing Destiny gradually closed the gap but had too much to make up, as Big Drama cruised under the line 1 1/2 lengths in front in 1:09.05. It was just a neck back to Smiling Tiger third, while favorite Girolamo tired badly and finished 11th.
Pgm Horse Jockey Win Place Show 1 Big Drama Coa 12.40 7.00 5.00 4 Hamazing Destiny Rosario 19.80 12.20 5 Smiling Tiger Baze 5.00 Winning Time: 1:09.05 $2 Exacta 1-4 254.80 $2 Trifecta 1-4-5 2,396.60 $1 Superfecta 1-4-5-9 13,939.00Results chart |
Left: Big Drama heads to the winner's circle. Trainer David Fawkes said, "I'll be honest with you. I think the foundation comes from Calder. It's safe but a tiring track. It gets horses ultra fit. You see a lot of horses come out of there and go on to win all kinds of races. Blind Luck, for example. There's a lot of horses that come out of there. Vineyard Haven. Those are just recent horses. That's a great track to get a foundation on a horse."
Right: Big Drama in the post parade. Jockey Eibar Coa said, "Our plan A was just to try to break as sharp as we can and just be off the rail if we can. So when he broke that sharp today, that I was extra happy for that. That helped out a lot. And I didn't see the speed that I thought was just going to come in the beginning next to me. So that was a big help. And I know that was a big release too.
So I was able to place myself in the position that I wanted to, be off the rail in the part that we planned to be off, and everything worked out the way we wanted today."
Left: Second place finisher Hamazing Destiny in the post parade. Jockey Joel Rosario said, "He broke a little slow on me; when you're going six furlongs that doesn't help. I had a good position all the way and I thought he'd kick in well for me in the stretch. He did, but the horse up front (Big Drama) kicked in too and was best today."
Right: Third place finisher Smiling Tiger in the post parade. Jockey Russell Baze said, "He wasn't really handling the track. When I really set him down, he was slipping a little bit. He slipped a little bit at the start, and as long as I was just sitting comfortable with him, he was fine, but when I started asking him to do something, the track started getting away from him. He was game right until the end. He's not a quitter, that's for sure."
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