Admission Office topples Arklow in Louisville Stakes
The field heads into turn one in the Breeders' Cup Mile during the 2011 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Churchill Downs on November 4, 2011 in Louisville, Kentucky. PHOTO | MATTHEW STOCKMAN | AFP
What you need to know:
- Admission Office mastered 1.5 miles over firm turf in 2:27:2/10 seconds for Mr and Mrs John Amerman, trained by Brian Lynch.
Admission Office (Julien Leparoux 6-1), from Amerman Stables, overcame a miserable draw, rallied wide in the stretch to just head (Arklow Florence Geroux 6-5).
He nabbed Saturday's 83rd running of the $100,000, Louisville Stakes presented by Longines at Churchill Downs, Kentucky.
Admission Office mastered 1.5 miles over firm turf in 2:27:2/10 seconds for Mr and Mrs John Amerman, trained by Brian Lynch.
Nothing fancied won in the Single 6 Jackpot, or, Late Pick 5 sequences, which garnered some tasty carry-ons.
Lombo dictated a fast pace from ground zero, leading twelve elderly horses, until Arklow gained some few margins.
Admission Office, 5, was sitting pretty until motoring with a last gasp effort to shackle Arklow.
He's No Lemon (Rafael Bejarano (10-1), slipped into third. Lombo's brief dabble with fame ended in last position.
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She's a Julie (Ricardo Santana 4-1), added a powerful kick at the far stretch, before running down Ollie's Candy to the inside of Point of Honor (Javier Castellano 3-1), to escape with a $300,000 Ogden Phipps purse, by a nose at Belmont Park, New York. Golden Award found third.
Trained by Hall of Famer, Steve Asmussen, the 5-year-old daughter of Elusive Quality earned an automatic “Win and You're In” berth into the Breeders' Cup Distaff, November 7 at Keenelan, through its Challenge Series. She's a Julie compensated for her dilly dallying at the Shawnee, when leaping up and down at the gates, losing valuable time. ET
