Veteran sprinter Absolutely Cool came flying from last to circle his opponents and win Opening Day’s (Oct. 17) $35,000 Bienvenidos Stakes at Turf Paradise.
Ridden confidently by Jake Barton the 8-year-old trainee of Valerie Lund and owned by Karl Krieg, was 2 ¼ lengths clear of pace-setter Bourbon Sense with the late-running Jamaican Memories third in the field of eight older horses.
Absolutely Cool covered the wet-fast 6 ½ furlongs in 1:15.58 and returned $6.60 as the 2-1 favorite.
Absolutely Cool, who relishes the local strip as shown by his 25-7-7-7 record, bid his time in eighth until launching is patented late-kick at the half mile pole, blowing by Bourbon Sense inside the sixteenth pole.
Absolutely Cool, who won this year’s prestigious Phoenix Gold Cup and who has twice finished third in the Bienvenidos, now sports lifetime earnings of $324,727 from a record of 40-9-11-10.
Ridden confidently by Jake Barton the 8-year-old trainee of Valerie Lund and owned by Karl Krieg, was 2 ¼ lengths clear of pace-setter Bourbon Sense with the late-running Jamaican Memories third in the field of eight older horses.
Absolutely Cool covered the wet-fast 6 ½ furlongs in 1:15.58 and returned $6.60 as the 2-1 favorite.
Absolutely Cool, who relishes the local strip as shown by his 25-7-7-7 record, bid his time in eighth until launching is patented late-kick at the half mile pole, blowing by Bourbon Sense inside the sixteenth pole.
Absolutely Cool, who won this year’s prestigious Phoenix Gold Cup and who has twice finished third in the Bienvenidos, now sports lifetime earnings of $324,727 from a record of 40-9-11-10.
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