There was important motion throughout the high 10 within the racehorse class on the Equibase North American purse earnings leaderboard final week courtesy of two $1 million, Grade 1 races at Parx Racing: the Pennsylvania Derby and the Cotillion Stakes.
Seize the Gray returned to the winner’s circle Saturday with a victory within the Pennsylvania Derby by 3 ¾ lengths beneath Jaime Torres whereas incomes a career-best 109 Equibase Pace Determine for Corridor of Fame coach D. Wayne Lukas. Along with his win on Saturday, the 3-yerar-old Arrogate colt moved up 4 spots into third place within the 2024 standings by purse earnings.
Seize the Gray has 4 wins and one third from eight begins in 2024 with $2,314,800 in earnings. After his win within the Preakness Stakes on a muddy monitor at Pimlico Race Course, Seize the Gray had two disappointing outcomes, ending seventh by 12 ¾ lengths within the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga June 8 and fourth by 12 lengths within the Jim Dandy Stakes introduced by Mohegan Solar July 27 at Saratoga. Despatched off because the 4.30-1 third alternative, Seize the Gray was in a position to coast across the Parx primary monitor, main nearly each step of the way in which, to offer Torres his third profession graded stakes win, all aboard Seize the Gray.
Thorpedo Anna additionally returned to the winner’s circle on Saturday after her victory within the Cotillion Stakes for coach Ken McPeek with Brian Hernandez Jr. aboard. After working second by a head to Fierceness within the DraftKings Travers Stakes in an unforgettable stretch run, she got here again to win the Cotillion by a neck.
With Thorpedo Anna’s win on Saturday, the “Grizzly” rose three spots into second within the 2024 North American racehorse standings by purse earnings, with 5 wins and one second-place end from six begins in 2024 and $2,626,550 in earnings, Every of her 5 victories has are available in a graded stakes race, 4 of which have been Grade 1 and the opposite a Grade 2. She is second in earnings within the standings behind stablemate Mystik Dan, the Kentucky Derby Introduced by Woodford Reserve winner who has $4,070,050 in earnings in 2024.
There have been no important modifications within the jockey and coach standings final week. Coach Steve Asmussen has remained constant these final two weeks within the high spot within the standings by earnings and wins, adopted by Chad Brown who trails Asmussen by $1,558,375 in earnings. They’re the one two trainers with greater than $20 million in purse earnings.
Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. rode seven winners final week with earnings of $818,887. Flavien Prat, who stays in second within the jockey standings by purse earnings, rode 5 winners final week with $522,843 in earnings. Ortiz Jr. has a $1,821,457 lead over Prat. Three jockeys have earnings north of $20 million this 12 months: Irad Ortiz Jr., Flavien Prat, and Tyler Gaffalione.
Different important modifications up to now week within the 2024 standings embrace My Mane Squeeze, who jumped 14 spots within the standings to 37 after romping by 5 lengths within the Grade 3 Fasig-Tipton Dogwood Stakes at Churchill Downs. The New York-bred filly by Audible has $804,500 in earnings this 12 months.
Batten Down rose 32 spots to 49 within the standings after his win within the Bourbon Flight Stakes at Churchill Downs, profitable by 5 ¾ lengths whereas working a career-best 106 Equibase Pace Determine for Corridor of Fame coach Invoice Mott. The ridgling by Tapit now has $688,300 in purse earnings with three wins, a second, and two third-place finishes in 2024.
For extra info, in quite a lot of classes, please go to Equibase’s 2024 North American Leaderboard.