A last-minute jockey change didn’t matter as Built took an easy lead and rolled to a 6 ¾-length victory in the $100,000 Gun Runner Stakes at the Fair Grounds on Saturday. The Kentucky Derby prep races awarded Built 10 2025 Kentucky Derby qualifying points, with the next four finishers earning 5-3...
Gun Runner won his first two races before fading to fourth in a Grade 2 event that ended his 2-year-old season. At 3 he won four stakes (Risen Star, Louisiana Derby, Matt Winn, Clark) but came up short in the 2025 Kentucky Derby, Haskell Stakes, Travers Stakes, Pennsylvania Derby and Breeders’ Cup...
Once again, a Steve Asmussen trainee came through for the Hall of Famer at the Fair Grounds, with Track Phantom going on to a 1 1/4-length victory over Snead in the $100,000 Gun Runner Stakes on Saturday. The race, in its third year, is named for Asmussen’s 2017 Horse of the Year, who won a [&hell...
Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen has used the Fair Grounds as a proving ground for quite a few of his 3-year-olds that went on to run in the Kentucky Derby (G1). Among them was champion Gun Runner, who won the 2016 Risen Star (G2) and the Louisiana Derby (G2) at the New Orleans track […]...
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