Post-Race Analysis:
Camden, South Carolina - March 29, 2008: Augustin Stable’s Imagina
(Chi) ran down pacemaker Dr. Bloomer before the ninth of 10 fences
and powered away late to win the $75,000 Carolina First Carolina
Cup at Springdale Race Course Saturday.
The first leg of the Steeplechase Triple Crown, the race attracted
a field of five evenly matched novice steeplechasers, but 6-year-old
mare Imagina dispatched four geldings in an easy nine-length romp
for trainer Sanna Hendriks and jockey Jody Petty. Red Letter Day
rallied late for second with Swimming River third. Bred in Chile,
Imagina covered the 2 1/8 miles and 10 fences in 4:06.7.
A maiden winner over the course in 2007, Imagina took on males
for the first time and made it look easy. Dr. Bloomer made the early
running but began to tire on the final trip down the backside. Fourth
early, Imagina advanced to second at the eighth fence and took aim
on the leader the ninth. By the final turn, she owned a commanding
lead and skipped over the last to win with little urging from Petty.
The jockey credited his mare’s tenacity: “She loves to run down
horses and you can just feel her see horses and run them down,”
Petty said. “She loves to see horses in front of her and she loves
to just conquer them. She sees what she wants to do and she just
reaches for it. That really worked today because of how the race
set up.”
Imagina lost all four hurdle starts in 2006, her first year in
the United States. In 2007, she won three of eight starts (including
two stakes) and pocketed just shy of $73,000.
The race, normally a right of spring for everyone from horse owners
to college students, took place in a driving rainstorm with temperatures
decreasing throughout the day – not that it bothered the winner.
“Once the race starts, you forget the world is spinning,” said Petty.
“I pulled up and the adrenaline was going – I felt great. Then I
stood around for a while and got pretty cold pretty quickly. I’m
glad it’s over.”
The Triple Crown continues at Middleburg, Va. for the $75,000 Temple
Gwathmey April 19. The final leg comes with the $75,000 National
Hunt Cup at Radnor, Pa. May 17.
Edited from NSA press release.
The complete order of finish for the Carolina Cup is set forth
below.
Results:
|
PP
|
Horse
|
lbs
|
Jockey
|
Trainer
|
Owner
|
|
1
|
Imagina (Chi) |
146 |
Jody Petty |
Sanna Hendriks |
Augustin Stable |
|
2
|
Red Letter Day |
148 |
Bernie Dalton |
Janet Elliot |
Greg Hawkins |
|
3
|
Swimming River |
151 |
Robbie Walsh |
Paul Rowland |
Long Lane Farm |
|
4
|
Dr. Bloomer |
148 |
James Slater |
Jonathan Sheppard |
Calvin Houghland |
|
PU
|
C R's Deputy |
138 |
Paddy Young |
Chuck Lawrence |
Barracuda Stable |
|
Scr
|
Swagger Stick |
148 |
Xavier Aizpuru |
Jack Fisher |
Mrs. S.K. Johnston, Jr. |
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Pedigree of Winner:
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Previous Winners:
| YEAR |
FIRST (Age) |
JOCKEY |
lbs. |
SECOND (Age) |
lbs. |
THIRD (Age) |
lbs. |
|
2007
|
Orison |
McCarron |
151 |
Rare Bush |
151 |
Gliding (NZ) |
151 |
|
2006
|
Top Of The Bill (5) |
Rafter |
148 |
The Next Man (Ire) |
148 |
Good Night Shirt |
151 |
|
2005
|
Sur La Tete (7) |
Read |
158 |
Hirapour (Ire) (9) |
158 |
Preemptive Strike |
158 |
|
2004
|
Preemptive Strike (6) |
Walsh |
146 |
Hirapour (8) |
146 |
Al Skywalker (11) |
158 |
|
2003
|
Al Skywalker (10) |
Foley |
150 |
Tres Touche (6) |
142 |
Turkish Corner (7) |
142 |
|
2002
|
Canta Ke Brave (6) |
Massey |
146 |
Al Skywalker (9) |
154 |
Lord Zada (9) |
154 |
|
2001
|
Al Skywalker (8) |
Foley |
142 |
Campanile (7) |
150 |
Assurance (9) |
146 |
|
2000
|
Invest West (6) |
Kingsley |
154 |
Snuggle (NZ) (8) |
142 |
Darn Tipalarm (7) |
146 |
|
1999
|
Lonesome Glory (11) |
B. Miller |
154 |
Assurance (7) |
154 |
Romantic (7) |
154 |
|
1998
|
Master McGrath (11) |
Kingsley |
146 |
Brigade of Guards (6) |
146 |
Fifth Creek (8) |
142 |
|
1997
|
Lonesome Glory (9) |
B. Miller |
154 |
Hudson Bay (7) |
154 |
Prime Legacy (8) |
154 |
|
1996
|
To Ridley (6) |
Clancy |
146 |
Eskimo Cove (8) |
146 |
Leandro (7) |
140 |
|
1995
|
Mr. Yankee (8) |
Delozier |
140 |
Mistico (9) |
166 |
Victorian Hill (10) |
154 |
|
1994
|
Moonstruck (11) |
Thornton |
151 |
Castleworth (8) |
144 |
Victorian Hill (9) |
156 |
|
1993
|
Mistico (7) |
Thornton |
160 |
Victorian Hill (8) |
158 |
Woodlast (8) |
145 |
|
1992
|
Castleworth (6) |
Clancy |
139 |
Timely Encounter (9) |
141 |
Moonstruck (9) |
154 |
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