Horse Racing

She Can’t Sing on Key in Frontrunning Chilukki Victory


Lothenbach’s stables She can’t sing has long been a versatile athlete, winning on grass, synthetic and turf surfaces. Now she’s shown more adaptability, this time with her running style.

Typically a mare running at a pace two or more distances from the leader, she showed she could do something else on November 19 at Churchill Downs in the $298,500 Chilukki Stakes (G3), racing in tandem for an early lead before asserting his dominance in the extended period. Purebred 5-year-old daughter of Bernardini was clearly drawn under Brian Hernandez Jr. to win by 2 3/4 first Ice orchids .

“Had to move to Plan B,” Hernandez told winning coach Chris Block as he brought his mount back in front of the stands to prepare to enter the winner’s circle.

It was a pre-run scheme that worked in the one-mile race, partly because of the six-horse formation’s composition, which had no pace, especially after the winning sprinter’s collision. win. central aisle .

However, sections of the race weren’t slow—22.82, 45.50 and 1:10.12—the first two of which went straight down Churchill’s long back slide.

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Block said: “Brian did a great job—just sitting there, and she inherited the lead. “I knew at the far turn – when she had so many on hand, so many horses – that it would be difficult for her to run down.”

Indeed, no one could threaten her, with a one-mile winner time of 1:35.38. Ice Orchid rose from fourth to finish first Freedom MD .

like Trainer a dull fourth run after passing the field early, and empire house and second favorite Princess Mariah round the last two places. Beaten for 30 rounds, Mariah’s Princess returned restless with blood visible from her nostrils. She was taken precautions when she returned to the backseat in the horse ambulance.

Amid race day drug drops across the country, stock races in Kentucky are conducted without the Lasix diuretic, which is used to control respiratory bleeding, and is allowed to do most of the work. kind of race for old horses.

Hernandez said She Can’t Sing was full of energy after the third quarter of the race, in 24.62, as she breathed a sigh of relief as her Empire House companion began to retreat.

“My little girl went well all the way, and she got to the quadrant on her own terms,” Hernandez said. “And when she changed the lead, she sprinted home.”

She couldn't sing the Chilukki Stakes on Saturday, November 19, 2022 at Churchill Downs
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She Can’t Sing connections enjoy trophy presentation after Chilukki

She paid $9.04 to win against her mutuel supporters. She made $183,450 entering the race, which was posted with no existing classified bet winners. She lifted her record to 8-6-5 in 33 starts and career earnings to $816,588 for Bob Lothanbach’s Lothanbach Stables. She currently has four wins in the 2022 stake.

Bred in Kentucky, She Can’t Sing is not among the three winners of the Distorted Humor award sad music, a producer of five ponies, two of which have already started. She Can’t Sing was the dam’s sole winner. Among her creations are two underage ponies, an avid brother of She Can’t Sing, and a faucet The pony was born this year.

“She’s going to the Fair Grounds during the winter,” Block said. “Maybe we’ll freshen up a bit and get ready for a campaign for next year.”

Video: Chilukki S. (G3)

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