Andthewinneris downs Bourbon foes, gains Breeders' Cup pass

Andthewinneris swept to the front at midstretch and pulled clear to post a 2 3/4-length victory in the 32nd running of the Grade 2, $350,000 Bourbon for 2-year-olds.

Trained by Wayne Catalano and ridden by Flavien Prat, Andthewinneris covered the 1 1/16 miles on the firm turf course in a stakes-record 1:41.27. It is the second victory in the race for Catalano with the previous triumph coming in 2013 with Poker Player.

With the victory, Susan Moulton’s homebred earned a fees-paid berth to the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) to be run here Nov. 4. For Moulton and Catalano, it is their second “win and you’re in” Breeders’ Cup Challenge victory after winning the Phoenix (G2) on Friday with Manny Wah.

Andthewinneris is a Kentucky-bred son of Oscar Performance out of the Scat Daddy mare Run Like the Boss. With a record of 4-2-0-2, Andthewinneris earned $198,013 with Sunday’s victory to boost his bankroll to $282,243.

In the Bourbon, Panama led the field of 12 through fractions of :22.34, :45.81 and 1:10.89 with Deer District in closest pursuit and Andthewinneris racing in the clear in midpack. Deer District took over in the upper stretch but Prat had Andthewinneris in high gear and roared on by passing the eighth pole and coasting to victory.

Andthewinneris returned $10.18, $5.54 and $4.52. Deer District, ridden by Martin Garcia, returned $5.92 and $4.30 and finished three-quarters of a length in front of Really Good who paid $4.72 to show under Tyler Gaffalione.

It was another half-length back to Rarified Flair who was followed in order by Our Dream Rye’d, Boppy O, Reckoning Force, Accident, B Minor, Gigante, Panama and Hendrickson.