Madefromlucky coasts to comfortable Greenwood Cup win

The Greenwood Cup set up beautifully for Todd Pletcher trainee Madefromlucky. The five year-old son of Lookin at Lucky had a chance to sit an inside trip behind a contested pace, comfortably took the lead with about three furlongs to run and then won by as much as jockey Javier Castellano pleased.

Last year in the Greenwood Cup, Scuba was the only speed in the race and he took advantage of the tactical edge and led gate to wire.

Back today looking for a repeat win, Scuba faced much different circumstances. Pressed early by long shot Let Me Go First, the fractions proved much more demanding, the first quarter in 23.99 and a half in 47.33. Meanwhile, Madefromlucky simply bided his time behind the front runners and moving to the final turn, got his cue to go challenge the softened up leaders.

By the time the field turned for home, he had opened a three-length lead and the margin was growing with each jump. The big lead allowed Castellano to wrap up his horse with better than a sixteenth to go and Madefromlucky coasted under the wire, winning by an official margin of just over 12 lengths.

Owned by Cheyenne Farms and Mac Nichol, he went off as the 8-5 second choice and paid $5.80 to win. The final time for the mile and a half was 2:32.72.

Source: Parx Racing