Tend Splashes Home at Churchill Downs
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Billy, Donna and Justin Hays’ Tend, a three-time stakes winner, took the lead nearing the three-sixteenths pole and splashed home to a 1 ¼-length victory over
Golden Country in the $53,107 Wednesday afternoon feature at Churchill Downs.
Trained by Joe Woodard and ridden by Corey Lanerie, Tend covered the six furlongs on the sloppy main track in 1:11.17.
Tend broke well under Lanerie
and then was rated in fourth in the field of five through fractions of
:21.80 and :45.79. A 6-year-old gelded son of Dynaformer, Tend moved for
the leaders at the three-eighths pole, took
the lead in mid-stretch and was kept to task under consistent urging
from Lanerie until crossing the wire.
Favored in the field of five at odds of 6-5, Tend returned mutuels of $4.60 and $2.80. Theodore Bates Jr.’s Golden Country finished second and returned $3.80. Show wagering was cancelled following the scratch
of Congressional Page.
The victory was worth $33,000
and increased Tend’s bankroll to $455,232 with a record of 10-5-7 from
31 lifetime starts.
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