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by Frank Vespe
It wasn’t much of a surprise that the James W. Casey-trained Bound to Windsor was too good for her rivals in Saturday’s Eleanor Casey Memorial Stakes for two-year-old West Virginia-bred fillies. After all, the two-year-old Windsor Castle filly went off at 3-10 odds.
But bettors didn’t think much of his other runner in the event, B’s Wild Cork, making her 32-1. Nor were they enthralled with John Casey’s entrant, Imagoodchatterbug. She was, at 40-1, the longest shot in the eight-horse field.
Yet it was those three runners that filled out the trifecta, giving father James and son John a clean sweep in the race named for their late wife and mother Eleanor.
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Bound to Windsor, with Christian Hiraldo in the irons, made short work of her foes here, taking the lead out of the gate and never looking back. She was just a head in front after a half-mile in 48.26 seconds and then drew away from there, finishing with a five-length advantage in 1:27.63 for seven furlongs.
Meanwhile, B’s Wild Cork and Imachatterbug were swapping positions in seventh and eighth in the early going, the former a head in front of the latter, though both in the rear of the field, after a half-mile had been run. They ended up just a neck apart, B’s Wild Cork again in front of Imachatterbug, with the latter almost three lengths clear of fourth-place finisher Flashy Dragon Girl.
Bound to Windsor, a Casey homebred owned by his Taylor Mountain Farm operation, now has four wins from five starts — three in stakes company — and earnings of $118,601.
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PRINCE LUCKY TAKES PENNSYLVANIA NURSERY
Add another two-year-old stakes winner to trainer Larry Jones’s resume.
Prince Lucky powered to a nearly-three length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Pennsylvania Nursery Stakes for two-year-old PA-breds at Parx Racing. It gave the son of Corinthian his third win, first in stakes company, from four starts. He’s now earned $132,690 in his short career.
With Ricardo Santana, Jr. up, Prince Lucky, the 4-5 favorite, rallied from sixth in the eight-horse field to win going away. Santana, interestingly, did not carry a whip. Running time on the slow-playing course was 1:27.62 for seven furlongs.
Tudox Expectations was second, four lengths clear of Jw’strickymischief in third.
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