Bushido Among Comebacking Turf Sprinters in Palisades

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Photo: Michael Burns
Bushido wins the 2022 Ontario Racing Stakes at Woodbine

The winter is a time when many turf horses are freshened, as grass opportunities are more plentiful from spring to fall.

And so it is that six of the 12 3-year-olds in the body of the field for the April 16 Palisades Stakes at 5 1/2 furlongs on the Keeneland turf return from racing inactivity, including stakes-established grass horses Bushido , Gaslight Dancer , and No Nay Hudson .

Even an accomplished dirt sprinter from last year, Saratoga Special Stakes (G2) winner Damon's Mound , returns to action in the $250,000 Palisades.

While Michele and Cliff Love's Damon's Mound, a son of Girvin   trained by Michelle Lovell, is an uncertainty on turf, Bushido is not, having won each of his two starts on grass over five furlongs last year in Canada at Woodbine. The Darwin Banach trainee scored first out by 5 1/4 lengths against maidens Sept. 4 before repeating by 2 3/4 lengths in the Ontario Racing Stakes Oct. 8, never trailing in either spot.


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Luis Saez picks up the ride on the son of First Samurai   for his owner, Bushido Syndicate.

Two entrants in Sunday's Palisades competed in the Breeders' Cup last fall at Keeneland, with Gaslight Dancer running sixth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) and Private Creed  third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1T).

Private Creed is back in a turf sprint after two defeats this year in routes, one on turf and another on dirt.


Entries: Palisades S.

Keeneland, Sunday, April 16, 2023, Race 7

  • STK
  • 5 1/2f
  • Turf
  • $250,000
  • 3 yo
  • 4:12 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Two of a Kind (KY) Julien R. Leparoux 118 Brian A. Lynch 20/1
2 2Chiringo (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Irad Ortiz, Jr. 118 George Weaver 20/1
3 3Fadethenoise (KY) Lanfranco Dettori 118 Michael J. Maker 20/1
4 4Crispy Cat (GB) Paco Lopez 123 Jorge Delgado 8/1
5 5Gaslight Dancer (KY) Tyler Gaffalione 118 Michael J. Maker 8/1
6 6Private Creed (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Joel Rosario 123 Steven M. Asmussen 4/1
7 7Bushido (KY) Luis Saez 123 Darwin D. Banach 5/1
8 8No Nay Hudson (IRE)Keeneland Sales Graduate John R. Velazquez 118 Wesley A. Ward 9/2
9 9Storm Daddy (KY) Malcolm Franklin 118 Michelle L. Elliott 30/1
10 10Golden Nugget (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Flavien Prat 118 Brendan P. Walsh 12/1
11 11New York Thunder (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jose E. Morelos 118 Jorge Delgado 8/1
12 12Damon's Mound (FL) Gabriel Saez 118 Michelle Lovell 6/1
13 13Olazabal (KY) Florent Geroux 118 Eric N. Foster 8/1