Power Alert Seeks Turf Sprint Rebound
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Power Alert wins the Turf Sprint
AJ Suited Racing Stable's Power Alert looks to become the first repeat winner of the $150,000 Twin Spires Turf Sprint Presented by TwinSpires.com (gr. IIIT) when he faces 12 rivals including grade I winner Hootenanny May 6 at Churchill Downs.
The Brian Lynch trainee needs to rebound from an eighth-place finish in the April 9 Shakertown (gr. IIT) at Keeneland, and looks to return to the same winning form that saw him establish a stakes record of :55.17 for five furlongs in last year's edition of the Turf Sprint.
Julien Leparoux, aboard for last year's victory, has the mount from the rail aboard the 6-year-old gelding.
He will likely face a challenge from Hootenanny, the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IT) winner who last ran second off the layoff in the April 9 Jacques Cartier Stakes at Woodbine after failing to hold the lead late. Racing for Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, and Derrick Smith, Hootenanny came off a break of 9 1/2 months to secure that runner-up effort to Passion for Action.
Twin Spires Turf Sprint S. (gr. IIIT)
Churchill Downs, Friday, May 06, 2016, Race 8
PP
Horse
Jockey
Wgt
Trainer
M/L
1
1Power Alert (AUS)
Julien R. Leparoux
122
Brian A. Lynch
5/1
2
2Summation Time (FL)
Javier Castellano
120
Christophe Clement
8/1
3
3Mongol Bull (KY)
Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.
120
William B. Bradley
20/1
4
4Rocket Heat (KY)
Flavien Prat
120
Vann Belvoir
12/1
5
5American Sailor (KY)
Luis Saez
120
Joe Sharp
20/1
6
6Alsvid (KY)
Chris Landeros
120
Chris A. Hartman
12/1
7
7Hootenanny (KY)
John R. Velazquez
120
Wesley A. Ward
7/2
8
8Weast Hill (AR)
Joseph Rocco, Jr.
120
Brad H. Cox
20/1
9
9Speightsong (ON)
Corey J. Lanerie
120
Grant T. Forster
20/1
10
10Latent Revenge (KY)
Florent Geroux
120
Gregory D. Foley
20/1
11
11Something Extra (KY)
Shaun Bridgmohan
120
Gail Cox
4/1
12
12Guns Loaded (FL)
Mario Gutierrez
122
Doug F. O'Neill
4/1
13
13Sylven Park (KY)
Sophie Doyle
120
Tevis Q. McCauley
30/1