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Sugar Shock atoned for her disqualification in the Honeybee Stakes a month earlier with a gate-to-wire win in the $400,000 Grade III Fantasy Stakes at Oaklawn Park.
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Caption: Sugar Shock Kentucky Derby contenders in training at the Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on April 27, 2014 KentuckyDerby 2Works4_27 image832 Photo by Anne M. Eberhardt
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Caption: Sugar Shock with Seth VanDyke Kentucky Derby contenders in training at the Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on April 19, 2014. KentuckyDerby 1Works4_23 image056 Photo by Anne M. Eberhardt
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Untapable broke well from the outside post and settled fourth as Sugar Shock who took the early advantage in the Oaks and set the opening quarter-mile fraction of :23.67 while being followed by My Miss Sophia and Thank You Marylou.
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Sugar Shock wins the 2015 American Beauty.
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Sugar Shock wins the 2015 American Beauty.
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Sugar Shock wins the 2015 American Beauty.
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Sugar Shock wins the 2015 American Beauty.
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Sugar Shock wins the 2015 American Beauty.
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Sugar Shock wins the 2014 Panthers Stakes.
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Sugar Shock preps for the Kentucky Oaks April 27.
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Sugar Shock - Churchill Downs, April 23, 2014
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Sugar Shock - Churchill Downs, April 23, 2014
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Sugar Shock - Churchill Downs, April 23, 2014
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Sugar Shock - Churchill Downs, April 23, 2014
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Sugar Shock wins the 2014 Fantasy Stakes.
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Sugar Shock wins the 2014 Fantasy Stakes.
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Sugar Shock wins the 2014 Fantasy Stakes.
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Sugar Shock worked four furlongs with Calvin Borel aboard in :48 2/5.
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Sugar Shock won the 2014 Fantasy Stakes.
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Sugar Shock and Channing Hill take the Fantasy Stakes.
Delaunay, winner of 18 races and over $1.1 million in purse money through 52 outings, is 8-5 morning line favorite in the Iowa Sprint Handicap and the most accomplished runner in the Friday, June 26, Prairie Meadows race.
Champion Untapable will get another chance at Oaklawn Park and should be sharper in her second start of the season against unlikely rival Gold Medal Dancer in the $600,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (gr. I) April 10.
Last year's 3-year-old filly champion and Breeders' Cup Distaff winner faces five opponents in 1 1/16-mile test at Oaklawn Park.
In taking the American Beauty Stakes Jan. 24 at Oaklawn Park, Sugar Shock proved she could be successful sprinting and could return a winner after seven months away from the track.
Last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner gets nine pounds from Sugar Shock.
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Untapable, the overwhelming 4-5 morning line favorite in the May 2 Longines Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), has worked hard for the odds she received.
Winchell Thoroughbreds homebred Untapable will break from the outside post 13 as the 4-5 morning line favorite in the May 2 Longines Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) at Churchill Downs.
Longines Kentucky Oaks (gr. I)-bound fillies Unbridled Forever, Sugar Shock, Aurelia's Belle, and Room Service all posted workouts at Churchill Downs the morning of April 24 in preparation for the "Run for the Lilies."
Iowa-based trainer Doug Anderson isn't a well-known name in the Thoroughbred horse racing game. But when his filly Sugar Shock contests the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), things may change for the small-time conditioner.
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Sugar Shock atoned for her disqualification in the Honeybee Stakes (gr. III) a month earlier with a gate-to-wire win in the $400,000 Fantasy Stakes (gr. III) April 5 at Oaklawn Park.
The $400,000 Fantasy Stakes (gr. III) April 5 at Oaklawn Park will provide Repole Stable's Stopchargingmaria an excellent opportunity to rebound off a dull effort in the Davona Dale Stakes (gr. II).
Sugar Shock, who was disqualified from first in the Honeybee Stakes (gr. III), moved one step closer to possible redemption in the $400,000 Fantasy Stakes (gr. III) with a five-furlong breeze March 30 at Oaklawn Park.
Euphrosyne was awarded the win in the $150,000 Honeybee Stakes (gr. III) March 8 after first-place finisher Sugar Shock was disqualified for interference in the Oaklawn Park stretch.
The major prep for the grade II Fantasy Stakes April 5 drew mostly up-and-coming locally based fillies, but it is the two shippers -- Please Explainand Taris -- who may be the most intriguing.
| Trainer | Brad H. Cox |
|---|---|
| Jockey | Shaun Bridgmohan |
| Owner | Bush, Warren, Kennedy, Aaron, Coulter, James and Anderson, Doug L. |
| Breeder | Pam & Martin Wygod |
| Sugar Shock View Five-Cross Pedigree | Candy Ride (ARG) | Ride the Rails |
| Candy Girl (ARG) | ||
| Enthusiastically | Distorted Humor | |
| Unbridled Hope |
| Sale / Hip | Type | Buyer | Consignor | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEESEP2012 Hip 2158 |
Yearling | Cathy Anderson | Lane's End, agent for Pam & Martin Wygod | $20,000 |
| FTKNOV2015 Hip 126 |
Racing or broodmare prospect | Katsumi Yoshida | Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent | $360,000 |
| Tepin |
| Beholder |
| Nyquist |
| Songbird |
| Arrogate |
| Frosted |
| Exaggerator |
| Steip Amach (IRE) |
| Rainha Da Bateria |
| World Approval |
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