After a formidable victory within the $200,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday, John Hancock moved as much as seventeenth within the Equibase standings by purse earnings and seventh inside the 3-year-old division with $138,560 in earnings.
The Structure colt narrowly defeated a decided Owen Almighty, incomes 20 Kentucky Derby offered by Woodford Reserve qualifying factors to rank seventh on the Highway to the Derby leaderboard. John Hancock gained his profession debut – additionally at Tampa Bay Downs – posting a 94 Equibase Pace Determine and he earned a 96 velocity determine for his Sam F. Davis Stakes win.
Tampa Bay Downs was additionally the host monitor for the subsequent cease on the Highway to the Longines Kentucky Oaks final weekend: the $100,000 Suncoast Stakes, a one-mile and 40-yard race on the grime for 3-year-old fillies value 20 factors to the winner. La Cara completely dominated in her 2025 debut for coach Mark Casse, romping by 6 ¼ lengths. The Road Sense filly moved as much as 68th by purse earnings within the 3-year-old division and second on the Kentucky Oaks leaderboard with 33 factors.
Colloquial, a 3-year-old Vekoma colt from the George Weaver barn, earned the very best Equibase Pace Determine of the week, scoring a 119 in his second profession begin in a maiden particular weight at Aqueduct. Collloquial romped by seven lengths after a layoff of greater than 7 ½ months to earn the 119, which is the highest Equibase velocity determine for any 3-year-old in 2025.
Flavien Prat, the 2024 Eclipse Award winner as excellent jockey, gained at a 36% clip final week whereas taking 4 journeys to the winner’s circle with $271,728 in earnings, inching up three spots within the Equibase jockey standings into fifth. On Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs, Prat gained the Sam F. Davis Stakes aboard John Hancock after which traveled 2,500 miles to Santa Anita Park on Sunday to journey three winners from 4 mounts, together with a victory within the Candy Life Stakes aboard Casalu for coach Bob Baffert. Prat is successful at 33% in 2025 with 29 wins from 87 begins and $1,680,843 in earnings. He is also successful at a 50% clip in graded stakes races to this point this 12 months.
Irad Ortiz Jr. additionally continues to seek out the winner’s circle, remaining on prime of the Equibase standings by wins with 33 and purse earnings with $3,362,510.
Saffie Joseph Jr. stays on prime of the 2025 coach standings by purse earnings, choosing up six extra wins and $209,590 in earnings whereas successful at a 38% charge final week. He now has $3,465,027 in earnings, greater than one million forward of Steve Asmussen in second.
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