Wyatt’s Town crowned King Corrie Stakes victor at Woodbine

you're listening to an article from canadian thoroughbred.com. wyatt’s town crowned king corrie stakes victor at woodbine. wyatt’s town toyed with his king corrie stakes rivals en route to victory in his woodbine debut in the $100,000 six-furlong sprint for sophomores on saturday afternoon. with eurico rosa da silva aboard for the first time, wyatt’s town opened up a quick four-length lead on his foes out of the gate and when the field caught up to him down the backstretch, he dashed away again. the colt, who set fractions of:22.25 and:44.67, then held off the late-closing hemp hemp hurray by one length for the victory in 1:09.73. “he ran very big,” said da silva after the race. “when he left the gate, i was lucky i had a good hold of him because he stumbled a little bit. but he’s so quick, even though he stumbled, he was already clear in front of everybody. a very fast horse.”. advertisement scroll to continue with content wyatt’s town is trained by norm mcknight, who recognized potential upside in the kentucky-bred son of speightstown while looking for a young horse at churchill downs for owners henley thoroughbreds ltd. and newtop stables. formerly trained by steve asmussen, wyatt’s town was claimed for $50,000 on may 17 at churchill, where he won back-to-back races. the colt now boasts three straight wins and has finished no worse than third in nine career starts. sent postward as the heavy 3-5 favourite, wyatt’s town paid $3.30, $2.30 and $2.20. he combined with second choice hemp hemp hurray ($2.80, $2.40) for a 5-1 exacta worth $9.80. run away ($3.80) followed in third to complete a 5-1-7 trifecta worth $26.10 for a $1 ticket. with souper smart finishing fourth, a $1 superfecta of 5-1-7-3 returned $99.20. blueblood, stormfuhr and be vewy vewy quiet completed the order of finish.