REGAL RIOT, a British Columbia-bred chestnut 3-year-old gelding, won a stretch battle with invader Arollercoasterride to take the Grade 3 B.C. Derby on September 10 at Hastings Racecourse.
Under jockey Efrain Hernandez, Regal Riot, who was coming off a third in the Grade 3 Canadian Derby at Century Mile on Aug. 20, tracked Peter Redekop’s recent maiden winner Arollercoasterride through moderate pace splits of 48.88 for half a mile and 1:14.71 for 6 furlongs early in the 1 1/8 mile race. The pair took off from the remaining rivals and put on a show in the stretch run with Regal Riot edging clear for a neck victory. Arollercoasterride, a son of Curlin – Catch the Thrill, was second over Boitano, a son of Nyquist.
The final time was 1:50.71 and Regal Riot collected the bulk of the $125,000 purse.
Regal Riot (Jersey Town – Regal Red by On Target) is owned by Lanec Giesbrecht and Kim Peacock, trained by Robert Anderson, and was bred by Suzanne Anderson.
“It’s a great win and the horse ran his guts out,” said Giesbrecht. “Efrain kept him right up there near the lead and that’s what he loves to do, run hard.”
Second in his only outing as a juvenile, Regal Riot won three of his first four races in 2022 including the Jack Diamond Maturity, RS McLeod Stakes and Chris Loseth Handicap before finishing third in the Sir Winston Churchill Stakes.
Regal Riot is the fifth foal to race of multiple stakes winner Regal Red, who won six stakes races and over $188,000 in her career racing in B.C. The mare has also produced stakes winners Slice of Red and Wilo Kat.
From Daily Racing Form, a summary of other stakes winners at Hastings on Saturday:
Under a heady ride by Kimal Santos, Kloepatra (Cairo Prince – Kaiserin by Tiznow) came from mid-pack to win the $75,000 British Columbia Oaks by 3 1/4 lengths over Ayelllowroseoftexas.
She paid $9.00 and, with 51-1 longshot Viva La Vino finishing third, the $2 triactor paid $4,641.20.
Kloepatra broke on top, but in a race with a plethora of speed, Santos eased her back while Belcarra posted a quick half-mile time of 46.32 seconds in the 1 1/8-mile race. She started to make her presence known heading into the stretch turn, went three-wide around the turn, took over the lead turning for home and drew clear.
Ayellowroseoftexas rallied to edge Viva La Vino by a head for the runner-up spot. Viva La Vino stalked the pace, could not keep up with the winner, but held on well to just miss second.
The final time was 1:52.01.
A Kentucky-bred daughter of Cairo Prince, Kloepatra is trained by Larry Grieve and races for WYN Racing Stables.
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Infinite Patience (Sungold – Montero by Louis Quatorze) extended her winning streak to nine races with a convincing 4 3/4-length victory over her stablemate Solarity in the $50,000 Delta Colleen. She paid $2.20 and posted a final time of 1:43.43 in the 1 1/16-mile race for fillies and mares. She was ridden by Antonio Reyes, who had her well in hand once she made the lead at the half-mile call. We B Three came from a stalking position to finish third.
A 5-year-old daughter of Sungold, Infinite Patience is trained by Barbara Heads and races for Ryan Nugent Hopkins and William DeCoursey. She was bred in British Columbia by DeCoursey.
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Porter Gent (Second in Command – Faidra by Elusive Quality) took them all the way in the $50,000 S. W. Randall Plate. He paid $4.10 for his 1 1/4-length front-running victory over Attention in the 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-olds and up. Uncharacteristic rallied late to finish third.
The final time was 1:43.76.
A 5-year-old Tod Mountain homebred by Second in Command, Porter Gent is trained by Edgar Mendoza.
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