Spiral Stakes

Notes:
Multiple stakes champ Uncaptured, who opened as AllHorseRacing s Kentucky Derby future book favorite last August, makes his long-awaited seasonal debut in Turfway Park s major Kentucky Derby prep, which is worth 50-20-10-5 qualifying points to the top four finishers plus a share of the 550,000 purse. The Ontario-bred colt has won six of his seven starts, five of them stakes, but has been hampered by foot problems since taking the G2 Kentucky Jockey Club at Churchill Downs last November. He s been training forwardly over the synthetic surface in Ocala and is proven over Polytrack at Woodbine. Balance the Books is the only other graded stakes victor in the field and has been off even longer than Uncaptured. He was last seen finishing a close 3 rd in the G1 Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf on 11/3 and missed a planned return in Gulfstream Park s G3 Palm Beach S. due to a minor issue. This will be his first start on synthetic after racing exclusively on grass. Breeders Cup Juvenile 3 rd -place finisher Capo Bastone broke his maiden over the synthetic track at Del Mar. He won his seasonal debut, a Gulfstream OC 75000n1x, last month in his first start after moving to Todd Pletcher s barn. Fear the Kitten checked in a non-threatening 5 th behind Uncaptured in the Jockey Club then hit the board while being double-digits behind the winners in the G3 Lecomte and Southwest stakes. Mac the Man has won two stakes over this track this year and three in a row dating back to last December. He skipped the John Battaglia Memorial S. to point for this spot. General Election closed from far back to win the Battaglia in his stakes debut. The close 2-3 finishers behind him that day, Giant Finish and For Greater Glory, also return here. My Name Is Michael was purchased privately after running 2 nd in Woodbine s Display S. to end his juvenile campaign. In his first start for trainer Bill Mott, he closed late for 3 rd in the G3 Sam F. Davis S. at Tampa Bay Downs before a cough forced him to miss training and the G2 Fountain of Youth S. at Gulfstream. Black Onyx gave a career best effort when racing on turf for the first time in a Gulfstream OC 75000n1x on 2/23. Channel Isle was drubbed in his only two stakes tries, both on dirt, but finished a good 3 rd over Polytrack in a Keeneland maiden contest. Taken by the Storm is subbing for stablemate Frac Daddy in the Spiral and was DQ d to 2 nd in that Keeneland race with Channel Isle. He exits a 3/9 win on the Gulfstream grass.

Spiral Stakes is a grade 3 horse racing event that is organized at Turfway Park. It has a purse value of 500,000. 3 years old Graded Stakes horses that can cover a distance of 9 furlong may participate in the race.

Spiral Stakes Past Winners

Year	Winner	Trainer	Jockey	Owner	Time
2013	Black Onyx	Kelly Breen	Joe Bravo	Sterling Racing	1:51.98
2012	Went the Day Well	H. Graham Motion	John Velazquez	Team Valor/Ford	1:51.33
2011	Animal Kingdom	H. Graham Motion	Alan Garcia	Team Valor	1:52.32
2010	Dean's Kitten	Michael J. Maker	Cornelio Velasquez	Ken and Sarah Ramsey	1:50.59
2009	Hold Me Back	William I. Mott	Kent Desormeaux	WinStar Farm	1:49.63
2008	Adriano	H. Graham Motion	Edgar Prado	Courtlandt Farms	1:50.20
2007	Hard Spun	J. Larry Jones	Mario G. Pino	Fox Hill Farms Inc.	1:49.41
2006	With A City	Michael J. Maker	Brice Blanc	Equirace.com	1:51.11
2005	Flower Alley	Todd A. Pletcher	Jorge Chavez	Melnyk Racing Stables	1:50.33
2004	Sinister G	John Toscano, Jr.	Paul Toscano	John T. Toscano III et al.	1:50.71
2003	New York Hero	Jennifer Pedersen	Norberto Arroyo, Jr.	Paraneck Stable	1:50.68
2002	Perfect Drift	Murray W. Johnson	Ed Delahoussaye	Stonecrest Farm	1:48.83
2001	Balto Star	Todd A. Pletcher	Mark Guidry	Anstu Stable	1:47.23
2000	Globalize	Jerry Hollendorfer	Francisco Torres	Howard Litt et al.	1:49.16
1999	Stephen Got Even	Nick Zito	Shane Sellers	Stephen Hilbert	1:49.03
1998	Event of the Year	Jerry Hollendorfer	Russell Baze	Golden Eagle Farm	1:47.00
1997	Concerto	John J. Tammaro III	Carlos Marquez, Jr.	Kinsman Stable	1:48.20
1996	Roar	C. R. McGaughey III	Mike E. Smith	Dilschneider	1:49.60
1995	Serena's Song	D. Wayne Lukas	Corey Nakatani	Bob & Beverly Lewis	1:49.60
1994	Polar Expedition	Hugh H. Robertson	Curt Bourque	James Cody	1:49.00
1993	Prairie Bayou	Thomas Bohannan	Chris McCarron	Loblolly Stable	1:50.80
1992	Lil E. Tee	Lynn S. Whiting	Pat Day	W. Cal Partee	1:53.40
1991	Array	Frank L. Brothers	Jerry D. Bailey	Lazy Lane Farm	1:46.60
1990	Summer Squall	Neil J. Howard	Pat Day	Dogwood Stable	1:49.40
1989	Western Playboy	Harvey L. Vanier	Pat Day	Nancy Vanier	1:49.00
1988	Kingpost	Dianne Carpenter	Eugene Sipus, Jr.	Mark Warner	1:50.80
1987	J. T.'s Pet	Lynn S. Whiting	Pat Day	W. Cal Partee	1:42.80
1986	Broad Brush	Richard Small	Vince Bracciale, Jr.	Robert E. Meyerhoff	1:44.20
1985	Banner Bob	Jerome Sarner, Jr.	Keith Allen	Sharon & W. J. Walsh	1:42.00
1984	At The Threshold	Lynn S. Whiting	Pat Day	W. Cal Partee	1:42.80
1983	Marfa	D. Wayne Lukas	Jorge Velasquez	Beal/French, Jr./ Lukas	1:42.40
1982	Good N' Dusty	Jasper Adams	Michael Moran	Larry R. Lehman	1:44.60
1981	Mythical Ruler	Fred Wirth	Kevin Wirth	Price & Risen	1:38.00
1980	Spruce Needles	William E. Adams	Mark Sellers	Golden Chance Farm	1:36.20
1980	Major Run	William E. Adams	Mark Sellers	Golden Chance Farm	1:37.60
1979	Lot O' Gold	William E. Adams	Don Brumfield	Frederick E. Lehmann	1:37.60
1978	Raymond Earl	William E. Adams	Julio Espinoza	Robert N. Lehmann	1:38.80
1978	Five Star General	William E. Adams	Julio Espinoza	Golden Chance Farm	1:37.80
1977	Smiley's Dream	William E. Adams	W. Destefona	Golden Chance Farm	1:39.40
1977	Bob's Dusty	William E. Adams	Julio Espinoza	Robert N. Lehmann	1:38.80
1976	Inca Roca	A. T. Skinner	William Nemeti	C. Jarrell	1:37.40
1975	Ambassador's Image	D. Ball	E. Snell	Donamire Farm	1:38.40
1975	Naughty Jake	Jake Bachelor	German Vasquez	Mildred Bachelor	1:40.00
1974	King of Rome	Fred Wirth	Keith Wirth	Fred Wirth	1:45.40
1974	Aglorite	Fred Wirth	Keith Wirth	A. Risen Jr.	1:44.60
1973	Jacks Chevron	C. C. Patrick	Mickey Solomone	C. C. Patrick	1:41.00
1973	Bootlegger's Pet	Carl Sitgraves	Kerry Wirth	W. Hines/C. Sitgraves	1:42.00
1972	Big Dot	James Eckrosh	Jim Murchison	E. Lowrence	1:38.80