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SHELBYVILLE – Social distancing might not apply to horses, but Shared Sense followed protocol.
The 3-year-old pulled away to win by three lengths Wednesday night at the 26th running of the Indiana Derby. Stewards quickly disallowed an objection on behalf of runner-up Major Fed.
Shared Sense’s jockey, Florent Geroux, conceded there was “a little bit of a bump” with Major Fed before the quarter pole but that no one was endangered.
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“If I beat him a head, maybe we can make a case for it,” Geroux said. “But when my horse ran going away like this, it was pretty clear there was not too much going on there.”
Major Fed’s jockey, James Graham, said Shared Sense knocked his horse sideways. Major Fed was pinched at the start and went into the first turn in last place.
“If he doesn’t slam me, I think we keep going,” Graham said. “But after you knock a horse out that’s trying to go forward . . . you start picking ‘em up, swing by one horse, run around his outside, then he slams you.”
Shared Sense covered 1 1/8 miles in 1:49.46 and paid $7.60, 4.80 and 3.20. He went off as a 5-2 favorite. Necker Island was third and Earner fourth.
Shared Sense was near the back of the pack early, trailing Earner and Taishan. After the horses bunched on the far turn, Shared Sense moved a head in front of Necker Island and then distanced himself from the field.
The $300,000 race was going to be historic before it was even run because it came during a pandemic and for the first time earned qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby.
Wednesday’s handle was $5,979,952 at Indiana Grand Racing & Casino, smashing the record of $4.1 million set on last year’s derby day. Wagering on the Indiana Derby amounted to $1,026,395.
Moreover, Geroux became the second jockey to win an Indiana Derby/Indiana Oaks sweep for the same trainer, Brad Cox. Geroux won Wednesday’s $200,000 Indiana Oaks for 3-year-old fillies by five lengths aboard Shedaresthedevil.
© Courtesy of Coady Photography Shared Sense runs to the finish of Wednesday's Indiana Derby at Indiana Grand in Shelbyville.(Martin Garcia won such a double in 2010 on the Bob Baffert-trained Always a Princess and Preakness Stakes winner Lookin at Lucky.)
Capacity was limited to 50% on two levels at Indiana Grand (fewer than 1,500 fans), masks were mandated indoors, and outdoor attendance was spread out.
Major Fed earned eight points toward the Kentucky Derby, which was moved to Sept. 5 in the revised racing schedule. With 38 total points, he is positioned to qualify, according to trainer Greg Foley.
Oddly, Shared Sense has something of a Triple Crown pedigree even though it was not nominated for the Triple Crown Series. The horse was sired by a Derby winner, Street Sense, out of a mare by a Preakness winner, Bernardini, and the mare’s broodmare sire was a Belmont Stakes winner, Touch Gold.
© Courtesy of Coady Photography Shared Sense leads the pack during Wednesday's Indiana Derby at Indiana Grand in Shelbyville.It would cost $45,000 to nominate Shared Sense. Before the pandemic, cost for an entire Triple Crown was $200,000.
Shared Sense is owned by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Godolphin, which has an operation in Kentucky. The Indiana Derby victory was worth 20 points.
Cox said Shared Sense is at his best on dry dirt and at the 1 1/8-mile distance. In the horse’s previous outing , he was second in an allowance race June 13 at Churchill Downs.
“There’s still a few races left to pick up Derby points,” Cox said. “We’ll see how he comes out of this race, and we’ll map out a plan for the rest of the year. Godolphin is great to work for. They put the horse first. They’ll come up with a game plan for us moving forward, and we’ll try to execute it.”
It was the first start in the Indiana Derby for Cox and his first Indiana Oaks victory. The trainer maintains a stable at Indiana Grand.
“It was good to mark these two races off,” he said. “This place has been very good to us throughout the years. We’ve won a lot of the races on the undercard and had success on this day here. And to pick these off, it means a lot.”
Contact IndyStar reporter David Woods at david.woods@indystar.com. Follow him on Twitter: @DavidWoods007.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Shared Sense wins Indiana Derby and enters Kentucky Derby discussion
| Indiana Grand Racing & Casino | |
|---|---|
| Location | Shelbyville, Indiana |
| Address | 4300 N. Michigan Road |
| Opening date | March 13, 2009 |
| Total gaming space | 233,000 square feet (21,600 m2) |
| Casino type | Racino |
| Owner | Caesars Entertainment |
| Coordinates | 39°35′24″N85°49′19″W / 39.590°N 85.822°WCoordinates: 39°35′24″N85°49′19″W / 39.590°N 85.822°W |
| Website | caesars.com/indiana-grand |
Indiana Grand Racing & Casino (formerly Indiana Live!) is a racino (horse racing track and casino) in Shelbyville, Indiana. It is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment. It is the closest casino to Indianapolis. It offers gaming, restaurants, a gift shop and entertainment. The 233,000-square-foot (21,600 m2) facility has over 2,300 slot machines, and as of Jan 1 2020, Indiana Grand features live table games. It was built at a cost of more than $250 million.
The facility's racetrack is named Indiana Grand Race Course. Dining options include Clubhouse Dining, El Grande Taco Lounge, Bear's BBQ, OTB Bar, and The Backstretch Cafe. The casino also offers dining at a brewpub with off-track betting,and as of September 1,2019, the brewpub was approved to offer Sports betting. a buffet, a cafe, and a steakhouse.
Indiana Grand has hosted musicians such as The Buckinghams, Grand Funk Railroad, Duke Tumatoe of REO Speedwagon, Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Box Tops, Paul Revere & the Raiders, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Kentucky Headhunters, Fuel, Marc Cohn, All-4-One, Color Me Badd, Ginuwine, Ludacris, and comedian Mike Epps.
The racetrack was previously known as Indiana Downs.[1] The casino opened on March 13, 2009 as Indiana Live! Casino. It was renamed Indiana Grand Casino in June 2012, and rebranded as Indiana Grand Racing & Casino in February 2013. Centaur Gaming purchased the casino in February 2013. Caesars Entertainment acquired it in 2018.[2]
Indiana Grand offers live Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing from April through October. The track is affiliated with three OTB parlors around Indiana, in Clarksville, Indianapolis, and New Haven.
Indiana Grand is the home of the Indiana Derby.
Races[edit]
Graded events[edit]
The following Graded events were held at Colonial Downs in 2019.
Grade III
Stakes events[edit]
Thoroughbred stakes races at Indiana Grand Racing & Casino include:
- Sagamore Sired Stakes
- ITOBA Stallion Season Fillies Stakes
- Hoosier Breeders Sophomore
- Hoosier Breeders Sophomore Fillies
- Mari Hulman George Stakes
- Michael G Schaefer Memorial Mile
- Indiana General Assembly Distaff
- Warrior Veterans
- Governor's
- Indiana First Lady
- William Henry Harrison Stakes
- Shelby County Stakes
- Centaur
- Indiana Grand
- Crown Ambassador
- Indiana Stallion Fillies
- Indiana Futurity
- Miss Indiana
Quarter Horse stakes races at Indiana Grand include:
Kentucky Derby At Indiana Grand Casinos
- Born Runner Classic
- Harley Greene Derby Final
- Gordon Mobley Futurity Final
- Jaguar Rocket QH Stakes Final
- Blue River Derby Stakes Final
- Bob Woodward Memorial Classic Final
- QHRAI Stallion Service Auction Futurity Final
- Sterlie Bertram Memorial Stakes Final
- Miss Roxie Little Final
- Indiana Championship
- Governors Stake Final
- QHRAI Derby Final
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Kentucky Derby At Indiana Grand Casino Players Club
- ^'Amoss Back Winning Races at Indiana Grand'. bloodhorse.com. The BloodHorse. May 7, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
- ^'Caesars' purchase of two Indiana racinos finalized'. The Times of Northwest Indiana. July 17, 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-17.