James M. Daniell

Yellow Card Takes Down First Graded Win In Twin Spires Turf Sprint At Churchill Downs

With jockey Flavien Prat urging his mount on down the lane, Yellow Card (Lost Treasure (Ire)--Paris Girl, by Pulpit) was up in time to take the GII Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes on Saturday's Derby undercard, which was the first higher-level win of the horse's career. Yellow Card captured his first black-type when he won the restricted Clocker's Corner Stakes at Santa Anita Feb. 8. Shipping to Keeneland for the GII Valvoline Global Shakertown Stakes, the Michael McCarthy trainee encountered some traffic troubles up the backstretch, but he showed heart...

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