Peter Eurton

April 18 Insights: Grade I-Placed Hot Mash Returns, Expensive Sophomores Debut on Both Coasts

3rd-KEE, $120k, Alw, 3yo/up, f, 5 1/2fT, 2:04p.m. ET Last seen a half-length shy of becoming a Grade I winner in just her second start, Hot Mash (Not This Time) will make her return to the races in this Keeneland contest against an experienced field of older fillies. Racing in this turf dash with Lasix for the first time, the daughter of red-hot Not This Time broke her maiden Aug. 11 at Ellis Park by an eye-catching 7 3/4 lengths after stalking the pacesetter through a brisk :20.27 opening quarter....

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Friday Insights: Constitution Filly Makes First Start For C R K In New Orleans

5th-FG, $54K, Msw, 3yo, f, 6f, 3:45 p.m. ET. SHE'S OUR TEN (Constitution) will carry the colors for Lee Searing and C R K when she is unveiled under trainer Peter Eurton at Fair Grounds on Friday. The dark bay initially went to Hidden Brook for $215,000 at the Fasig-Tipton October Yearling Sale before being purchased by C R K for $675,000 during OBS April last year. Out of MSP Quality Heat (Quality Road), the filly's lone siblings are an older half-brother by Nyquist and a younger half-sister by Not...

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Grade I Winner Baeza to Mott

C R K Stable and Grandview Equine's Baeza (McKinzie), winner of the GI Pennsylvania Derby and third in both the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes last season, will be transferred to Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, according to the DRF Monday. The colt was previously trained by John Shirreffs, who passed away last week. "The most important thing is the quality of Bill Mott, the kind of person that Robert Clay and myself relate to," Lee Searing told DRF. "John Shirreffs would probably have liked that pick." Baeza, who...

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Lay Down the Law
Sunday Insights: $775k Tiz the Law Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Breezer Debuts at Keeneland

9th-KEE, $110k, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 5:16 p.m. ET Lay Down the Law (Tiz the Law), a $775,000 purchase by the Searing family's C R K Stable after breezing in :10 1/5 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old sale, debuts for Peter Eurton. The bay, listed at 15-1 on the morning line, previously brought $95,000 as a KEESEP yearling and RNA'd for $60,000 as a FTKNOV weanling. Ilios (Justify), a $350,000 FTKOCT yearling turned $650,000 EASMAY (gallop) 2-year-old, debuts for JR Ranch, KAS Ultimate Racing and G and O Racing and trainer...

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Our Forefathers (Constitution) brings $1.2 million at KEESEP
Friday's Racing Insights: $1.2-Million KEESEP Yearling Our Forefathers Debuts at Churchill Downs

5th-CD, 120k, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 2:45 p.m. ET Our Forefathers (Constitution), a $1.2-million KEESEP yearling purchase by the Searing family's C R K Stable, makes his career debut for trainer Peter Eurton. The chestnut was produced by the Street Sense mare Via Veritas, who hails from the extended female family of GISWs Magnum Moon, Harmony Lodge, et al. Luis Saez rides. The deep field of 12 also includes: Tiz Authority (Tiz the Law), an $825,000 OBS April breezer debuting for Flatland Racing Stable and trainer Chris Hartman; and fellow firster...

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Nyquist's Lemon Zest Runs Down the California Girl to Win at Second Asking

1st-Churchill Downs, $117,975, Msw, 6-29, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, 1:34.03, ft, 1 3/4 lengths. LEMON ZEST (f, 3, Nyquist--Larkin, by Bernardini) came into this second jump out of a live maiden on debut May 17 beneath these Twin Spires. The winner of that contest, Me and Molly McGee (Vekoma), won a first-level allowance at this venue June 22 after a prolonged duel and earned an 85 Beyer for the effort. The runner-up Spun Candy (Hard Spun) broke her maiden June 28--also at Churchill--and earned an 86 for her troubles while High...

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Dr. Park, Half To Forte, Graduates Second Time Out At Keeneland

3rd-Keeneland, $108,925, Msw, 4-9, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:11.45, ft, 1/2 length. DR. PARK (c, 4, Uncle Mo--Queen Caroline {MSW, $401,608}, by Blame) debuted in California for then-trainer John Shirreffs, weakening to fourth in a 6 1/2-furlong sprint Jan. 25. Shipping to Keeneland under new direction from Peter Eurton, the half-brother to 2-year-old champion Forte (Violence) drew outside as one of the more inexperienced runners in the scratched-down field of six. Lacking much early foot, the 3-5 favorite was outrun in the opening furlong by a trio of runners to his inside...

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Formidable Man Sports Strong Late Turn Of Foot To Win Del Mar Derby

Formidable Man (City of Light), favored off a win in the Oceanside Stakes at Del Mar July 20, stormed to the lead and held off Stay Hot late to earn his first graded victory in the GII Del Mar Derby at the oceanside oval Sunday. The 6-5 favorite was away smartly before settling off the pace as longshot Sketchy (Uncle Mo) set a pedestrian pace. The tempo quickened noticeably on the far turn and Formidable Man rolled up three wide into the lane to hit the lead at midstretch. Stay...

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Nearly Five Years, 23 Races After His Breeders' Cup Win, Storm The Court Still Chasing Elusive Victory

When Storm the Court (Court Vision) won the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile in 2019, trainer and co-owner Peter Eurton tried to be realistic. The horse went off at 45-1 and that year's race was considered one of the weakest runnings of the Juvenile ever. He knew he didn't have a superstar on his hands, but he had every reason to believe that Storm the Court would at least be competitive in stakes company. Maybe he'd be a GIII Ohio Derby-type horse. It's just that it didn't turn out that way....

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Turning Lemons into Lemonade

Baltimore, MD-All eyes turn to Baltimore this weekend where Pimlico features an eight-race graded showcase, beginning with Friday's GII George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan S. card, featuring 3-year-old fillies. Installed the 5-2 morning line favorite for the nine-furlong test, Madaket Stables and Slam Dunk Racing's Corposo (Vino Rosso) ran an even race in the Apr. 6 Santa Anita Oaks, but could only finish third, beaten eighth lengths, by Nothing Like You (Malibu Moon). "I don't think she's going to cry about the distance too much, at least that's what her...

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Honor Code's Medoro Stays Perfect in Providencia

Looking to extend her unbeaten streak to four, C R K Stable's Medoro (Honor Code) was made to work for it, but ultimately outbattled a very tough Shiloh's Mistress (Vino Rosso) in the GIII Providencia S. at Santa Anita. The 1-5 mortal looked to step away a half-step slowly under Antonio Fresu, relegating her to a rearward position through the opening exchanges, as Shiloh's Mistress pushed through from the fence to take up the running beneath Umberto Rispoli. A fraction headstrong as a result of the tardy dispatch, Medoro got...

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Eurton Joins Prime's National Women's Soccer League Coverage

Former FanDuel TV and NBC Sports horse racing reporter/host Britney Eurton will join Amazon Prime's coverage of the National Women's Soccer League, the network said in a tweet on Wednesday. During the inaugural season, which starts with the NWSL Challenge Cup this Friday, Mar. 15, Prime will broadcast select games. Eurton will serve as the sideline reporter, and join commentators Mike Watts and Lori Lindsey from the booth. Eurton left FanDuel last November after nine years, and the daughter of trainer Peter Eurton also reported for NBC during their coverage...

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