'Banner' Seeks 'Back' to 'Back' Wins

Awesome Banner | A. Coglianese

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Jacks or Better Farm homebred Awesome Banner (Awesome of Course) looks to make it two in a row for trainer Mark Casse in Saturday's GIII Carry Back S. at Gulfstream. A dominant winner of both the GIII Hutcheson S. and GII Swale S. for former conditioner Stanley Gold, the bay finished fifth when trying two turns for the first time in the GII Fountain of Youth S. Feb. 27 and was a non-factor eighth next out in the Mar. 12 GII Tampa Bay Derby. Transferred to Casse, he captured the Big Cypress S. going just a half-furlong shorter here June 4.

Also seeking his second straight victory here is Radar Racing's Rated R Superstar (Kodiak Kowboy). Kicking off this term with a second in an Oaklawn allowance Feb. 19, the Ken McPeek pupil filled that spot again in a similar Hot Springs test Mar. 12 and was third in Turfway's Rushaway S. Apr. 2. He was last seen winning a Churchill Downs optional claimer at this distance May 30.

 

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