Lafayette Stakes

Trouble Calling (Dialed In) became the third full black-type winner for his stakes-winning dam with a narrow victory in Friday's Lafayette Stakes on opening day at Keeneland. No better than the fifth betting choice in a tight wagering affair, the Donamire homebred was content to lag towards the back of the pack as Carson Street (Street Sense) galloped them along through taxing fractions of :21.91 and :44.47. Last to make the three-furlong pole, Trouble Calling jumped into the bridle nearing the stretch, was fanned some six or seven paths wide...

Harrell Ventures and Starlight Racing's Colloquial (Vekoma), tabbed a 'TDN Rising Star' following a scintillating seven-length maiden victory at Aqueduct in February, continued preparations for his graded stakes debut in the June 7 GI Woody Stephens Stakes with a five-furlong work in 1:03.25 over the Oklahoma training track at Saratoga last Thursday. "We've been happy with him," trainer George Weaver said. "We've been waiting for this race for a long time, and now we're getting close." Colloquial followed up his 6 1/2-furlong maiden win with a 2 1/4-length victory going...

'TDN Rising Star' Colloquial (Vekoma), a front-running winner of Keeneland's Lafayette S. Apr. 7, will make his next start in the GI Woody Stephens S. on the blockbuster GI Belmont Stakes program at Saratoga June 7. He worked four furlongs in :47.60 (5/54) at trainer George Weaver's Keeneland base Thursday morning, his second breeze since winning the Lafayette. He'll ship up to the Spa this weekend, per Weaver. "He's training well, we're looking forward to raceday," Weaver said. "He's proven that the talent is there. Now, it's just a matter...

LAFAYETTE S., $380,000, Keeneland, 4-7, 3yo, 7f, 1:23.92, ft. 1--COLLOQUIAL, 118, c, 3, by Vekoma                 1st Dam: Terminology, by Bernardini                 2nd Dam: Her Own Terms, by Storm Cat                 3rd Dam: Gal in a Ruckus, by Bold Ruckus ($240,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Harrell Ventures, LLC and Starlight Racing; B-Michael & J.B. Orem (KY); T-George Weaver; J-Manuel Franco. $248,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $310,000. 2--Smoken Wicked, 118, c, 3, Bobby's Wicked One--Street Smoke, by Street Boss. ($38,000 Ylg '23 BSLY&M). O-Valene Farms LLC; B-Tom Curtis &...

With a valiant re-rally in deep stretch, Corona Bolt (Bolt d'Oro) for Stonestreet Stables, dug down deep to declare victory in the Lafayette S. on Opening Day at Keeneland. A winner on debut Nov. 19 at Churchill Downs, the juvenile next won the Sugar Bowl S. at the Fair Grounds in wire-to-wire fashion by 6 3/4-lengths Dec. 26. In the new year, the bay colt was a well-beaten sixth over the slop in Hot Springs Jan. 28 against Arabian Knight (Uncle Mo) in the GIII Southwest S. Staying put Mar....

Old Homestead continues his perfect, albeit young, career with a commanding victory in the Lafayette S. on Keeneland's opening day of the spring meet. The Florida-bred began his career with an 11 1/2 length blow out Jan. 28 at Delta Downs, finding no competitor against an open field of maidens at five furlongs. Staying sprinting on the main track at the venue, it was a similarly devastating performance against an allowance field as Old Homestead coasted home by 5 3/4 uncontested lengths. Stepping into stakes company, the Brett Brinkman trainee...