3/27/2010 Lane's End S.(G2) Dean's Kitten

9th race - Turfway Park - March 27, 2010
Race Name: Lane's End S. -Grade: 2
Race Type: Stakes
Age Restriction: Three Year Old
Value of Race: $500,000
Distance: One And One Eighth Miles On The All Weather Track
Track Condition: Fast
Winning Time: 1:50.59

Pgm	Horse	Jockey	Win	Place	Show
9	Dean's Kitten	Cornelio H. Velasquez	15.00	6.20	3.40
7	Northern Giant	Calvin H. Borel		5.40	3.40
1	Connemara	Russell A. Baze			2.10
Also ran: 3 - Chief Counsel , 10 - Vow to Wager , 8 - Letsgetitonmon , 6 - Outlaw Man , 2 - Doubles Partner , 5 - Ranger Heartley
Scratched horses: Kettle River  (Trainer)
Wager Type		Winning Numbers		Payoff
$2 Pick 3		7-3-9 (3 correct)		806.40
$2 Daily Double		3-9		131.20
$2 Exacta		9-7		62.40
$2 Superfecta		9-7-1-3		2,239.60
$1 Super High Five		9-7-1-3-10		2,368.20
$2 Trifecta		9-7-1		186.00
Winning Breeder: Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey
Winning Owner: Ramsey, Kenneth L. and Sarah K.
Winning Trainer: Michael J. Maker

2010 Lanes End S.(G2) Deans Kitten.pdf

DEANS KITTEN 수 2007 USA 밤색 전적:11(3/1/2)  G2	Kitten's Joy 키튼스조이 밤 2001 USA  G1 14전(9,4,0) 0 f, 0sw	El Prado 엘프라도 회 1989 IRE *[I] LS 792 f, 63sw 2.15	Sadler's Wells 갈 1981 USA *{CS} LS
			Lady Capulet 회 1974 USA  G1
		Kitten's First 갈 1991 USA  w 4 f, 1 w, 1 sw	Lear Fan 갈 1981 USA [P] G1
			That's My Hon 밤 1983 USA  pl
	Summer Theatre 흑 1998 USA  w 18전(3,2,1) 2 f, 0 w, 0 sw	Ide 아이드 밤 1993 USA {1500} G3 103 f, 2sw	Forty Niner 밤 1985 USA [I 1600] G1
			Maytide 흑 1976 USA  SW
		Key To The Safe 흑 1984 USA  unpl 8 f, 1 w, 0 sw	Key To Content 갈 1977 USA {1658} G1
			Safe 밤 1976 USA  G1

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Dean's Kitten Pounces to Lane's End Victory
By Jack Shinar
Updated: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:12 PM
Posted: Saturday, March 27, 2010 6:23 PM
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/56133/deans-kitten-pounces-to-lanes-end-victory

His accomplishments beforehand had been modest, but the 2 1/2-length victory for Dean's Kitten in the $500,000 Lane's End Stakes (gr. II) (VIDEO) at Turfway Park March 27 pushes Ken and Sarah Ramsey's homebred right into the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) picture.

On a day when the Ramseys' Furthest Land finished last in the $10 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I), Dean's Kitten's victory in the 1 1/8-mile Lane's End certainly should prove to be more than consoling. The $291,000 winning purse moves the son of Kitten's Joy   into the top 10 among 3-year-olds in graded stakes earnings, which are used to determine the 20 qualifiers for the Kentucky Derby.

“We were looking for just what we got," said winning trainer Mike Maker, who took the Lane's End in 2006 with With a City.
 
Maker grinned when asked about going to the Derby. “Well, you’d have to talk to the boss but I’d have to say he’d be inclined to go. I do know that Mr. Ramsey is excited, and that he’s still awake (in Dubai).”

Dean's Kitten, ridden for the third straight race by Cornelio Velasquez, settled four wide in fourth as California Derby winner Ranger Heartley carved out the early fractions. Dean's Kitten moved up on the outside to battle Ranger Heartley early on the far turn and took the lead into the stretch.

Challenged off the turn by Northern Giant and Calvin Borel, Dean's Kitten drifted out briefly but took control after straightening out and was increasing his advantage as he reached the wire. The final time was 1:50.59 over Turfway's Polytrack.

“I really like this horse," Velasquez said. "He’s why I came here today. He has a lot of try. He loves Polytrack. He can run on grass, but this is his track. Mr. Maker never gave me any instructions. I just wanted to keep him off the pace. I had a ton of horse at the top of the stretch. I was very confident in him.”

The Wayne Lukas-trained Northern Giant was a clear second by 3 1/4 lengths over Connemara, the 17-10 choice in the field of nine ridden by Russell Baze.

“He ran a beautiful race," Borel said of the runner-up. "He’s just a little green and it showed. I wouldn’t go by the winner.”

Connemara, from the Todd Pletcher barn, hopped in the air at the start and was forced to close seven wide into the stretch while finishing willingly.

"He wasn’t handling (the surface) completely, but once I got him out, he really came running," Baze said. "He galloped out beautifully. I thought he ran very well. Overall, it was a solid effort.”

Ranger Heartley, who faded to last, turned splits of :24.48, :48.57 and 1:37.81.

Dean's Kitten has done most of his racing on turf and had just one prior start on a synthetic track, making his debut at Keeneland last April with a third-place finish in a 4 1/2-furlong Polytrack heat. The chestnut colt, out of the Ide mare Summer Theatre, was coming off a second-place finish in the Palm Beach Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the Gulfstream Park grass March 6. He ran fourth in the Hallandale Beach a month before that.

"He did not get good trips at Gulfstream," Maker said. "That course has been favoring speed horses all meet so we pointed for this race and it paid off for us.”

Winning for the first time since taking a minor stakes at Belmont Park on turf Oct. 25, Dean's Kitten ended a four-race losing streak and boosted his overall record to 3-1-2 in 11 races with earnings of $418,495.

Sent off as the third choice, Dean's Kitten paid $15, $6.20 and $3.40 while keying a $62.40 exacta. Northern Giant, third in the Risen Star Stakes (gr. II) at Fair Grounds Feb. 20, returned $5.40 and $3.40. El Camino Real Derby (gr. III) winner Connemara, the only graded winner in the Lane's End field, was $2.10 to show.

Chief Counsel finished fourth, followed by Vow to Wager, Letsgetitonmon, Outlaw Man, Doubles Partner and Ranger Heartley. Kettle River scratched.