Trademark Scores 23-1 Upset to Win Thursday’s Featured Runnymede Purse

BBN Racing’s Trademark surged to the front midway on the far turn and drew off to post a 3 3/4-length victory in Thursday’s featured $120,000 Runnymede Purse for 3-year-olds. (Click here for a video of the race.)

Trained by Vicki Oliver and ridden by Martin Garcia, Trademark covered the 1 1/8 miles on a fast track in 1:51.52.

A Keeneland sales graduate, Trademark is a Kentucky-bred son of Upstart out of the Creative Cause mare Creative Trick. Now boasting a record of 12-3-1-0, Trademark increased his earnings to $280,239 with Thursday’s $67,890 check.

Trademark returned $48.80, $19.40 and $11.84. Actuator, ridden by James Graham, returned $6.16 and $4.76 with Saint Tapit finishing third and paying $4.06 to show under Luis Saez.

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A Keeneland record payoff of $72,863.72 for a 10-cent superfecta wager occurred in today’s seventh race. The ticket, which swept the entire pool, was placed through NYRA Bets and cost only $18.

Keying the payoff was the win of 54-1 shot Fancy Martini, who is owned by Carl Moore Management and trained by Joe Sharp. James Graham was the winning rider.

Completing the superfecta in order were 37-1 shot Barista, 48-1 shot Smarmy and 4-1 shot Sister Lou Ann.
 

Keeneland’s previous record high payoff superfecta for a dime was $27,228.80 established in the seventh race on Oct. 18, 2014.

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A racing rarity occurred in the ninth race when Pure Pauline and Grand Entrance finished on even terms for a dead-heat for trainer Todd Pletcher. Both 2-year-old fillies appeared in the Winner’s Circle for the traditional win picture. (Photo attached. Grand Entrance at left; Pure Pauline at right.)

Both fillies were bred by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings and are closely related. Pure Pauline, who races for Stonestreet Stables, is a daughter of Curlin and the Pulpit mare Keen Pauline. Grand Entrance is by Bernardini and is out of Keen Pauline’s dam, the Two Punch mare Grand Pauline.