{"id":559702,"date":"2026-07-26T01:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T01:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/559702\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T01:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T01:59:10","slug":"creeds-gold-repeats-in-hendrie-stakes-at-woodbine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/559702\/","title":{"rendered":"Creed’s Gold Repeats in Hendrie Stakes at Woodbine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kristin Meldahl’s Creed’s Gold<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0took the\u00a0$124,169 Hendrie Stakes (G3) for the second year in a row to highlight a card with three grade 3 events July 25 at Woodbine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Mark Casse trainee broke moderately\u00a0in the 6 1\/2-furlong Tapeta race and followed front-runners Without Cause<\/a>\u00a0 and Kehoe Beach<\/a>\u00a0, but was taken back to stalk from third as opening fractions of :22.38 and :45.08 were drilled up front.<\/p>\n

Creed’s Gold, ch, 5\/m

\nJimmy Creed \u2014 Foxyfromfairbanks, by Fairbanks<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Owner: Kristin Meldahl

\nBreeder: Linda Griggs (KY)

\nTrainer: Mark E. Casse

\nJockey: Rafael Manuel Hernandez

\nInformation provided by Equibase<\/a> at time of entry.<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Pedigree Notes

\nJimmy Creed stands at Spendthrift Farm.<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Sale History

\nKEESEP2022 \u2022 $25,000 \u2022 Consignor: Four Star Sales \u2022 Buyer: Stan Mak, agent.<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Fantastical, ch, 5\/m

\nAir Force Blue \u2014 Wangari, by Giant’s Causeway<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Owner: Carl R. Moore Management, LLC

\nBreeder: Paul Schwartz & James Reiley McDonald Jr. (KY)

\nTrainer: Joe Sharp

\nJockey: Rafael Manuel Hernandez

\nInformation provided by Equibase<\/a> at time of entry.<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Pedigree Notes

\nAir Force Blue stands in South Korea.<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Sale History

\nKEESEP2022 \u2022 $75,000 \u2022 Consignor: Vinery Sales \u2022 Buyer: Carl R. Moore Management.

\nKEENOV2021 \u2022 $17,000 \u2022 Consignor: Eaton Sales \u2022 Buyer: Cedar Rock Ranch.<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Dakotah Blue, dk b\/br, 3\/f

\nMendelssohn \u2014 Empire Lady, by Empire Maker<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Owner: Flying Zee Racing Stables LLC

\nBreeder: Grantley Acres (KY)

\nTrainer: Rachel Halden

\nJockey: Jose Luis Campos

\nInformation provided by Equibase<\/a> at time of entry.<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Pedigree Notes

\nMendelssohn stands at Haras Don Alberto.<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Sale History

\nKEENOV2023 \u2022 $25,000 \u2022 Consignor: Ballysax Bloodstock, for Grantley Acres \u2022 Buyer: Flying Zee Racing Stable.<\/p>\n

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Creed’s Gold was urged by rider Rafael Hernandez around the far turn, and followed stablemate Time to Dazzle<\/a>\u00a0 toward her outside, as Without Cause faded between them.<\/p>\n

The\u00a05-year-old daughter of Jimmy Creed<\/a>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 accelerated at the top of the stretch, blowing past Kehoe Beach to eventually outrun Time to Dazzle by 1 1\/2 lengths. Reagan’s Flame<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0closed late for third.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a postrace in-house television interview, Hernandez praised Creed’s Gold’s versatility, noting she can win on the lead, as she did in the 2025 Hendrie, or from off the pace.<\/p>\n

She ran a final time of 1:16.14 on Tapeta, paying $5.50 on a $2 win ticket.<\/p>\n

Video: Hendrie S. (G3)<\/p>\n

Fantastical scores Narrow Trillium\u00a0 Win<\/p>\n

In a fantastic finish, the Carl R. Moore Management’s Fantastical<\/a>\u00a0 kicked late to score by a head in the 1 1\/8-mile $127,503\u00a0Trillium Stakes (G3) a race later on the card.<\/p>\n

With\u00a0Hernandez aboard, the 5-year-old daughter of Air Force Blue<\/a>\u00a0 stalked the pace from fifth, just outside of longshot Fortyfiveseventy<\/a>\u00a0, while Lupa<\/a>\u00a0 set fractions of :24.29, :49.57, and 1:13.69<\/p>\n

Swinging four wide into the stretch, Fantastical kept grinding in the center of the racetrack, with Fortyfiveseventy toward\u00a0her inside. Together, they inched closer to front-runners Lupa\u00a0and Rashmi<\/a>\u00a0 in late stretch, with Fantastical winning the three-horse photo finish.<\/p>\n

Lupa held on for second, another head in front of third-place Fortyfiveseventy.<\/p>\n

Fantastical was clocked in 1:51.15 on Tapeta. She paid $10.20 for a $2 wager.<\/p>\n

Video: Trillium S. Presented by Don Julio (G3)<\/p>\n

Dakotah Blues Takes Ontario Colleen<\/p>\n

In a race that hinged on a finishing kick, Flying Zee Racing Stables’ Dakotah Blue<\/a>\u00a0 outfinished\u00a0Bandiagara<\/a>\u00a0 by a half-length to capture the $124,169\u00a0Ontario Colleen Stakes (G3T), the first stakes race on Woodbine’s Saturday card.<\/p>\n

Sixth of eight 3-year-old fillies\u00a0after a half-mile, Dakotah Blue,\u00a0under Jose Campos, got the jump on Bandiagara, who attempted to rally from last. After advanced toward the leaders on the second turn and in the early stretch, Dakotah Blue took the lead in the final sixteenth of a mile and was able to outlast Bandiagara.\u00a0The winner raced a mile on a firm turf course in 1:35.20 following quick initial splits in the race of :22.70 and\u00a0:46.89 set by Happy Destination<\/a>\u00a0, who\u00a0retreat over the second half-mile.<\/p>\n

Flowerhead<\/a>\u00a0 showed.<\/p>\n

Rachel Halden trains Dakotah Blue ($21.30), a daughter of Mendelssohn<\/a>\u00a0 bred in Kentucky out of the Empire Maker mare\u00a0Empire Lady. Dakotah Blue, a $25,000 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale purchase in 2023, is now 2-for-4 in posting her first career stakes victory.<\/p>\n

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