On Thursday, April 26 at Hoosier Park, Royal Todd and trainer Rod Lorenzo continued their winning ways in 1:56.2 during the second leg of the Tubby Trimble Series
for conditioned Indiana-sired three-year-olds and up.
“He raced really well tonight,” Lorenzo said of Royal Todd. “He was a nice horse last year too but he got sick and we just quit with him to let him grow up rather than push him. In a 12-horse race, you just got to hope for the best, that’s what we did and it worked out in our favour tonight. Hopefully he will just continue to get better with every start.”
A Sweet Ride and Ed Hensley pulled off a 52-1 upset in the other division, as the pair recorded a 1:54.4 victory.
“This colt raced tough tonight,” Hensley noted. “I wasn’t sure what kind of trip we were going to get from the outside, but it worked out in our favour. He got a little bit of a breather down the backside and when we got racing room in the stretch, he responded.”
The $20,000 final of the Tubby Trimble Series will be held on Thursday, May 3.
(With files from Hoosier)