Cowboy Cal Wins Tropical Park Derby at Calder Race Course

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Posted on Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Cowboy Cal, ridden by jockey John Velazquez, opened up his 3-year-old season with an easy two-length victory in the $100,000 Tropical Park Derby (gr. IIIT) on New Year’s Day at Calder Race Course.

Trained by Todd Pletcher for Stonerside Stable, Cowboy Cal has won his first graded stakes victory of his career. The son of Giant’s Causeway now has three wins in four lifetime starts. He was coming off a 6 1/4-length score in the November 24 Laurel Futurity.

The 1 1/8-mile turf event for 3-year-olds was covered by Cowboy Cal in 1:46.95 and paid $3.40, $2.80 and $2.40. At odds of 11-1, Why Tonto, also trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by jockey Edgar Prado, took second place and returned $10.80 and $6.40. Cannonball with jockey Edgar Trujillo aboard was a neck in front of Dynhocracy for third in the field of 12 and paid $4.60 to show.

Titan of Industry came in fifth followed by Moral Compass, Wise Answer, Celestial Comet, Joey the Scholar, Pir At the Moon, Heaven’s Awesome and Kim’s Dixie Tune. Concertos Song, El Profeta, Fire Lookout and Horse Doctor were scratched.

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