Keeneland Friday Wrap: Ashland 1-2 Pressing On To the Oaks

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Hat Creek Racing's Percy's Bar (Upstart) has emerged from her comebacking victory in Friday's GI Central Bank Ashland Stakes in good order and will train up to the GI Longines Kentucky Oaks at Keeneland, trainer Ben Colebrook told the Keeneland media office on Saturday.“She will have all her works here,” the conditioner said. “She's a Keeneland horse and she has already won at Churchill. We will wait until the last second to when we have to be there.”Given that Percy's Bar bounced off the inside rail during her third-place effort in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies last fall, Colebrook was proud of the bravery she showed in the Ashland to take a gap at the fence inside pacesetting French Friction (City of Light).“The last time she ran, she got bounced off the rail pretty good,” Colebrook said. “It took a lot of courage to stick her head in there and when she did, she just shot right on through.”Trainer Todd Pletcher reported that Repole Stables' Zany (Uncle Mo), soundly defeated as the long odds-on favorite on Friday, would also move on to the Oaks, a race won four times by Pletcher.“I thought she ran a good race and galloped out well,” Pletcher said. “The winner ran a good race and cut the corner on us.”Remember Mamba Likely For American TurfC R K Stable's 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Remember Mamba (Kitten's Joy), who snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in a blanket finish in Friday's GIII Transylvania Stakes at Keeneland, will also likely make his next start at Churchill in the $1-million GI American Turf Stakes on the Kentucky Derby undercard May 2.That 8 1/2-furlong contest could also attract the second-, third- and fourth-place finishers from the Transylvania–Honey Dutch (Knicks Go), Vasy (Ire) (Space Blues {Ire}) and Street Beast (Street Sense). The latter was given a cautionary ride back to the Ben Colebrook barn via equine ambulance.“He had a little cut on his hind leg and there was a little blood,” Colebrook said. “He's A-OK this morning and the American Turf is a possibility.”The post Keeneland Friday Wrap: Ashland 1-2 Pressing On To the Oaks appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.