Irish owners, trainers, jockeys & horses winning at the track
Declan Cannon won the first race at Churchill Downs on Laurence McGrath's Hornbeam. He also won in Louisville on Richard Perkins's Edge of Glory. NYRA has shifted the Belmont Park fall meet to Aqueduct. The first meet’s first prize was paid $84.50 to Proven Innocent. Noah and the Ark upset the Grade 1 Lonesome Glory Handicap.
Naoise Agnew and Carl O'Callaghan both won races in Pennsylvania last week. AgNEW shipped Movisitor to Presque Isle Downs for Tuesday's fourth race. The 2-year-old homebred colt, ridden by Jordano Tunon, won by two lengths.
Moti won the first race at Penn National. The winner was a 3-year-old colt owned by Killian O'Callaghan's son Tra Lad. O’Callagan's other horse, Sir Rex, finished two lengths behind Tra Lad.
Brendan Walsh sent out three winners at Churchill Downs on Sunday. The Godolphin-bred Godson's Nations Pride won the Grade 3 Jockey Club Derby at Aqueduct. At Woodbine, Mysterious Night won a Grade 1 Summer Stakes. The winner fetched $3.10 and the exacta was $33.40. On Saturday, Godon's The Grey Wizard won at the Jockeying Club derby at aqueduction.
