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Trainer Todd Pletcher won a Kentucky Derby prep race Saturday. It just wasn't the one everyone expected.
About 10 minutes before Uncle Mo went down to surprising defeat in the Wood Memorial, Pletcher-trained Joe Vann turned in a solid performance winning the Grade 3, $300,000 Illinois Derby by 4 1/4 lengths. Joe Vann was a maiden in mid-February, but now has won three races in a row by almost 14 lengths combined.
Joe Vann, a Zayat Stables-owned son of Silver Deputy and the Danzig mare Polish Flower, was ridden to victory by locally based Florent Geroux. Geroux, who struggled to attract steady business for a couple years in Chicago, has won 27 races at this meet, the third-highest total among Hawthorne riders. The Illinois Derby marked the second graded stakes win of his career.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown2011/news/story?id=6317758
About 10 minutes before Uncle Mo went down to surprising defeat in the Wood Memorial, Pletcher-trained Joe Vann turned in a solid performance winning the Grade 3, $300,000 Illinois Derby by 4 1/4 lengths. Joe Vann was a maiden in mid-February, but now has won three races in a row by almost 14 lengths combined.
Joe Vann, a Zayat Stables-owned son of Silver Deputy and the Danzig mare Polish Flower, was ridden to victory by locally based Florent Geroux. Geroux, who struggled to attract steady business for a couple years in Chicago, has won 27 races at this meet, the third-highest total among Hawthorne riders. The Illinois Derby marked the second graded stakes win of his career.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown2011/news/story?id=6317758
