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Hierro Wins $200k Grade 3 Derby Trial

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (HORSES/Newsfeed) — Hierro stayed calm to the delight of trainer Steve Asmussen as a vio­lent storm moved through Churchill Downs. He showed a lit­tle moxie, too, in cap­tur­ing the $ 200,000-added Grade 3 Derby Trial.

The 3-year-old chest­nut colt with jockey Julien Lep­aroux lurked in fifth early before mak­ing his move on the back­stretch to beat Payn­ter and Steal­case in the mile race around the sloppy dirt track on Sat­ur­day night.

This evening with the weather ear­lier and then the delay in the pad­dock, I loved how he acted,” Asmussen said. “I thought he kept his com­po­sure. I thought Julien gave him a dream trip.”

Hierro lurked behind the lead­ers and took charge on the out­side of a four-wide sprint when he angled out­side. He took over in the final fur­long to win by a length and a half. Sent off at 5–1 odds, he paid $ 12, $ 4.60 and $ 3.20 while win­ning in 1:35.27. Payt­ner returned $ 3.60 and $ 3, while Steal­case paid $ 5. The favorite, Bour­bon Courage, fin­ished fourth.

We were look­ing for this race from him. He had shown tal­ent all along,” said Asmussen, who said Hierro’s own­ers would con­sider send­ing him to the Preak­ness on May 19 next. “Hope­fully there are big­ger things to come.”

The race ended up being delayed 39 min­utes due to golf ball-sized hail and when another horse, Non­ios, had a prob­lem with a shoe and ended up being scratched. It was the open­ing night of the 39-day spring meet high­lighted by next Saturday’s Ken­tucky Derby.

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