Race Recaps Instilled Regard Captures Ft. Lauderdale December 14, 2019 Coglianese Photo Race Recaps Instilled Regard Captures Ft. Lauderdale December 14, 2019 By: Press Release email Share: share on facebook share on twitter share on linkedin email this article HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – OXO Equine’s Instilled Regard, a graded stakes winner on dirt as a 3-year-old, matched the feat on turf before the end of his 4-year-old season thanks to a heady ride from reigning Eclipse Award winner Irad Ortiz, Jr., in Saturday’s $200,000 Ft. Lauderdale Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park. ( Content Continues Below Ad ) The 63rd running of the 1 1/8-mile Fort Lauderdale for 3-year-olds and up on the grass was the richest of five stakes, four graded, worth $600,000 in purses on an 11-race program anchored by the $100,000 Harlan’s Holiday (G3) on dirt. Instilled Regard ($8.60) completed the distance in 1:47.18 over a firm course to snap an eight-race losing streak dating back to his triumph in the LeComte (G3) on the 2018 Triple Crown trail that ended for the Arch colt after finishing fourth to eventual Triple Crown champion Justify in the Kentucky Derby (G1). “This is the same horse that showed up for me (at 85-1) on Kentucky Derby day a year ago. I knew I had a better horse than that that day, and we ended up beating a lot of great horses,” OXO Equine’s Larry Best said. “This is a real horse. “He needed some time to mature a little bit. We knew he’d be better as a 3- and 4-year-old,” he added. “He’s fresh off the layoff, and this is the kind of race we needed to think about to go on to bigger things.” Sent off at 3/1 in a field of nine, Instilled Regard settled in third along the rail as Cross Border went the opening 1/4-mile in 24.63 seconds pressed on the outside by his stablemate, Sycamore Stakes (G3) winner Marzo. Up the Ante joined the top group four wide for a 1/2-mile that went in 49.22. Ortiz was still stuck behind horses midway on the turn after a 6-furlong split of 1:12.60, but had plenty of room between Marzo and Up the Ante once straightened for home to set Instilled Regard down for a drive to the wire and was able to hold off late bids from Admission Office, who finished second, and the 2/1 favorite Channel Cat, who wound up third. “I got a perfect trip,” Ortiz, Jr., said. “My horse broke sharp and I used him a little bit to be close. I didn’t want to be too far and he put me in the right position. I was just waiting for the hole and finally at the end turning for home I got through and you could see how (he took off).” Instilled Regard, purchased for $1.05 million as a 2-year-old in training in March 2017, earned his third win from 14 career starts with purse earnings of nearly $600,000. The Ft. Lauderdale marked his first victory in four grass attempts, to go along with one second and two thirds. Instilled Regard was beaten less than a length in his previous start Nov. 9, a 1 1/16-mile optional claimer on the Aqueduct grass, his first race following a distant sixth in the May 3 Alysheba Stakes (G3) on dirt. He was trained early in his career by Hall of Famer Jerry Hollendorfer. “He’s got a great pedigree. His grandmother is Heavenly Prize,” Best said. “We finally got the conditioning up and I got the right man to ride the horse. Over and above that, we had a lot of good luck.” Instilled Regard returned $8.60 to win, $5 to place, and $3 to show. Admission Office brought back $7 to place and $3.60 to show, while Channel Cat paid $2.40 to show.
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