A talented but unlucky young runner. Raging torrent broke his maiden on his debut at Del Mar but had to settle for third, fourth and fourth respectively behind 'TDN Rising Stars on Prince of Monaco (Speightstown) in the GIII Best Pal Stakes and the GI Del Mar Futurity and Muth (Nyquist) on IG American pharaoh Bets. Returned to grass as a 3-year-old, he gave a good account of himself when he was second in the John Shear Stakes Two on April 7. He then made his way big over course and distance, posting a Beyer Speed โโof 104. He figures to face optional claimers on the Kentucky Derby card on May 4. Back in the company on Sunday, the even-money favorite was pushed to the front from his outside draw and allowed to lose the lead, opening a comfortable margin back to Otto the Conqueror in second. Facing only a mild challenge from World record In the final corner, Raging Torrent rejected any attempt to close in on their lead and held on strong to win alone at the finish line. Raging Torrent, Maximus Mischief's sixth stakes winner, has a 2-year-old half-brother to Honor AP named Contra Mundum and a 1-year-old half-sister to Picked up. Click for the Equibase.com Chart either VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
Raging torrent and @Antonio1Fresu He wins Maxfield Night bets for coach @DougONeill1! ๐ image.twitter.com/SwVhnb4ZYr
โ Churchill Downs (@ChurchillDowns) June 30, 2024
MAXFIELD NIGHT S.$173,700, Churchill Downs, 6-30, 3 years, 7f, 1:22.04, gd.
1-RAGING TORRENT, 118, c, 3, by Maximus Mischief
1st Dam: Violent Wave, by Violence
2nd dam: Coastal Wave, by Dixieland Band
3rd Dam: Orange Wave, along the Coast
($27,000 RNA Ylg '22 KEESEP; $75,000 2yo '23 OBSAPR).
BLACK GUY'S FIRST WIN. O-Mark Davis; B-Rodney J. Winkler and
Alfonso Mazzetti (KY); T-Doug F. O'Neill; J-Antonio Fresu.
$107,200. Lifetime record: GSP, 9-3-1-2, $317,400.
2-Otto the Conqueror120, c, 3, Street sense-Dream is,
by Shackleford. ($450,000 July 22). O-Three Chimneys
Farm; B-Hoolie Racing Stable, LLC (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen.
$35,000.
3-World record118, c, 3, Arms smuggler-Marwa (GB),
by Exceed and Excel (Aus). ($410,000 Wlg '21 KEENOV).
1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Siena Farm LLC and WinStar Farm LLC;
B-Runnymede Farm LLC, Falguieres Bloodstock, Gestut Zur
Kuste AG and (KY); T-Rodolphe Brisset. $17,500.
Margins: 2 1/4, HF, 5HF. Odds: 1.08, 3.42, 2.50.
Also posted: Carbone, Hold My Bourbon. Scratched: Lucky Jeremy, this is Uscar.
