With some acquainted connections concerned, Central Kentucky-based sire Coronary heart to Coronary heart noticed his first stakes winner Nov. 2 when 3-year-old colt Silent Coronary heart posted a decisive victory within the $79,000 Exhibiting Up Stakes on the turf at Gulfstream Park.
Silent Coronary heart is bred and co-owned by Terry Hamilton, who campaigned Coronary heart to Coronary heart, and is skilled by Brian Lynch, who conditioned the sire for almost all of his racing profession. The opposite co-owner of Silent Coronary heart is Koocanusa Ventures.
Second-crop sire Coronary heart to Coronary heart stood the 2024 season for $5,000 at Crestwood Farm close to Lexington.
Throughout his seven seasons of racing, miler Coronary heart to Coronary heart earned greater than $2 million, gained 13 stakes together with a pair of grade 1 races on the turf, and was named Canada’s champion 3-year-old male in 2014.
Appropriately sufficient, the primary stakes winner for Coronary heart to Coronary heart earned that win on the grass. Coronary heart to Coronary heart, a son of 2007 champion grass horse and a number of main turf sire English Channel, earned all 13 of his stakes wins on turf.
Within the Exhibiting Up Stakes, Silent Coronary heart stalked early chief Forestall via a half-mile in :47.43 and moved to the lead after six furlongs in 1:11.17. Silent Coronary heart then drew off within the stretch to win by 3 1/4 lengths below jockey Edgar Perez as they accomplished the 1 1/16-mile take a look at for 3-year-olds in 1:39.59 on good turf.
Kentucky-bred Silent Coronary heart is one in every of two winners from as many starters out of stakes-placed winner Mega Monster, by Silent Title .
