Tin Cup Chalice upsets Pyro
Trotman
Senior Member
I personally know Mike Lecesse and in fact he came to the table a fellow horse owner and I were sitting at during a race card at Finger Lakes a couple weeks ago....This in my opinion was no upset...as this horse is now 8 of 9 (losing by a neck in a race at Belmont), has won 860,000 and I don't think that includes the 250,000 prize for sweeping all 3 NY bred race this summer...this 3 year old gelding has a lot of potential left barring any injury as his running style is like the movie..catch me if you can. Talk about America, the other owner is a $40,000 a year state worker..with the market and housing going no where but down...there is some value at least to this owner in the horse business.
Tin Cup Chalice upsets Pyro
By John McDulin
Tin Cup Chalice led from gate to wire and jockey Pedro Rodriguez lulled the field of 12 to sleep through slow middle fractions to prevail by a length in the $500,000 Indiana Derby at Hoosier Park. Trained by Mike Lecesse, Tin Cup Chalice was allowed to set fractions of 23.20, 48.20, 1.13.40, and 1.38.60 before finishing the mile and a sixteenth in 145.00.
Pyro, the 6-5 favorite in the field under Shaun Bridgmohan, finished second and was gaining after some early traffic trouble. Acai was third under Tyler Baze.
Tin Cup Chalice a New York-bred gelding has now won eight of nine lifetime races with his only loss coming in his last out in the Step Nicely on Sept. 14 at Belmont Park when he lost by a neck.
On the Indiana Derby undercard, My Private Lake won the Michael G. Schaefer gate to wire by a length and three-quarters and returned $18.60 and Unreachable Star ($7) used a ground-saving trip in the Gus Grissom to prevail by a half-length.
Tin Cup Chalice upsets Pyro
By John McDulin
Tin Cup Chalice led from gate to wire and jockey Pedro Rodriguez lulled the field of 12 to sleep through slow middle fractions to prevail by a length in the $500,000 Indiana Derby at Hoosier Park. Trained by Mike Lecesse, Tin Cup Chalice was allowed to set fractions of 23.20, 48.20, 1.13.40, and 1.38.60 before finishing the mile and a sixteenth in 145.00.
Pyro, the 6-5 favorite in the field under Shaun Bridgmohan, finished second and was gaining after some early traffic trouble. Acai was third under Tyler Baze.
Tin Cup Chalice a New York-bred gelding has now won eight of nine lifetime races with his only loss coming in his last out in the Step Nicely on Sept. 14 at Belmont Park when he lost by a neck.
On the Indiana Derby undercard, My Private Lake won the Michael G. Schaefer gate to wire by a length and three-quarters and returned $18.60 and Unreachable Star ($7) used a ground-saving trip in the Gus Grissom to prevail by a half-length.