After being bumped and forced in at the start, Showing Up was guided to the
“I thought in a perfect scenario the two speed horses would go out and we
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Showing Up returned $5, $3.20 and $3, and keyed the $25 exacta with 4-1
second choice Like Now, who gave back $4.40 and $3.60. Bear Character, the
longest shot on the board at 39-1, was a neck back in third at the wire and paid
$9.40. It was three lengths back to Greeley’s Legacy (Mr. Greeley) in fourth.
The trifecta totaled $418, and the 2-8-5-10 superfecta $2,417.60. More Than
Regal (More Than Ready), Chin High (Smart Strike), Fast Parade, Hemingway’s Key
(Notebook), Special Interest (Stravinsky) and Gone Prospecting (Way West [Fr])
rounded out the order of finish.
Bred in the Bluegrass State by Nellie Cox and Rose Retreat Farm, Showing Up
was purchased for $60,000 last year at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May
two-year-old sale. He’s now earned $240,500. After winning his career debut at
Gulfstream Park in mid-February, he then captured a one-mile allowance over the
same track on March 11. Showing Up was scheduled to make his third career start
in the April 9 Wood Memorial (G1), but a foot bruise scrapped those plans. He
overcame that minor setback and everybody now expects him to make his next
appearance at Churchill Downs on May 6.
“He has to be in tip-top condition (to run in the Kentucky Derby); I’m not
going to put him into a tough race,” Tagg commented. “Probably good judgment and
good sense would say not to run, but there is only one Kentucky Derby and he’s
done everything we’ve asked of him, so you think you have to give him a chance.”
Lael Stables has the opportunity to claim a rare distinction by having two
unbeaten three-year-olds in the Run for the Roses. They’ll also be represented
by Florida Derby (G1) hero Barbaro (Dynaformer), who is trained by Michael Matz.
Out of the winning Miss Alethia (T. V. Commercial), Showing Up counts six-time
stakes winner and 2003 Pennsylvania Derby (G3) runner-up Gimmeawink (Elusive
Quality) as a half-brother and has an unnamed yearling half-sister by Proud
Citizen.