Peace Rules’ first winner, Trifecta King, reigns over Cinderella

Peace Rules’ first winner, Trifecta King, reigns over
Cinderella

Trifecta King’s score in the Cinderella gave Peace Rules his first winner and first stakes winner at a single stroke (Benoit Photo) When Trifecta King cruised to victory in Sunday’s $84,175 Cinderella S. at Hollywood Park, the juvenile filly handed her freshman sire, multiple Grade 1 hero and $3 million earner PEACE RULES (Jules), his first winner in grand style. Well placed early by Rafael Bejarano, the Doug O’Neill trainee tracked a rapid pace in fourth, took aim on the leaders entering the stretch and kicked 3 3/4 lengths clear as the 3-2 favorite. Trifecta King completed 5 1/2 furlongs on the Cushion Track in 1:03 2/5, boosting her bankroll to $56,595. The Kentucky-bred bay, who was second on her career debut, races for Dave Kenney, Mark Leib and Gary Margolis. Peace Rules broke his maiden in his third start as a juvenile for Gary Contessa, registering a four-length score on the turf. Sold privately to Edmund Gann and transferred to Bobby Frankel, he immediately stepped up to face stakes competitors on the grass in Southern California. After running second in the Pinjara S., Peace Rules captured the Generous S. (G3) and Hill Rise S. to conclude his promising two-year-old campaign.

Frankel pitched Peace Rules into the Louisiana Derby (G2) on the dirt in his sophomore
debut, and the chestnut responded with a fluent 2 1/4-length victory at Fair
Grounds. That marked the colt as a Triple Crown contender, and he further
enhanced his standing with a 3 1/2-length, gate-to-wire score in the Blue Grass
S. (G1) at Keeneland. Peace Rules pressed the early pace in the Kentucky Derby
(G1) before finishing third by two lengths to Funny Cide while just missing
second by a head to Empire Maker. He returned to run fourth in the Preakness S.
(G1), then was given some time off before reappearing to take the Haskell
Invitational (G1) and post a runner-up effort in the Travers S. (G1).

As a four-year-old, Peace Rules captured the Suburban H. (G1), Oaklawn H.
(G2) and New Orleans H. (G2). He was fourth in the Stephen Foster H. (G1) and
ended his racing career with a sixth-place run in the Whitney H. (G1). From
three seasons of competing, he compiled a 19-9-2-2 career mark and bankrolled
$3,084,278 in lifetime earnings.

Out of the winning Hold to Fashion (Hold Your Peace), Peace Rules is a
half-brother to two-time stakes victress Wild Fashion (Once Wild).

Now an eight-year-old, Peace Rules stands at Vinery near Summerfield,
Florida, for a fee of $12,500.