Workin for Hops pointing for Sept. 25 Kent Stakes
Estrorace’s Workin For Hops, recently third in the mile and a quarter $400,000 Grade I Secretariat Stakes at Arlington Park on August 21, is being pointed toward the $250,0000 Kent Stakes (include $50,000 Breeders’ Cup fund) at Delaware Park on September 25. The 1 mile and 1/8th on the turf Grade III event is for 3-year-olds.
Previously, the gelded son of City Zip notched a 2 ¼-length triumph in the 1 mile 3/16ths $200,000 Grade II American Derby at Arlington Park. This year, the Kentucky-bred conditioned by Michael Stidham, who currently ranks 13th on the Delaware Park trainer standings, has also won the $100,000 Arlington Classic and the $60,000 Grindstone Stakes at Fair Grounds & finished second in the Grade II Colonial Turf Cup at Colonial Downs. He sports a record of five wins, two seconds and a third from nine starts with earnings of $396,176.


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