Hard Spun wins Kentucky Cup Classic at Turfway

A plethora of Breeders Cup prep races were run Saturday, at venues across the country. The most anticipated of the dozen prep races, was the 14th running of the Kentucky Cup Classic at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky. The Kentucky Cup Classic featured a rematch between Street Sense and Hard Spun one-two finishers in this year’s Kentucky Derby. Hard Spun, avenged his loss in the Derby with a wire to wire victory in the $500,000 event as the 4-5 second choice in the field of four. The hard knocking son of Danzig, held off Street Sense throughout the stretch run to win by a length and quarter for trainer Larry Jones. His time for the race 1:48.48 was a fifth of a second off the track record.