ROUNDUP : Cahill Road Hits Detour in Preview

Cahill Road hit a pothole in the road to the Kentucky Derby, finishing third in the Preview Stakes Saturday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Fla.

Cahill Road, the 1-5 favorite who was seeking a fourth consecutive victory in his stakes debut, was last for most of the 1 1/16 miles.

He charged up on the rail in the deep stretch but couldn’t catch Shoot To Kill or Shotgun Harry J.

Chihuahua finished fourth and Happy Jazz Band, the second betting choice, was last.

Craig Perret, Cahill Road’s jockey, who rode the colt’s full brother, Unbridled, to victory in the Kentucky Derby last year, was roundly booed.

Shoot To Kill, who was fifth in the Florida Derby won by Cahill Road’s stablemate Fly So Free, was third most of the way before taking the lead from Shotgun Harry J. with less than a sixteenth of a mile remaining.

The winner, ridden by Wigberto Ramos, carried 112 pounds and was timed in 1:43 2/5. He paid $36.80 for his second victory in six starts this year.

Kyle’s Our Man led from wire to wire in the $250,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct in New York, apparently ending the Kentucky Derby hopes of favored Stately Wager.

Kyle’s Our Man beat King Mutesa by four lengths. Another View finished third in the field of eight.

Stately Wager, winner of three in a row and the 9-5 favorite, finished next to last after getting bogged down in traffic out of the gate. He was never better than fifth after the first quarter-mile of the one-mile race.

Kyle’s Our Man, ridden by Angel Cordero Jr. and trained by John Veitch, returned $8.40. He covered the mile in 1:34 3/5.

A Wild Ride, ridden by Pat Day, took the lead going into the far turn and beat Timber Ribbon by 3 1/2 lengths in the $157,950 Budweiser Breeders’ Cup at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark.

Heavily favored Little Brianne, who had beaten Eclipse Award winner Bayakoa in her last two starts in Southern California, ran fourth.

A Wild Ride led by less than a length after six furlongs. As the field turned for home, Topsa came alongside and Timber Ribbon was three wide for the stretch run. Topsa eventually gave way and Timber Ribbon faded after pulling almost even.

The Calumet Farm-owned A Wild Ride, trained by Wayne Lukas, was the second betting choice in the field of nine older fillies and mares. She completed 1 1/16 miles in 1:42 1/5 and returned $7.80.

Seagram sprinted past favored Garrison Savannah in the final 100 yards to win the Grand National in Liverpool, the top British steeplechase race.

The New Zealand-bred Seagram, a 12-1 longshot in the 4 1/2-mile race, trailed by about six lengths as the horses cleared the last of the 30 jumps.

But the 11-year-old Seagram, ridden by Nigel Hawke, galloped past the 7-1 favorite on the run to the finish, pulling away to win by five lengths and win $160,000.

Garrison Savannah held on for second, eight lengths ahead of 50-1 shot Auntie Dot. Only seventeen of the 40 horses finished the race, run on a cold, rainy day at Aintree.

Garrison Savannah, ridden by Mark Pitman, had won the Gold Cup at Cheltenham, the second most prestigious steeplechase race in Britain. He was trying to become the first horse since 1934 to win both in the same year.

Eastern Dude took the lead with three-eights of a mile to go and held off Magic Interlude to win the $56,175 Transylvania Stakes in a course record time at Keeneland.

The winner, owned by the Frances A. Genter Stable Inc. and trained by Carl Nafzger, ran the 1 1/16 miles in 1:42 4/5, one-fifth of a second faster than the previous course record held by four horses.

Eastern Dude, under Shane Sellers, finished a length ahead of Magic Interlude in the 10-field race for 3-year-olds. Three lengths behind Magic Interlude was January Man.

The winner paid $8.40. Magic Interlude, ridden by Corey Black, returned $4.20 and $3.40. January Man paid $5.80.