$164,550 GIII Bashford Manor S.
Churchill Downs, 6 furlongs for two-year-olds.
While A.P. Indy’s name has long been a fixture in the conversation of the world’s greatest stallions, it is also generally associated with later developing runners that tend to be at their best with maturity and added distance. However, A.P. Indy’s Grade I winning son Friends Lake demonstrated to the racing world Saturday that good things don’t always have to be worth the wait. Sped to the front by jockey Calvin Borel through an opening quarter in an eye-catching :21 and change, Friends Lake’s SCREEN YOUR FRIEND increased his lead in upper stretch en route to a standout win in Churchill’s annual 2YO showcase the GIII Bashford Manor Stakes. A winner of his last two starts, Screen Your Friend enters the picture of America’s top 2-year-old colts and ensures Friends Lake enters the sales season as one of the hottest young stallions in America.
Congratulations to owner Bill Carl, trainer Bernie Flint and jockey Calvin Borel on this truly exciting 2-year-old colt.
