Richard Valentine trains the winner for Whitewood Stable.
Whitewood Stable’s Blue Rider (Robert Walsh) bided his time behind leader Kenneth Ramsey’s Mabou (Padge Whelan) in the $25,000 Sport of Kings maiden special weight at the High Hope Steeplechase, May 17 in Lexington, Ky.
When Mabou fell at the 11th fence, Blue Rider inherited the lead and romped home to a seven-length victory. Mabou and Whelan were not injured.