Hernandez heaps praise on Pink Lloyd ahead of Ontario Jockey Club Stakes
At 1h50, on November 7, 2021 • By WOODBINE
Multiple stakes winner and Canadian champion Pink Lloyd takes on five rivals in Sunday’s $100,000 Ontario Jockey Club Stakes at Woodbine.
Bred in Ontario by John Carey and owned by Entourage Stable, the chestnut gelding, a 27-time winner, 24 of them stakes, arrives at the six-furlong Tapeta event for Ontario-sired three-year olds and up off his second straight Grade 3 Bold Venture Stakes score.
Trained by Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Robert Tiller, the nine-year-old son of Old Forester will once again have Rafael Hernandez in the irons.
“This horse, he’s really strong and he can do anything you want from him,” said Hernandez. “He can get you in a good spot, but if you get into a tough spot, he can always find a way out. Last time, in the Bold Venture, there didn’t appear to be much speed in the race. Was someone going to come and try to go with him fast early and then I wouldn’t have anything left in the end, or were they thinking that he’s a veteran horse and we’ll let him go? Another horse tried to go for the lead, but he couldn’t get to him. So, we had the lead and we went from there.”
A seven-time Sovereign Award recipient, including 2017 Horse of the Year honours, Pink Lloyd continues to be a fan favourite at the Toronto oval and beyond.
Hernandez, a lifetime winner of nearly 2,800 races, is one of Pink Lloyd’s proudest supporters.
