Swift Delivery dashed to victory in the Aug. 2 Seagram Cup Stakes (G3) at Woodbine, outrunning defending race winner Paramount Prince and five other horses in the 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-olds and up on Tapeta.
A 4-year-old Kentucky-bred gelding by Not This Time , Swift Delivery is trained by Mark Casse and owned by Gary Barber, Team Valor International, Bruce Zoldan, Steven Rocco, and Kansas City Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce. A $2 bet returned $11.90 for Swift Delivery capturing the $115,534 race.
"I love this horse so bad," said jockey Patrick Husbands, who directed Swift Delivery to a two-length margin of victory. "In 36 years, I've been riding a lot of good horses, but this one touched me. ... If you believe in something, and it's only a matter of time before it comes true."
Husbands had been aboard Paramount Prince in the Seagram Cup last year and for other rides over that horse's career.
Swift Delivery was timed in 1:43.65 for the distance, delivering a winning move by rallying from midpack to power away from Paramount Prince and Dresden Row.
Dresden Row finished as runner-up, and Paramount Prince ran third.
Saturday's race gave Swift Delivery his first career stakes victory. The race also marked a second consecutive win after he took an allowance optional claimer in June.
According to Team Valor CEO Barry Irwin, the Seagram Cup was the 200th graded stakes win for his partnership since he began racing in the fractional interest format in 1987.
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