$610,000 Breeders Crown
Two-Year-Old Filly Pace
Casino Nights
Breeding
Breeder(s)
Owner(s)
Sales Info
Trainer
Driver
2, b, filly by Western Ideal - Can Du River - Cam Fella
Diamond Creek Farm LLC, Paris, KY
Vae LLC, Old Westbury, NY
$75,000 Lexington Select Yearling Sale
Michael Vanderkemp
Tim Tetrick
Year
2009
Starts
9
1st
4
2nd
2
3rd
2
Earnings
$230,295
Mark
2,1:52.3 Lex
Quotes & Notes
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Casino Nights was third in her Breeders Crown elimination, which was won by Higher And Higher, and will start
the final from post six.
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“My trip worked out good,” driver Tim Tetrick said. “The track is not good at all, very deep; a lot of horses
struggled in the turn. Hopefully she will bounce back, get some shoeing changes and get a better result. She did
exactly what she was supposed to do. I am hoping they will mix it up (in the final) and get tired and I will be there
and have pace finishing.”
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Trainer Mike Vanderkemp said, “Coming in, I was confident she would be in the top five; she has been really
great lately. She had to do a bit of work early, she had it a little rough coming off the turn, but once she
straightened up (Tetrick) said she had a lot of go to her. She had a pretty easy week this past week, so this week
she will probably have a couple of heats on Wednesday and we will do a couple of shoeing changes.”
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Casino Nights won a division of the International Stallion Stakes and was second in the Three Diamonds. In
between, she was third in a division of the Bluegrass Stakes.
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Mike Vanderkemp, who trains Daley’s stable in Canada, has
won Breeders Crown trophies with Mr Muscleman and My Little
Dragon. Both horses also were owned by the Adam Victor &
Son Stable.
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Casino Nights is a half brother to 2003 Windy City Pace winner
Allamerican Captor ($950,323; 1:50.2).
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Sire Western Ideal won the 2000 Breeders Crown Open Pace.
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VAE LLC is an offshoot of Bulletproof Enterprises, which has
owned horses since 1999 and currently owns 454
horses, including racehorses and breeding stock.
Casino Nights shines in the afternoon sun
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Diamond Creek Farm is father-and-son Chris Bowden and Adam Bowden. They are looking for their first trophy.
Adam has a blog, From The Inside Out, that details the workings of the family breeding farm.