Game Casa Creed prevails in Racing Hall of Fame S. (G2)

Casa Creed and Sombeyay staged a thrilling finish in Friday’s $200,000 National Museum Racing Hall of Fame S. (G2), with Casa Creed (Jimmy Creed) getting the nod over Sombeyay (Into Mischief) in the one-mile turf race.

It was the first graded stakes win for Casa Creed, who won the Kitten’s Joy S. last year and was a close second in the Penn Mile (G2) on June 1^st. Sombeyay won last year’s Sanford S. (G3) at Saratoga.

The stage was set for the stretch duel after Sombeyay took over the lead from Award Winner, with Casa Creed making a three-wide bid at the quarter pole. Both horses were all out in the final furlong, but Casa Creed was travelling the best late, winning by a neck in 1:33.72 on a firm course. The time was about a half-second off the track record.

Casa Creed, who has now earned $364,508, races for LRE Racing LLC and JEH Racing Stable LLC. The 3-year-old was bred in Kentucky by Silver Springs Stud and sold to his owners for $105,000 at the 2017 Keeneland September Yearling sale.

Jimmy Creed is fourth on the Third-Crop sire list with more than $2.9 million in progeny earnings, and is in the top 10 by winners with 53.