Alicia Wincze is the turf writer for the Lexington Herald-Leader. She started riding at age 8 and was a four-year member of the Pace University equestrian team.
Coach Billy G. - the horse - at Churchill tonight
Posted by Alicia Wincze on June 26, 2009
Depending on how you feel about the University of Kentucky’s now former basketball coach, you may or may not want to put aside a couple dollars for a hunch bet this evening. Coach Billy G., named for former UK coach Billy Gillispie, makes his racing debut in tonight’s 11th race at Churchill, a six-furlong maiden special weight test.
By Storm Cat, Coach Billy G. is owned by Don Adam’s Courtlandt Farm. Adam is himself a native of Texas and befriended Gillispie when he coached at Texas A&M.
If you like pedigree, Coach Billy G. certainly has that going for him as the bay 3-year-old colt is out of the A.P. Indy mare A.P. Adventure. Then again, some would argue Gillispie’s own back class didn’t do much for him during his efforts in the Bluegrass so bet at your own risk (for the record, his namesake is 8-to-1 in the morning line).
