Saturday, April 6:
EMILY BUSHNELL & RIC WALDMA’s RESILIENCE (’21 Into Mischief / Meadowsweet) is headed to Louisville for the 2024 Kentucky Derby. The BILL MOTT trainee earned his Derby points Saturday when he defeated 11 other sophomores to take down the G2 Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct.
Bred by PAM & MARTIN WYGOD, RESILIENCE took the rail route until the 5/8 pole where he was eased out into the 4-path by jockey JOHN VELASQUEZ to take the lead at the quarter pole and stride home a winner by 2 ¼ lengths.
RESILIENCE has now started 6 times and posts a record of 2 wins, a second and a third. His earnings stand at over $494,000.
We wish RESILIENCE and all his connections the very best. We’ll be cheering him on the first Saturday in May!
