Overview
- Listenupshance, ridden by Emisael Jaramillo and trained by Doug O'Neill, edged Maximum Bourbon by a nose to win the Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar on Wednesday and earned about $400,000.
- The purse raised Listenupshance's career totals to roughly $438,570 and updated his record to four wins, three seconds and three thirds in 13 starts.
- The win secures a fees-paid berth in the Breeders' Cup Sprint at Keeneland on October 31 and moves the horse's campaign into fall championship planning.
- The victory marked Jaramillo's first Grade 1 win in the United States and bolsters the profiles of trainer Doug O'Neill and Run Fast Racing's celebrity partners.
- Run Fast Racing bought Listenupshance for about $10,000 and offers fans fractional ownership starting near $100 a month, a model that has already returned roughly $60,000 to co-owners via its Direct Pay program and now gains credibility from this upset Grade 1 result.