One Go All Go Fends Off All Challengers to Win Dixiana Elkhorn Before 37,378 Fans

By Amy Owens —-

One Go All Go; Keeneland Photos

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LEXINGTON, KY (April 21, 2018) – Rodney Paden’s One Go All Go shot to the lead shortly after at the break and held his position all the way to post a three-quarter length victory over Oscar Nominated to win the 33rd running of the $250,000 Dixiana Elkhorn (G2) for older horses before a Saturday afternoon crowd of 37,378.

The attendance is the fifth highest in Keeneland history.

Trained by Scooter Dickey and ridden by Chris Landeros, One Go All Go covered the 1½ miles on a firm turf course in 2:30.76. The win marked the second Keeneland stakes victory for Dickey and Landeros.
One Go All Go was sent to the front by Landeros and led the field of 11 through fractions of :26.32, :51.60, 1:17.17, 1:42.20 and 2:07.03 while being tracked by defending champion and favorite Itsinthepost (FR).

In the stretch, One Go All Go repulsed several bids from Itsinthepost and had enough left to hold off Oscar Nominated.

The victory was worth $150,000 to the 6-year-old Virginia-bred son of Fairbanks out of the Marquetry mare See Ashleigh Run. One Go All Go, purchased by Paden for $62,000 during the horses of racing age portion of Keeneland’s 2017 November Breeding Stock Sale, increased his earnings to $643,538 with a record of 24-4-5-3. He notched his second graded stakes victory with the other coming in the Commonwealth Derby (G2) at Laurel in 2015.

One Go All Go returned $21.20, $8.80 and $5.60. Oscar Nominated finished second under Joel Rosario, returning $6.20 and $3.60 with Itsinthepost finishing a nose back in third and paying $3 to show under Tyler Baze.

Call Provision was another half-length back in fourth and was followed in order by Danish Dynaformer, Canessar (FR), Big Bend, Some in Tieme (BRZ), Hunter O’Riley and Hayabusa One (FR). Bullards Alley did not finish.

Racing continues Sunday with a nine-race program that begins at 1:05 p.m. ET. Keeneland celebrates Military Day at the Races presented by Marathon, with events throughout the afternoon honoring active and veteran military members and their families.

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On Sunday, Keeneland will offer a Pick 6 carryover of $68,130. The Pick 6 begin with the fourth race, scheduled for 2:45 p.m.
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Jose Ortiz, winner of the 2017 Eclipse Award as North America’s outstanding jockey, recorded his 1,500th career win with a victory aboard One Liner in Saturday’s eighth race. Click here for a video of Ortiz speaking with Keeneland’s Jesse Ullery about achieving this milestone win.

Quotes from the $250,000 Dixiana Elkhorn (G2)

Chris Landeros (winning rider of One Go All Go)
“Great trip. He’s a pretty fast horse. He puts you in a good spot. (Trainer) Scooter (Dickey) had him ready as always. I appreciate him and the owner letting me ride the horse. He’s just a cool horse, and it seems like he’s getting better.”

Scooter Dickey (winning trainer)
On buying One Go All Go from the horses of racing age portion of Keeneland’s 2017 November Breeding Stock Sale for $62,000
“He ran third to my good horse, Flatlined, at Ellis Park last year (in the Cliff Guilliams Handicap in August). I told (owner) Mr. (Rodney) Paden, ‘He’s good enough to buy if he doesn’t bring too much.’ We got him.”

Joel Rosario (rider of runner-up Oscar Nominated)
“He broke (from the gate) on the lead, but I took him back and waited for somebody (else) to take the lead. I know we were going a long distance, but still the pace was a little slow. It is hard to get past a horse who has had a slow pace. The winner kept running at the end. I had a perfect spot on the outside for the run down the lane.”

Tyler Baze (rider of third-place finisher Itsinthepost [FR])
“I had a good trip. I was hoping there was some good pace in there. My horse usually comes from two or three off it, and going that slow it was hard to get him to settle. I thought maybe I should just go ahead and put him on the lead, but what if he ends up getting beat anyways? He ran a good race.”

Jose Ortiz (rider of fourth-place finisher Call Provision)
“(We were) in good position, saving ground, just trying to follow the instructions (trainer) Chad (Brown) gave me this morning. It worked out good. The rail opened up for me, but those three horses sprinted home just like I did because they went so easy. In the second turn, I tried to put myself a little bit closer, because I know those two horses in front are really good. I knew they were going to have something left in the end, and they did.”

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