NEW YORK -- Captain Cook won the $250,000 Withers by 2 1/4 lengths at Aqueduct on Saturday, putting the 3-year-old colt squarely on the Kentucky Derby trail. Ridden by Manny Franco, Captain Cook ran ...
Captain Cook, who hopped on the classic trail by virtue of a victory in the $250,000 Withers S. at Aqueduct on Saturday, already has a number of connections to the Kentucky Derby (G1).
He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...