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"The short answer to all trainer questions in 2024 was: Stephen Murdock."
- The Racing Biz, 1.3.2025
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"The short answer to all trainer questions in 2024 was: Stephen Murdock."
- The Racing Biz, 1.3.2025
Trainer: Stephen Murdock
Jockey: Carlos Eduardo Lopez
Owner: Robert Cole Jr.
Photographer Credit:
Adianez Acosta, ©Coady Media
"But it will be conditioner Stephen Murdock who will send out 7-5 morning line favorite Teachintherelease with a chance to make history...
"Teachintherelease will look to give Murdock and Cole their first triumph in the featured Sam Huff West Virginia Classic, which would be Murdock’s first in a WVBC race."
"Teachintherelease (Carlos Lopez) would easily live up to his role as the odds-on choice in the Classic although even his connections admitted that they were surprised by the ease in which [he] prevailed...
"Teachintherelease, who now owns four wins from five seasonal outings, also boasts a 14-10-1 slate and over $550,000 banked from 32
"Teachintherelease (Carlos Lopez) would easily live up to his role as the odds-on choice in the Classic although even his connections admitted that they were surprised by the ease in which [he] prevailed...
"Teachintherelease, who now owns four wins from five seasonal outings, also boasts a 14-10-1 slate and over $550,000 banked from 32 career outings. Both were nearly left speechless by his performance on Saturday night..."
2025 Frank Gall Memorial Stakes
Jockey: Carlos Eduardo Lopez
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Adianez Acosta, ©Coady Media
"...Teachintherelease lived up to his billing as the even-money favorite in the $75,000 Frank Gall Memorial Stakes for state-bred older males. Under Carlos Lopez, he gained command easily through the clubhouse turn and led throughout en route to a 2 1/4-length score over No Change. Hero of this event one year earlier, Teachintherelease successfully defended his title in the Frank Gall by getting the seven furlongs in 1:25.39 for trainer Stephen Murdock and owner Robert Cole, Jr."
2025 Frank Gall Memorial Stakes
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"Stephen Murdock leads all trainers in percentage of purse earned with 29.25%, while among the 32 trainers with at least 50 starts, Farrior’s 20.96% narrowly edge Runco’s 20.71%, with Manolo Mangual (18.50%) next…"
2024 Frank Gall Memorial Stakes
Jockey: Christian Hiraldo
Photographer Credit: Katherine Turnbull, ©Coady Media
2024 Randy Funkhouser Memorial Stakes
Jockey: Orlando Bocachica
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"If it’s possible to burst quietly on the scene, trainer Stephen Murdock did that. Murdock had won with a solid 11 of 55 lifetime starters entering 2024. In ’24, primarily training for longtime owner Robert L. Cole, Jr., Murdock won at nearly a 50% clip overall, and at CT, he won with 24 of 48 starters, an astonishing rate, while generating purse earnings of over $400,000."
"Murdock, training for Robert Cole, Jr., won with half of his 48 starters, an absurdly high percentage that translated to 8.55 more wins than his odds would have predicted (4.46 added wins per 25 starts). With such a high win percentage, it’s no surprise that he also led the colony by nabbing over 35% of available purse money, far more than nearest competitor Anthony Farrior (21.7%)."
"Three months earlier, Teachintherelease provided Murdock with his first stakes win as a trainer, and on Saturday night he notched his second as the Windsor Castle gelding prevailed in the Funkhouser." "... Cole said. “Right now, we’ve only got five horses in training and Stephen basically does everything on his own. He has no help – he’s trainer and groom."
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