C R Trout

Shotgun Gulch, a Grade 1 winner who was retired last month because of injury, has been sold privately to Rick Porter of Fox Hill Farm in a deal that closed Tuesday morning, said C.R. Trout, who bred, owned, and trained the mare. Read More

Only one horse has won the Vinery Madison (G1) in the spring and the Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) in the fall of the same year at Keeneland, and that was Informed Decision in 2009.   Owner-trainer-breeder C. R. Trout hopes that number doubles Saturday when he sends out Shotgun Gulch in the...Read More

Shotgun Gulch stormed down the Keeneland stretch to beat post time favorite Amen Hallelujah by a head in Thursday's Grade 1 Vinery Maidson for fillies and mares. Dr. Zic, the 2010 Maidson winner, carved out the splits in the seven furlong affair and held the advantage until Amen Hallelujah struck th...Read More