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Third Coast Takes Care of Business in the G3 Hill Prince
Mary Eddy | October 10, 2026
Glen Hill Farm’s Kentucky-bred Third Coast landed his first graded stakes victory with a well-measured ride from Jose Lezcano in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Hill Prince, a 1 3/16-mile inner turf route for sophomores, at Belmont Park.
Trained by Tom Proctor, the son of Uncle Mo improved from a runner-up effort to Siyouincanada last out in the two-turn mile Gio Ponti on September 7 at Saratoga Race Course, a race that also saw its sixth-place finisher Doubting Thomas exit to capture today's Bricks and Mortar at Belmont. Earlier this summer, Third Coast also contested the Spa's Grade 1 Belmont Derby and Grade 2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame with respective sixth and fifth-place finishes.
Proctor said Third Coast is back in his groove two starts after a pacesetting run in the Hall of Fame.
"He didn’t settle that one race at Saratoga and it kind of screwed everything up. It took a race to get him to settle down," said Proctor, who teamed up with Lezcano for their second collaborative victory on the card after taking Race 1 with promising maiden-winner Hullabaloo Ray Ray.
The winner of Monmouth Park’s Jersey Derby in May landed back in the winner’s circle with a prominent trip, breaking sharpest from the outermost post 9 and racing keenly as Bull Shoals asserted himself early on the inside and marked the opening quarter-mile in 24.56 seconds over the firm footing with a short gap back to Lennox the Grey and Chambersville.
"Any time a horse can get around that first turn, second – he had a pretty easy trip," Proctor said of the perfect trip engineered by Lezcano.
Bull Shoals pulled clear down the backstretch through the half-mile in 49.80 and maintained his advantage through three-quarters in 1:13.97 before Third Coast crept closer on his flank and Chambersville went three-wide in pursuit.
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