Effinex Scores 1st Grade 1 Victory at $500,000 Clark Handicap

Best A Luck Farm training graduate and runner-up to Triple Crown winner American Pharoah in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland, New York-bred Effinex scored his first Grade 1 victory on Friday in the $500,000 Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs, holding off 2014 Clark winner Hoppertunity by about a half length under Mike Smith.