Antiquarian floating. (Adam Coglianese/NYRA)
NYRA press office
Saratoga Springs, NY – Centennial Farms’ Antiquarian Stalked and jumped to achieve his first top score in the degree 1 of Sunday, $ 1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup, a 10-Furlong test for 3-year-olds and UP, during Saratoga Race Course.
The Jockey Club Gold Cup has awarded Antiquarian A “Win and You’re in” berth at Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic in November in Del Mar.
The Hall of Fame trainer-Jockey duo of Todd Pletcher and John Velazquez won the class 1 Pacific Classic in del Mar on Saturday with fierceness and repeated the older dirty male success less than 24 hours later with Antiquarian, who was largely not hit by an early incident in the race in the race that racing in the race Die Race in the race in the race in the race in the race in the race in the race in the race in the race in the race in the race die in the race die in the race die in the race die in the race die in the race die in the race in the race in the race Die Race in the race die in the race in the race Die in the Race in the Race in the Race in. Made, denied mindframe.
“Mixed emotions. You hate to see something like that happening, but at the same time I want Antiquarian to get his,” said Pletcher. “Centennial – that’s a huge victory for them, so I’m happy for them.”
Antiquair, a son of the Centennial Farms-Campailled preservationist, came from a head second to the re-picking of Phileas Fogg in the grade 2 suburbs presented by Subourbon on July 4 on 4 July at course and distance. On Sunday, Antiquarian left the outer post 8 alert when Phileas Fogg left after 7 left and soon sharp under Kendrick Carmouche, which shuns the opposite thinking in the Edgard Zayas-Pilotated White Abarrio, who in turn bumped Mindframe, Untheing Ortiz, Jr.
The post-time favorite Sierra Leone changed course when his Jockey Flavien Prat tried Ortiz, Jr. To avoid on the track while the field was on its way to the first turn. Opposite thinking, an opening quarter-mile recovered in 23 seconds on the fast main track, with different lengths back to Phileas Fogg, White Abarrio and Antiquarian in fourth position for the rider-free mind frame.
“I didn’t know what was happening,” said Velazquez. “I saw Edgard trying to put his feet back in the irons. I had made a decision that I wanted to take my horse with me and tried to give him a break the first part of the race. That is the way it worked.”
Opposite thinking expanded his margin along the back, because the complexion remained the same and Antiquarian maintained his fourth position by half mile in 46.96 and Sierra Leone remained behind Disarm and defending racing winner Highland Falls.
After three -quarters in 1: 11.92, the opposite thinking came back to the field and Phileas Fogg took the order when Antiquarian improved to the inside of a back -pedaling White Abarrio with Highland Falls who launched a wide bid.
Phileas Fogg responded to the top of the track to a mile in 1: 36.83 and kept a two-length benefit from the stretch call, but Antiquarian rolled to his outside and dressed the gap in the eighth Pole while the last one from Grade 1 Whitney winner Sierra Leone quickly in the middle of the Dek.
“Kendrick bumped his horse a bit and I thought:” I better get a little closer to him before he gets away from me, “said Velazquez.” I got close to him and he responded very well. “
Antiquarian flew through Phileas Fogg in the last sixteenth with the jump on Sierra Leone to win with 1 1/2 lengths in a recent period of 2: 02.16.
Phileas Fogg put the thread on the third 1 1/4 lengths behind Sierra Leone, but after the examination of a steward was disqualified and officially declared unplaced. Highland Falls was raised to third, with white Abarrio completing the Superfecta. Disarmed and opposite thinking completes the order of finish.
Mindframe was collected by the outrider and ran back to the barn area under his own strength. Ortiz, Jr. was transported to Albany Medical Center for evaluation of his ribs and left pols. Banishing, who won the class 2 Charles Town Classic on 22 August, was a bet.
Earlier this week, Pletcher added success with victories in the local degree 1 SpinAway [Tommy Jo]Grade 3 with expectations [Final Score] and mention PG Johnson presented by Snap-On [Time to Dream].
“It seemed like he was getting better and better,” said Pletcher, who previously won this event with Happy Saver [2020] and bright future [2023]. “We always expected that he got better, as he got older. It seemed as if the last few times he got going a little too late. So he could get there a little earlier this time.”
Pletcher gave a first update about Dual Grade 1 winner Mindframe.
“It seems that he was pulled well. He delayed a bit and the outriders looked like they caught him safely. Our first inspections here are fine,” said Pletcher. “We will clearly go very closely about the shed as we always do. Fortunately I think it’s good.”
Don Little, Jr., president and co-owner of Centennial Farms, was very happy to achieve a second Jockey Club Gold Cup victory to join a colonial affair in 1994.
“To have this a second time that Centennial has won this prestigious trophy, is real, really exciting and special,” said Little, Jr. “In one way, people cheered at Sierra Leone to win the Whitney and the Jockey Club, but our horse colonial affair was the latter to do it. We keep that in the record books, and it has just been a great attempt. Team Todd, completely.”
Five-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown said that reigning Breeders’ Cup Classic-Victor Sierra Leone was unlucky, but he focused on the well-being of Mindframe and Ortiz, Jr.
“I hope Irad is in order. That’s my greatest concern,” said Brown. “As far as the race is concerned, we lost a considerable amount of land. He had to use him to try to live again where he should have been, and it certainly played a role in the finish. That is horse races and it is just a shame on a big day for my horse, for Mindframe, who was bound for a great effort; and especially for Irrad, who can simply escape this without without blows.”
The 2024 grade 3 Peter Pan-Winning Antiquarist, bred in Kentucky by Brereton C. Jones, is from the winning Istan Mare Lifetime Memory, who is a half-sister by Graded Stakes-Winner SPEAKTOMSUME and Stakes-Winner Proud Reunion. He won $ 550,000 in victory while improving his record to 9-4-3-0 and $ 28 returned for a win of $ 2.
Live racing central heating on Monday before closing day of the Saratoga Summer Measures with an 11-race card, with the degree 1 Speedthrift Farm hopeful in race 9 and the stated Saranac in race 10. The first post is 12:05 pm Eastern.
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