Bobrovsky Rallies to win the Skidmore (Adam Coglianese/NYRA)
By Keith McCalmont
Saratoga Springs, NY – Bobrovsky Has saved his best for the last, along PaceSetter Monster to conquer $ 150,000 Skidmore on Saturday, a 5 1/2-Furlong Mellon Turf Sprint for 2-year-olds, on Saratoga Race Course.
Trained and co-ownership of Dale Romans With Steve Berg, the Daredevil Colt made its peat and deployment debuted a winning among Junior Alvarado. The talented bay, named after goalkeeper Sergei Bobrovsky, who was rearing the Florida Panthers in 2024-25 with Stanley Cup championships, stalked the sample through splits of 21.85 seconds and 44.54 to half miles. Bobrovsky appeared Groot when the field went straight on with a monster on thin ice when his lead slipped on a sixteenth of the house, so that Bobrovsky scored with 1 3/4 lengths in a recent period of 1: 02.75 on the sturdy foot.
Romans said that he enjoyed a new interest in Hockey thanks to prominent horse owner Vinnie Viola, whose St. Elias Stables has made campaign stars, such as 2017 Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming and 2019 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Vino Rosso.
“Me and my partner – since Vinnie Viola bought the Panthers – started watching hockey for the first time and became big fans of the Panthers, and Bobovsky, he is a winner,” said Romans. ‘As the announcer called it when he broke his girl here:’ Nothing passes Bobrovsky. ‘Stanley Cup, two Stanley Cups. “
Alvarado, on board for the first time in the afternoon, said that Bobrovsky was professional in victory.
“He broke well, then we had to sit in second place. Today he relaxed pretty nicely,” said Alvarado. “I know he is a horse that can sometimes be enthusiastic, but he was very beautiful sitting behind the horse today [Monster] And when I started running, he was there for me, so it was pretty good. “
Monster completed the exact exact with three lengths over 4-5 Mutuel favorite spirit of New York with tough critic who completed the order of finish. Schwarzenegger, Sandal’s Song and Gypsy Art were scratched. Malus, who was captured by Hall of Fame Jockey Joel Rosario, received a precautionary measures back to the shed for further evaluation, because the rider indicated that he was not familiar with the action of the horse.
Luis Saez said it will improve the monster trained by Jose d’Angelo with more racing.
“He is a very fast horse. He broke well and he ran his race,” said Saez. “He was defeated by a good horse. I have the feeling that he is learning. This is not an easy race, but I feel that he will be a better horse after this.
“He tried it and he fights,” Saez added. “It was his second start [on the turf]So I think he is doing well. “
Bobrovsky made his first two starts in limited Maiden Sprints on the main track, missing by a nose in his debut of 22 June 5 1/2 Furlongs at Churchill Downs. He followed with a emphatic score of 10 1/2 length on July 24, and won the six-follow Sprint on anterior fashion and caught the attention of job announcer Frank Mirahmadi.
Romans, winner of the Eclipse Award 2012 for Outstanding Trainer, said he couldn’t get peat work in Bobrovsky for the Skidmore.
“We had to work [on turf]. He had gone a bit too fast for work, so we just skipped it, “said Romans.” It all succeeded. It turned out to be good. Most of them will like the grass, but he had a lot of grass in his pedigree, and we decided that it could help him close a number of heavy batters early.
“I was really satisfied,” Romans added. “In the beginning I was nervous because you don’t know if they will pass a horse like he did, but I am really happy that he could do it.”
Romans said that Bobrovsky could be considered for the $ 1 million [$500K KTDF] Kentucky Downs Juvenile Turf Sprint Going 6 1/2 Furlongs on August 31.
“It’s back soon, but we have to look at it for that kind of money,” said Romans. “This horse can, I think, be a breeders’ cup [Juvenile] Peat sprint horse, is my point there. ‘
Bred in Kentucky by Mike Rutherford, the $ 37,000 Keeneland September Jaarling sale purchase of $ 82,500 in victory while improving his record to 3-2-1-0. He returned $ 9.40 for a $ 2 win.
Live racing resumes on Sunday on Saratoga with a 10-race card, with the stated $ 150,000 bolton landing in race 8. The first message is 13:10 hours Eastern.
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