Recent history dictates that when trainer Charlie Appleby sends a running horse to North America, the runner must be respected. According to Equinin Statistics, Appleby has won 1 wins of 125 starters since the beginning of 2021 (32%).
Appleby knows which horses will thrive in its stable on the Stevere Graspat in Noord -America and which passes against the best state horses, and August 9 in the degree 1 Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer Stakes Appleby’s participants finished first and third in the $ 750,000 race in the Saratoga Race Course.
The best racing in America is to explore leading contenders for the 14 races that the World Championships for Fokkers CupAnd this week we evaluate El Cordobes after he had hit his ticket to the Longines Turf November 1 in Del Mar in Del Mar with a half -length sword dancer win.
Performance: El Cordobes raced only once as a 2-year-old and twice in 2024 at the age of 3 and won a race on the surface of the entire weather conditions in Kempton Park. He started his 4-year season in Dubai and finished second in a few races, but El Cordobes really started to excel in the spring and summer with extra distance.
He won a 1 ½ mile race against 3 ¼ lengths 3 May in Newmarket and finished third in the 3 Sky Sports Racing Aston Park in Newbury two weeks later in Newbury. His breakout race came to Newmarket on July 10 when he clearly stimulated the 1 ½-MIJL Kingdom of Bahrain Princess of Wales’s stakes with two lengths in the last Furlong to win the 1 ½-MIJL Kingdom for his first Stakes victory.
Both the Aston Park and the Stakes of Princess of Wales came to solid ground in England, so the sword dancer offered an attractive option for Appleby and the Godolphin HomeBred.
El Cordobes was dragged back a bit and went into the piece and was near the back of the eight-horse sword dancer field, but he accelerated powerful and split horses in deep piece to bring the order between stablemate nations pride to his inside and runner-up rebel red to his outside. In the last yards under Flavien Prat, El Cordobes switched to leads several times, but nevertheless managed to finish in his last quarter in: 22.98 and last eighth of a miles in: 11.53, strong final fractions for a race of 1 ½ miles.
“He ran a huge race and Flavien gave him a peach of a ride,” said Appleby’s traveling assistant Chris Connett. “He is not a little boy, but he can be agile if he has to be and with someone like Flavien, 99% of the time, if he has the horse under him, he will find a way to come forward.”
Speed figures: El Cordobes earned a 104 Beyer speed figure for the sword dancer, bound for the fastest of the year for a grass race on a mile or longer. He also earned a 119 Equibase speed figure, only two points shy of the best of the year for a two-part peat race. He’s much fast.
Looking ahead: Appleby Has won Three of the Last Four Editions of the Breeders’ Cup Turf with Godolphin Runners – Yibir in 2021 and Rebel’s Romance in 2022 and 2024 – and should a very good chance again in 2025. Rebel’s Romance Remains in training and won a archeses 10 in Germany, While Both El Cordobes and Sword Dancer Third-Place Finisher Nations Pride Look Like Legitimate Contenders.
I loved the way El Cordobes gathered in the sword dancer, setbacks near the top of the piece and then splitting horses in the last Furlong with a powerful late burst. He will be sent back to England on Thursday and his connections have not yet worked for the Breeders’ Cup Turf, but if El Cordobes is in the Startpoort on November 1 in Del Mar, he will be a serious threat to win. The sound you hear is that I push my chips on el cordobes.
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