Tom Pedulla offers Whitney Stakes Day take -away restaurants on Saratoga Race Course and the Grade 1 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes presented by Oak Tree Racing Association in Del Mar, both on Saturday, on a large weekend of Racen as the Breeders’ Cup in Visition.
Break through: Defending Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Sierra Leone, Winless in three previous Saratoga starts with a second and two third place Finishes, broke through in an ideal time. He gathered from the last to first and held Highland Falls with one length in the $ 1 million Whitney Stakes. It was the first Whitney triumph for trainer Chad Brown, who comes from nearby Mechanicville, NY “growing up here, the Whitney and the Travers is where the entire race has been built since the beginning,” said Brown. “For me to finally get one of them with my father and mother here, my brother, both daughters, made memories to last forever.” Brown said that Sierra Leone, who has an automatic reimbursement cladding in the $ 7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic locked up by conquering the Whitney, will probably make his next start in the Jockey Club Gold Cup of 31 August.
Encouraging second: Godolphin HomeBred Highland Falls added his name to the list of contenders in what looms as a competitive classic by becoming second in the Whitney in only his second start this season. Trainer Brad Cox was encouraged by everything he saw. “This is the second run of our horse of the dismissal,” he noticed, “and I think that as long as he comes out in good condition, he can move forward again. I think he has improved as a 5-year-old based on the way he was trained and the two races he has run.” Due to two-time Horse of the Year Curlin, Highland Falls rode with 5 ½ lengths in a 25 June allowance Race on the Belmont during the big meeting in his previous start. He will also focus on the 1 ¼-Mijl Jockey Club Gold Cup.
Like father, like son: The Clement Barn has retained a level of excellence after the death of Hall of Fame finalist Christophe. His son, Miguel, obtained his first degree 1 score when deterministic held by a determined head in the Resorts World Casino Manhattan Stakes of 8 June. The 4-year-old Liam’s Map Colt was returned for Miguel at the highest level in the Fanduel Fourstardave Stakes to secure an automatic, reimbursement covering in the Fanduel Breeders’ Cup Mile presented by PDJF. He has swept three straight races since Jockey Kendrick Carmouche jumped on board. Clement said about deterministic: “He has won on multiple surfaces over a wide range of distances. He makes us look good because he is top class.” The decision of 1 ¼ length gave his seventh victory in 13 lifetime starts.
Something special: Ewing, named after the New York Knicks Hall of Fame Center, proved that he is more than a name when he conquered a slow start and a highly regarded destruction with one length in the Saratoga Special Stakes of $ 200,000. The Knicks go in foal after breaking the Startpoort, but quickly recovered for Jockey Jose Ortiz to take the early lead, showing heavy pressure from destruction to win for the second time for DJ Stable, West Point Thoroughbreds and Kenneth Freirich. Ewing ran through the 6 ½ Furlong match in 1: 18.03. “That was a bit crazy. We didn’t heat it so that he would get away a bit slowly so that he could settle,” said Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse. “Jose said he was satisfied for three steps. He is fast.” Ewing ruled his 5 ½ Furlong debut with 12 lengths on July 5 in Saratoga.
Myracehorse wins great: Myracehorse, which fans of modest means that easy access to horse possession through Micrshares, collaborated with Peter Leidel to win the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes with seismic beauty. The 4-year-old Merrieveeulen led from start to finish for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert and Jockey Juan Hernandez when obtaining a reimbursement cover in the Distaff of $ 2 million Longines Breeders’ Cup. She pushed her income to $ 476,840 when completing the 1/16-mile race in 1: 42.33. “She is a big mandrowling. She looks like she’s going easily, but they went fast,” said Baffert. “She’s just gets better and better. She’s still mature, but I think she will improve that.”
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