Schwarzenegger shows his moxie. (Courtney Snow/Beyond the Wire)
Keeneland Release
Lexington, Ky. – Favored Schwarzenegger Spiering a road to the front from the gate and never lagged behind in placing a half-length victory over destruction to win the Indian Summer (L) that was presented by Keeneland Select for 2-year-olds.
Trained by Wesley Ward and driven by John Velazquez, Schwarzenegger completed the 5½ Furlongs on a sturdy grass course in a bet 1: 02.28. It was the fourth bet victory of Fall Stars -weekend for Velazquez.
Schwarzenegger led the field through fractions of: 21.17 and: 44.05 while under tokend print of Zeus’s ultrasound. At the top of the piece raised Schwarzenegger his margin and had enough left to keep the destruction that collected the inside.
Schwarzenegger, graduated in Keeneland, is a Kentucky-flocked son of not this time from the Lemon Drop Kid Mare Soothsaying. Now 1-from-2 In his career, Schwarzenegger has earned $ 199,025.
Schwarzenegger returned $ 6.64, $ 4.30 and $ 3.30. Obliteration, driven by Jose Ortiz, returned $ 4.70 and $ 3.28 and ended a neck for Rogue Legend (GB), who paid $ 3.72 to show under Flavien Prat.
It was a nose back to Bobrovsky with trendsetter, Azizam (GB), Uncle Bucky and Zeus’s Echo in order.
Racing will resume on Wednesday with an eight-race program that starts at 1 p.m.
Keeneland offers a super hi five transfer of $ 50,245.
Quotes from the $ 300,000 Indian Summer (L) presented by Keeneland Select
John Velazquez (winning rider of Schwarzenegger) When winning five races yesterday and another bet today: “It is so exciting to be at my age and to get a chance from the trainers and owners, having opportunities to ride on this type of horses. It is exciting. It is difficult to be in the game, to be competitive and winning races. It puts a fire on me, so it’s a lot of fun.”
About how the race was run: “We know he is super fast. Even from the gate, he is gone so quickly that I had to let him jump for three or four jumps before I tried to get him. He came running out, and the only thing I tried to do was save him for the end.
Wesley Ward (trainer of Schwarzenegger and third place Finisher Rogue Legend-GB): “We have always thought a lot of him (Jockey) Johnny (Velazquez) has been winning races for me for 25 years, so early in the year we tried to come up with what we thought was the best 2-year-old for him. (Jockey) David Flores was also up (Schwarzenegger) and I said,” Which, David? ” And he said, “This is (Johnny’s).”
“We came here in the spring to Keeneland and (Schwarzenegger) did not work completely on the dirt such as (that surface) it would be, but as soon as we brought him to the grass, it was as if, Wow, David was right. Had to scratch. We finally got him and he ran a good race, his first start (second in a maert special.
“We are going to the Breeders’ Cup (Juvenile Turf Sprint-G1). He is a sprinter and that is a very fast track there in Del Mar. It will be sturdy; we will not have any weather problems, and it will not be 5½ (Furlongs) as it was today. Johnny was also a lot of fluid in the course today; (Furlongs).
Jose Ortiz (Rider of Runner-Up Obliteration): “(My journey) was good. I was actually shaken a bit back at the turn. The horse stopped in front of me so I had to go back a bit and follow Junior (Alvarado on Bobovsky). That certainly cost me the race. I think he could have won the race with a better journey.”
Flavien Prat (third-party driver Finisher Rogue Legend-GB): “I had a good journey. I saved the ground when I set it up and had a good run. At one point I thought I had the chance to run them down, but just not good enough today.”
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