Three days after the Japanese baseball players Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shohei Ohtani, the victory in the World Series as members of the Los Angeles Dodgers, more Japanese stars -celebrated this variety -to win North America's richest horse races, the 7 -million dollar -Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).
Although all three –Derma Sotogake Present Tamba torsoro And Forever youthful -Im race on November 2nd in the DEL Mar are considered threats. Susumu Fujitas 3-year-old forever is the headliner. At the beginning of this May he came in centimeters when he won a roughly competitive Kentucky Derby (G1) when he had hit two noses.
His narrow departure came despite the scratchy treatment of one of his rivals, second place in the horse rival Sierra Leone – The Stewards Brooks Becraft, Tyler Picklesimer and Barbara Borden have not evaluated with a formal Steward request. Forever Youthful's Jockey Ryusei Sakai did not claim to foul either Maximum security for interference.
This year, days after millions of dollars had been populated when the race was officially explained, the Stewards punished $ 2,500 with a fine of Sierra Leones Jockey, Tyler Gaffalione because he had contacted his arm near the wire contact to correct his mountain line like the heating.
Even if the stewards in the Kentucky Derby had made a disqualification, it would be youthful forever. Mystic and Was not involved. Nevertheless, secondary prices had financial consequences for bedors and participants. The second place was in the derby in the derby $ 1 million and third place was 500,000 US dollars.
Despite the conclusion, Forever Youthful's coach Yoshito Yahagi described an unforgettable experience in the Kentucky Derby, which was carried out in front of a full house as usual Churchill DownsWith 156,710 fans.
“The impact, the wild struggle is not our problem,” said Yahagi in comments, which was translated by Mariko Seki, representative of the breeding cup, and confirmed by online translation software. “It was a great atmosphere with great people and horses. It was a good experience forever.”
Real steel Now a second gap in the first class in America, this time in a race for 3 year olds and upwards.
The championships are probably in the classic at stake, including the Eclipse Award for the 3-year-old champion of North America. Although forever forever youthful and classic participants City of Troy The talented Irish Colt, which is not based in North America, would undoubtedly receive support from many Eclipse voters with a classic victory.
Forever Youthful looks like 13 rivals, including Sierra Leone, trained by Chad Brown, who will have Flavien Prat on board, as he has been for his races since June. The latter, whose momentum was probably also slowed down by the derby contact, ran straight in the last starts.
Yahagi noticed that the preparation of Forever Youthful differs on the classic. After a long summer refreshment, he won a preparatory race in his home country, the Japan Dirt Classic, in contrast to a more vigorous schedule in the run -up to the run for the roses. Before the derby he drove around the world and won all five of his previous races, including the Saudi derby (G3) and the VAE derby (G2) in the Middle East after he started his career in Japan.
“He showed a compact weakness in the Kentucky Derby because he ran in Saudi Arabia and Dubai,” said Yahagi.
As a participant in the 2021 Breeder 'Cup in the del Mar Recall, Yahagi is able to prepare a horse for this two -day event. His two starters this year, Only loves you And Lorraine March were victorious in the Breeders 'Cup Stutfode & Machte Turf (G1T) and Breeders' Cup Disaffe (G1).
Yahagi, known for his headgear on race days, wore a colorful jacket on the morning of October 30, which was reminiscent of the profits of the breeding trophies. The next day he would replace this jacket with a jersey from Los Angeles Dodgers and proudly show Yamamoto's name and number. Sakai wore an ohtani jersey.
Sakai has to work out a low-cost trip from Post 1 in all other competitors. After a plain five-furg training by Forever Youthful in 1:04 on October 29, Sakai was classified in the social media interview that he would have preferred to draw it outside.
This marks the second race of the 3-year-old in a row with a start from the insider post. When he was overcame during the break in the Japan Dirt Classic on October 2, to follow the pace and rally to win 1 1/4 lengths.
“We can consider racing tactics with the connections and we will perform his best performance,” said Sakai into comments that have been translated by Seki.
