Disruptions seemed the order of the day on March 22nd to be Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots-until Good cheer entered the route for the $ 396,000 Fair terrain Oak (G2).
Defender of the Breeder 'Cup Classic (G1) and Champion 3-year-old man Sierra Leone Was lost to defeat two races earlier. The previous race went to an 86: 1 shot. But there was no good pleasure to defend their unbeaten recording and their status as a favorite in Kentucky Oaks (G1).
After jockey Luis Saez was broken, he kept the Gold medal Stut foals good from the moderate pace, which is defined by the second starter Ahavah And waited for the second round to take his step. Good cheers stretched forward into the quarter mile and slowly pushed away from Ahavah to win over these rivals with 3 1/2 lengths.
Gowell's joy Was a distant third, as a good jubilation, the 1 1/16 miles ended on a quick route in 1: 43.44 and earned 100 points in order to step into the upper slot on the road to the Kentucky Oaks ranking. Ahavah, Gowell's joy, quickick and her laughter, the respective second to fifth finisher on the trade fair racks, deserved points on a scale from 50 to 25 to 15 to 10.
“The plan today, we tried to break a little ran from there and it was pretty nice,” said Saez. “I had the feeling that she was a bit pointed, actually with half a mile and when we came to the top of the route, she gave me a good turn.”
“Six weeks before the (Kentucky) oak,” said coach Brad Cox. “It is 6-against-6 and the pressure is switched on. It was switched on. And it remains.
“She is a very good foal that has appeared every time we have led her here. We are very proud of her and hope that we have it as good in six weeks as now. It will be tough.”
Cox said that he and his employees had the Stutfalen, which obviously does not need much adjustments, well coordinated.
“We had worked a little on her to get her to continue and she reacted well. I think she won 3, 3 1/2 (length). We always thought, the longer she will be another sixteenth mile in Churchill.”
He said he was confident that the six -week break before the Kentucky Oaks would not be a problem.
“Look, she is not a massive foal. She has an basic frame, a lot of leg. So I don't think it will be a problem that she keeps fit. It was the plan to organize two races in front of the oaks all the time and to roll her fit and ready,” said Cox.
Good cheer, a Godolphin Homebred was produced by the Feeling of street mare Wedding toast Even a multiple winner of the first class for Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoums blue -clad battalions.
Good cheer
Good cheers opened their account with an 8 1/4 length of romp in a miles long test Hufeisen Indianapolis August 5 and improved that in the Churchill Downs Slop September 28, win of a 1/16-mile-now level approval event with 17 lengths.
She followed this with a victory a month later in the rags to Riches Stakes under the twin sticks, 4 3/4 lengths, and won the Golden Rod Stakes (G2) with 2 1/2 lengths over the subsequent Honeybee Stakes (G3) -Inintger (G3). Composed side who started the road to the Kentucky Oaks ranking, which occurred on the weekend.
This was followed by a 6 1/4 length romp in Rachel Alexandra Stakes (G2) last month, the final local preparation for the fair grounds of Oaks.
It was Cox 'fourth victory in Fair Grounds' Signature Oaks Prep for Stutfalen. The COX-trained rate Also bred and in possession of Godolphin, the running of last year grasps. He also ended up in successive expenses of the race Bonny South And Travel gap in 2020-21.
Medaglia d'Oro is in Darley near Lexington for a fee of 75,000 US dollars. He is the father of 97 winners of the Graded/Group Stakes worldwide and seven champions, including Dual Champion Songbird . His winners of class 1 also include two Kentucky Oaks winners, the horse of the year 2009 and a 3-year-old champion stuff foal Rachel Alexandra and 2011 winner Plum pretty .
