Undefeated Good cheer Can appear as the next superstar of racing after she had won a high length of $ 1.5 million Longines Kentucky Oaks Friday in Churchill Downs.
The Godolphin Homebred extended her perfection to seven victories in so many starts for coaches Brad Cox, who, after earlier triumph with Monomoy Girl (2018) and Shedarästheste (2020), conquered his third oaks. This year's OAKS winner had blown her first six starts by 42 ¼ lengths.
The daughter of Medaglia d'Oro from the mare-wedding toast with several degrees 1 was patient and confidently drove Luis Saez from Jockey. When he signaled that it was time for the earnest run, his mount reacted with an overwhelming five -wide train on a sealed route that got soggy due to a bulky storm in the tardy afternoon.
Saez said that he dreamed of winning races like the Kentucky Oaks, the premier race for 3-year-old Stutfalen when he was in the jockey school. “It just feels so special,” said the Panama native. Previously, he won the OAKs with secret oath in 2022.
Longshot Drexel Hill cork a longer rally to get up for the second time. Blessed the broken came third. Goller Jubilion has completed the mile and after-night removal in 1: 50.15.
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Good Cheer's first grade 1 -point number supported an ideal speed setup. The expected Pacesetter La Cara and Jockey Dylan Davis shot forward, but could not shake Tenma, also aggressively by Juan Hernandez. They took the 13-hp field through an opening mile of 22.58 seconds and a tough half mile, which lasted in 46.78 seconds.
Saez sat icy and knew the horsepower below him. “She is not that substantial and you never thought that she would have this kind of heart,” he said. “But this stut foal is different.”
Cox, a native Louisville, shared his driver's trust when he developed the campaign. “I knew she would come again and again. She is so great,” he said during an interview after the race on NBC. “She's great.”
Well -equipped, no time disappeared to flash their skills and prove that she could deal with the distance. The Bay Stut foal broke on August 5 at 8 ¼ in a mile. “She always passed the eyeball test,” said Cox.
Her affinity for Churchill Downs was uncomplicated when she checked her next three starts there. She dominated a 1 1/16 mile registration race among the eminent twin spones with a whopping 17 lengths. She then took the rags to wealth and the Golden Rod Stakes in class 2 by 4 ¾ or 2½ lengths to close a rousing 2-year campaign.
Goller cheers made an ideal transition to 3 and won twice on the fair terrain in Recent Orleans as a facility for the oaks. She drove home with 6 ¼ lengths for Saez in the Fasig-Tipton Rachel Alexandra Stakes 2. On March 22nd, on March 22, she was a comfortable 3½ length in clearly in the faith-teston-fair-fair-fair-fair-fair-fair-fair degree.
Nevertheless, there were some concerns about the Kentucky Oaks. “People have knocked their speed figures,” said Cox. “They were good, but there was no separation from her and some of the other Fillies.”
Cox had another concern that resulted from the exhibition center when a good jubilation in the paddock had been less than cheerful. She seemed to be a little more nervous than his trainer would have liked.
This problem disappeared into Churchill Downs. “She trained perfectly here and was perfect in the paddock,” remarked Cox.
His preference for the development of talented fillies is uncomplicated to recognize according to his previous successes. With the time at the age of 45, Cox is only two victories that can be equipped in the oaks for the all-time Oaks leadership of all time.
Michael Banahan, Godolphin's director of Bloodstock, quickly welcomed Cox and his team. “You did an excellent job with her,” he said. “We know how hard it is to keep a horse, every horse, undefeated. And to do it and win it on the top level like this is fantastic.”
It only added to Godolphin's substantial day that a good cheer is a home, a reflection of the huge resource founder Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-MakToum, which has committed with a view to international importance that the operation is now enjoying.
“He gave us the resources to have a Broodmare band like us,” said Banahan. “This is a very special stuff that is also one of our stallions (Medaglia d'Oro). Also a mare that we also brought up in the wedding toast. So it was a special, special day.”
Can good jubilation be great?
“The word I go back to is her class,” said Cox. “It is simply incredibly uncomplicated to manage. It is uncomplicated to train. She listens to her driver. It is uncomplicated to be
In other words, she is “super cheer”.
