Kentucky Derby (G1) winner sovereignty In the early morning May 8th Saratoga Race Course To start his preparations for the 2 million dollar -belmont stakes (G1) on June 7th.
Trained by the Hall of Famer Bill Mott for owners/breeders Godolphin, the In mischief Bay shipped from Churchill Downs And arrived in the barn of the Veteran Conditioner together with the youngest Churchill runners around 7:30 a.m. Scylla And Resistance .
“He came out of the van like a tiger,” said Mott, now a two-time Kentucky derby winner after saddling Country house 2019: “He had good energy for a horse that is currently organizing such a race.”
Mott added that he would “see how he acts as soon as he has settled” and decide from there what his training routine will be in the spa. It was announced Pimlico Race Course May 17th and aim at the Belmont Stakes – had in Mott's home base, where he stet his top horses from April to November of each year.
“We feel pretty comfortable here and know each other here, so that's good,” concluded Mott.
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Sovereignty is in its stand on the Saratoga Race Course
Sovereignty was a emphatic winner of the Kentucky Derby with an expert trip that was missing from the regular Junior Alvarado, who was on board the Colt for 5-of-6 starts and was only missing on March 29 on March 29, Florida Derby (G1) for injury on March 29.
With Alvarado back on board on the first Saturday in May, sovereignty in the 16th to 19-19 year aged and up to 13 lengths was patiently treated by the crowd Citizen Bull Due to half the mile in 46.23 seconds over the sloppy and sealed surface. Alvarado asked sovereignty to get more into the curve, and the stallion foal reacted strongly and steadily looked for the rivals with a rush from outside to become fourth on the stretch call. Six wide in the track, a determined sovereignty put the leadership and preferred journalism And lacked his rivals in the last sixteenth to cross lengths 1 1/2 in a last time of 2: 02.31.
Mott reported exactly the moment when he was confident that his stallion foal would wear the rose garland.
“When he hit the wire,” said Mott with a laugh.
Alvarado, born from Barquisimeto, Venezuela, achieved his first victory with a triple crown event and achieved a popular victory that led to the Fresh York Yankees invited him to throw the first field against the San Diego Padres in the Bronx on Wednesday evening. The successful playing field crossed the plate and in the glove of Yankees Third-Baseman Oswald Peraza, a Venezuelan fellow man.
“You call it (a) strike, so I will retire with it,” said Alvarado in one post on “X”.
After all celebrations were said and done, Mott added that he still finds the words to describe what the performance of the past weekend for him and Godolphin, who also won the Kentucky Oaks (G1) with the Brad Cox-trained Good cheer May 2.
“You couldn't feel much better,” said Mott. “I don't know how words explain it. We have won a lot of attractive races, and that's just right with them.”
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