If you return to the time until mid -March, the “The Avengers” ownership had a fairly impressive deep card with three triple crowns.
All trained by Hall of Famer and twice Triple Crown winner Bob Baffert, it included a 2-year champion Citizen Bull Present Madaket road Present Rodriguez Present Escape car And cornucopia
Now let's go to May 17th and the 150th edition of the Preakness Stakes (G1), the second jewel of the Triple Crown Pimlico Race Course.
“The Avengers” and Baffert will be represented in the $ 2 million, 1 3/16 miles classic from … Goal -oriented .
“Goal who?” You may ask.
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Do not feel bad if it is a fresh name for you because the son of the son of in mid -March Not this time Was a few more weeks away from his first race.
“He is a really nice horse,” said Baffert, who has eight victories in the prevention and whose words have much more influence and effects than the only two running lines in the previous appearances of the colts.
The saga of the goal orientation began when he won his debut on April 6th Santa Anita Park and continued Churchill Downs.
Finding a horse that won a classic at his third start and a debut could be a senseless search. Mini -frame Was the second in the Belmont Stakes (G1) of last year with the same login information. However, the connections believe that they do not make a wild swing for the fences with an inexperienced runner. You will see enough potential in May 15th to believe that he himself hears in the field of nine 3-year-olds with a break of only two weeks journalism .
– –This will be useful on Saturday because he pulled the rail– –To win three quarters of a length with a 1/16 miles removal on a sloppy race track.
Target -oriented works half a mile on May 11th in Churchill Downs
“He came out of his first race and I was looking for a race for him. I thought I would bring him to Churchill Downs with me and see how he deals with a gigantic day,” said Baffert. “It was moist, and he had never seen a moist route. I didn't know how it would affect him. I don't know if it was his preferred surface, but he treated it well during the tour, and it didn't take out much.”
The Sir Barton Stakes for 3-year-olds on the Preakness Day Unterband was a way, but then the Avengers setup was mixed.
Rodriguez, the winner of the Wood Memorial (G2), who was scratched from the Kentucky from the Kentucky Derby due to a foot problem, was targeted on the prevention. But when Baffert decided that he needed more time to prepare him, Rodriguez was inserted into the pencil for the Belmont Stakes (G1), and the goods unknown two months ago was postponed to the main event on Saturday.
“Apart from journalism, they are like me and try to find out where they fit. Without him, it is wide open,” said Baffert. “I don't think we have seen the best of goal -oriented, but he has to improve. His speed figures are not the best, but what I see in the morning is a really good horse. He is raw and only learns to run. He can have to do it, but I think he'll be there.”
As a footnote, the 150th preakness for Sol Kumin, who heads the Madaket Stables Group, could be of particular importance. Kumin has a share of 99 class 1 winners, and the win of the number 100 in Baltimore would have expanded the importance when he graduated from Lacrosse at Johns Hopkins University and still has forceful connections to the university and the area.
“If Sol can reach the 150th preakness 100, it would make it very cheerful,” said Ryan. “And we will all be very, very cheerful for him.”
