“She came away well last, not exactly where you want to be on this track for sure,” he said. Trainer Todd Pletcher said Princess of Sylmar stumbled leaving the starting gate. Princess of Sylmar was last in the field of six, snapping her streak of four straight Grade 1 victories. “She did and his filly ran a tremendous race.” “I think Gary had the plan to wait and make a little run,” he said. 26 at Santa Anita Q B One, the first foal out of champion Beholder, debuts Dec. Spendthrift Farm’s four-time champion & three-time Breeders’ Cup winner Beholder will be bred to Bolt d’Oro in 2020. Hall of Famer Bill Mott trains both Royal Delta and Close Hatches. By BloodHorse Staff MaBeholder's First Foal to Debut Dec. This weekend marks the 10th anniversary of Mandella winning a record four Cup races in a single day at the 2003 world championships.Ĭlose Hatches returned $6.60 and $4.80, while Authenticity was another 1¾ lengths back in third and paid $4.20 to show. “I’m so proud of Mike,” Stevens said, “even if he did shut me off in one of those races.”īeholder ran 11/8 miles in 1:47.77 on her home track, where she is trained by Richard Mandella. Still, he couldn’t resist zinging his longtime friend. “We’re just two old athletes that are still applying our trade pretty good,” Stevens said. Smith, a 48-year-old Hall of Famer, won two of the five Cup races at Santa Anita, and will be aboard early favorite Game On Dude in the $5 million Classic on Saturday. He has had 7 race starts for 2 wins with the latest being 34. “We really have one of the greatest athletes on the planet sitting right here who is saying the horse is smarter than him, OK?” Beholder is a 4 year old gelding by Deep Field out of the Redoutes Choice mare, Beauty Is. The top two had the finish to themselves, with Jolie Olimpica 2 1/2 lengths adrift. I went out, and he did the rest to win the race. “Having a comeback like he’s done at his age is phenomenal,” he said. The horse is a nice horse he helped me a lot in the stretch.
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