Beat second favorites 3-1 to maintain a perfect record in four starts since switching to grass right after the calendar leg, CRK Stable’s extreme (spinning candy) was lined up ahead behind a pair of long-ranged leads, edging past them first for a long time and smartly kicking home to claim the second GI Shoemaker Mile at Santa Anita and with it is a place to attend the GI FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile in the course and distance in November.
Smooth departure for Juan Hernandez, $77,000 Keeneland in November turned into $200,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga aspired to hold and finished third as the Light Jack (Fed Biz) caught up to his pace to set the pace while being prompted by an outside colleague Flavius (War front). Tracking that pair on the bench run, Exaulted was awaited at the final half-mile and driven along three miles around the far turn while focusing on the leads. Lamplighter Jack called it a day, leaving Flavius a stride or two ahead as he entered the ramp, but Exaulted rolled for the lead as he neared the eighth column and stellar home. to write beautifully. Irideo (Arg) (Easing Along) overtakes traffic to come in second with a score of 41-1, while being prioritized Hong Kong Harry (Ire) (Es Que Love {Ire}) was short of a race hall when the actual race was about to begin and excellently took third place.
“This horse has been improving in every race,” said Hernandez, the race lead. “He is always in a good position. He broke really sharp today and I brought him back. At three-eighth, I told him to come get it and it was time to go. I overtook one horse for the lead and it didn’t let the other horses get past me.”
Achieving big numbers in his first three starts, Exaulted broke his maidenhood in the options claim company in February 2021, but it proved his lone victory. after 11 tries for third place in the GII San Carlos S. and GII Triple Bend S. Bay switched to grass this past January, winning the one-mile subsidy tests. on January 2 and February 5 before capturing Irideo in GIII American S. April 2.
Genealogical notes:
Exaulted is the eighth Class I winner for Lane’s End’s spinning candy and was one of five half-sister winners with GIII Arlington-Washington Lassie S. female Wonderlandbynight winner (sky). Ada Clare’s (Forest Wildcat) half-sister is the dam of five winners – four of which are from spinning candy–Including Big Boy candy bets. Gilded Time, who is represented by GII Triple Bend winner S. Spirit of Makena (Ghostzapper) May 27, now the birth date of nine of the World Class I/Group 1 winners. Gilded Miracle passed away in 2019 at the age of 15.
Monday, Santa Anita
SHOEMAKER MILE S.-HOLD$503,000, Santa Anita, 5-29, 3yo/up, 1mT, 1:34.08, fm.
first-EXAULTED, 122, h, 6, by spinning candy
1st Dam: Gilded Miracle, by Gilded Time
2nd Dam: Onemiracleatatime, by Gulch
3rd dam: Katie Love, by Manila
1st tier I WIN. ($77,000 Wlg ’17 KEENOV; $200,000 Ylg ’18
FTSUG). OC RK Stable LLC; B-Jack Swain (KY); T-Peter
Euroton; J-Juan J. Hernandez. 300,000 USD. Lifetime record:
15-5-3-4, $603,660. Werk Nick Rating: F.
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2-Irideo (Arg)122, g, 7, Easing Along–Infiltrada (Arg), by
Footsteps in the sand (GB). O/B-Pozo de Luna (Arg); T-Marcelo
Polanco. 100,000 USD.
3–Hong Kong Harry (Ire)124, g, 6, Es Que Love (Ire)–Vital Body
(Fr), by Gold Away (Ire). (£185,000 RNA 4yo ’21 GOFFLN;
85,000 gns 4yo ’21 TATAHI). O-Scott Anastasi, Jimmy Ukegawa
and Tony Valazza; B-Business Management Amarath (Ire);
T-Philip D’Amato. $60,000.
Handicap: HF, 1, 1. Odds: 3.10, 41.70, 1.60.
Also included are: Il Bellator, Cabo Spirit, Du Jour, Gold Phoenix (Ire), Balnikhov (Ire), Salesman (Ire), Flavius, Jack the Lighter.
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