Kilroe victory countdown | Benoit
Via Alan Carasso
The owner of a very solid number West Bank form, Recount (Awesome again) however, the projects will be forgotten at least a little bit from a pari-mutuel point of view in a high-end innovation of GI Maker’s Mark Mile, the Good Friday feature at Keeneland.
The first winner of this fall encounter came in 2019 when, under Neil Howard’s care, the bay won the GIII Singspiel S. 10 longhairs for trainer Gail Cox in 2020, but has been kept since eight to nine plates since being shipped to Phil D’Amato’s warehouse. Win the GII Seabiscuit H. effort of the year in the GII Del Mar Mile S. The break seems to have paid off, as he showed his best ability for the first time when he was fired at GIII Thunder Road S. February 5th and flew home to get this year’s Kilroe Mar. 5.
Flavien Prat is the warm-up for Count Again’s two most recent successes, but the recently transferred driver will be lifted by coach Chad Brown on Juddmonte’s European invaders Mason (GB) (King {GB}). A maiden and third G3 Tyros S. winner for Ger Lyons at age two, Intercontinental (GB) grandson (Danehill) faced the elders in all three starts last term , won at Sovereign Path H. on Ireland Championship Day at Leopardstown September 11 before a pre-roll tally in Listed Knockaire S. October 23, both over seven. It will be interesting to see if he is nimble enough to lead this group.
Smooth as the strait (Midnight Lute) also infiltrated from the Golden State to launch its five-year-old campaign. Never outside the top three in 2020, his only win of all races came at the GI Shoemaker Mile in May, but he was unlucky not to add to that total when runner-up and beat half-way or less five times, including when doing the majority of runs in the GI Breeders’ Cup Mile.
Agnes Gold (Jpn) duo usually owned by In love (Brz) and Ivar (Brz) each earned a commendable I in this course. In Love arrived with a tense rally below Alex Achard to inflict a 12-1 defeat at the Keeneland Turf Mile last October, but returned further on Breeders’ Cup day and rose slightly to finish seventh. . Ivar won the 2020 Shadwell Mile and finished fourth in his title defense last fall before settling much better and kicking home superbly to third on long-term odds in Breeders’ Cup, a long way after Smooth Like Strait.
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