Karma, football, a wild long shot in Santa Anita Oaks, and one of the industry’s oldest ranchers are trying to break new ground in new areas. Let’s also not forget the large shadow of Twin Spires looming ahead of us. Here’s how the controlled chaos played out this week.
Despite the odds… again
Taiba will go against all historical standards by advancing to the Kentucky Derby just two games that start its life. Since 1937 (the advent of detailed starting stats), only four horses have even competed in a career number three Derby: China Visit (sixth of the year) 2000), Disposal (18th in 1992), Senecas Coin (DNF in 1949) and Perfect Bahram (ninth in 1946).
It was a dry heat…
Arizona will get a chance to bring that lovely weather with them to Kentucky Oaks after Desert Dawn’s GII Santa Anita Oaks shocking disappointment. Her AZ owners Hollis and Elena Crim (racing under the name H&E Ranch) have kept faith in their home stock through three stellar streaks against the California-rated company. , and was rewarded with an intrepid breakout victory. The dream of a lifetime is now ready to run on the first Friday of May.
Pioneerof the Nile’s long legacy…
Overtaking any horse is twice as hard so when they’re ready for a future like what WinStar went through with Pioneerof the Nile even if he failed to find a Triple Crown winner. As his last crops began to race, the loss became even more noticeable. This makes the arch of the universe all the more curious when one considers that GIII Beaumont S. victory daughter Matareya was born two days before her male died in 2019: the dog fell to the ground on March 16 and Pioneerof the Nile died on March 18. And just like that, the world turned. and the karmic arc tilted more and more in his favor.
Soccer and the ponies… it’s Kentucky
War of Willsorganization of announced a NIL (Name, Image and Breed) transaction with University of Kentucky starting quarterback Will Levis. Both Wills love a good race, so the opportunity presents an exciting approach to marketing the sport to a younger, more diverse audience and stallions for fans. Great Britain is hard on the breeder ranks. Claiborne Ranch is the first such operation in partnership with an I Division athlete and it will be interesting to see how this all plays out for horses and people.
Through Popularity, Wealth is in vogue…
It is quite a feat for a broodmare to get two winners on the same card. In the case of the Enrichment, they arrived during the opening day of an extremely competitive weekend in Keeneland. Emirates Road, the youngest of racing age, went home in a second race on Saturday to win a second start of his life. Three races later, Prevalence overcame fellow ‘Rising Star’ Nashville and eight others to claim his first ranked bet, Commonwealth of GIII, for their shared connections to Godolphin and trainer Brendan Walsh. With a green hen, a two-time Ecuadorian male, and a host of bet winners differently ranked below her in the pedigree, Enrichment is set to reap the rewards of late. more handsome than ever.
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