hiSure, horses such as Go For Gin and Thunder Gulch have won the GII Remsen S. at the GI Kentucky Derby twice in 1994 and 1995 respectively, but there have been very few races in the past 30 years. past has more beats than the Aqueduct feature at the end of that season as an indicator of success in Louisville.
Perhaps that theory is due to rethink. In about 30 minutes on Saturday, 2021, winner Remsen Mo Donegal (Uncle Mo) passed Early Voting (Gunman) to take the GII Wood Memorial and, in an absurdly cold Keeneland, the later stable friend of Zandon (Start up), Remsen’s unlucky loser, followed by the Toyota Blue Grass S.
Fly the second choice 21-10 behind ‘Rising star TDN‘ Happy smile (Runhappy). ‘Rising star‘ Emmanuel (More than ready) galloped along with moderate initial fractions of: 24.04 and: 48.39, with long image Golden roller coaster (Ghostzapper) shadow and happy smile three deep. Passed particularly gently by Flavien Prat through the midsole pads, Zandon was clearly last, but unafraid and went comfortably into the second bend. Still behind with at least three feathers to race, the $170,000 Keeneland September grad was put on foot by Flavien Prat – who previously won GI Madison S. on Just One Time (Not this time) –5 sixteenth of a mile from the string. Committed to running inside, after carefully weaving his way through the traffic, Zandon was moved out into and around Smile Happy at the open ground and finished the run to win. Emmanuel has rounded the number three.
Prat admitted: “He broke okay,” admits Prat. “After that, I covered myself up so I stayed there unable to do anything. The pace is a bit slow, so I’m wandering in the back. But I’ve come a long way – it’s just a matter of finding gaps and running clean in the lane. “
Winning owner Jeff Drown was truly delighted with the results.
“I’m working [catching my breath], is working on it,” he said. “It was a great race. It was a great performance. Chad did a great job. Flavien rode him perfectly. It just feels good. “
While Mo Donegal is the most experienced player of the three to win Saturday against Triple Crown with the biggest run of the previous four starts and Taiba is the least trying with just the first win. For him, Zandon got his fourth in his career at Blue Grass. As the first winner of the six feathers of the Belmont main track on October 9, the black bay was on the road for Remsen and had a collision match with Mo Donegal late, only to drop a painful decision. heart. Sticking over the winter at Payson Park, he made his second-year debut in GII Risen Star S. February 19 and also missed vacation there, but ran well to finish third, only to be beaten. over three lengths, followed by GII Louisiana Derby Heroes and Derby’s Hopeful Center (Gunman) and Smile Happy.
Genealogical notes:
Zandon is the first Class I winner, seventh black winner and third place winner for mixed New York Start upwho is also set to be represented in the GI Longines Kentucky Oaks by Kathleen O. ‘Rising star TDN’ son Rollover Risk was also a good Monday in GI Carter H. on Saturday back in New York.
Zandon was bred by Airdrie throughout, no longer a mare on the farm Creative cause Whose half-sister and half-sister? ‘Rising star TDN’ Cairo Memories (Prince Cairo) was extremely impressive winning the level for the first time in the GIII Providencia S. Saturday in Santa Anita. This is also an extended female family of the GSW/GISP Hello Liberty (Forest Camp) breed bred by Brereton Jones; Pious Ashley (Included); MGSW Important Form (Creative cause); and GSW Hay Dakota (Haynesfield). All four boars stand or stand at the Airdrie.
Memories Prevail is also the dam of 2-year-old Sol Principe Gris (Summer Front), an aspiration filled with American Freedom and covered by Prince Cairo in 2021.
Saturday, Keeneland
TOYOTA BLUE GRASS S.-HOLD$1,000,000, Keeneland, 4-9, 3yo, 1 1/8m, 1:50.35, gd.
first-ZANDON, 123, c, 3, by Start up
Beat One: Memories Prevail, by Creative cause
2nd dam: Incarnation Memories, by Charlie India
3rd dam: Witness article, by Gone West
WINNER OF BLACK 1, WINNER OF CLASS 1, WINNING OF CLASS 1, CLASS 1
VICTORY. ($170,000 Ylg ’20 KEESEP). O-Jeff Drown; B-Brereton C
Jones (KY); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Flavien Prat. $573,500. Whole life
Record: 4-2-1-1, $713,000. Nick Werk Review: B. Click to
eNicks report and pedigree of 5 children.
2-Happy smile123, c, 3, Runhappy–Pleasant Smile, by
Pleasant tap. ‘Rising star TDN‘ TYPE 1ST G1 BLACK.
($175,000 Wlg ’19 KEENOV; $185,000 Ylg ’20 FTKSEL). O-Lucky
Seven Stabilization (Mackin); B-Moreau Bloodstock Int’l Inc & White
Bloodstock LLC (KY); T-Kenneth G McPeek. $185,000.
3--Emmanuel123, c, 3, More than ready–Hard Cloth, by Hard
Spinning. BLACK TYPE 1ST, BLACK TYPE 1ST, 1ST G1
BLACK TYPE. ($350,000 Ylg ’20 HOLD). ‘Rising star TDN‘
O-WinStar Farm LLC & Siena Farm LLC; B-Helen K Groves
revocable trust (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher. $92,500.
Margins: 2HF, 3 3/4, HF. Odds: 2.10, 1.90, 5.50.
Also Ran: Golden Glider, Trademark, Rattle N Roll, Ethereal Road, Commandperformance, Blackadder, Volcanic, Fenwick. Scratches: Grantham. Click to view Equibase.com chartthe PP of TJCIS.com or Free Equineline.com catalog style genealogy. VIDEO sponsored by TVG.
