Journalism (1), with Umberto Rispoli on board, wins the Santa Anita Derby $ 500,000 in Grade I on Saturday. (Photo Benoit via Associated Press)
There is no doubt that JournalismThe performance of Santa Anita Derby on Saturday makes him the favorite for the 151st race of the Kentucky derby.
His disturbed journey, which he failed with ease, cemented his reputation as a special horse from whom, according to him, has not yet ran his best race. In the circle of the winner after winning the 1 1/8 mile race, he did not even breathe much. As for the distance of 1¼ mile from Kentucky Derby, this should not be a problem.
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Coach Michael McCarthy told Santa Anita the advertisement on Sunday that things are “all good” after the victory of Saturday by three quarters in length.
“I thought he was showing a lot of balance inside,” said McCarthy. “He had to somehow wait for his time and wait for a seam to pass. As I said (Saturday), he lends himself to everything that (Jockey) Umberto (Rispoli) asks him.”
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McCarthy said he was going to give the 3 -year -old pass for a few easy days before resuming training at the end of the week. It is not known when it is shipped to Churchill Downs in Louisville.
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What made the performance of journalism so special is to overcome adversity, where a leading horse, Westwood, began to back up to the three eighth pole, which made journalism slowly slow down, even risking the heels of crushing with the horse in front of it. It would have been the end of a lower horse, but journalism rallied from trouble and sank Baeza into the section.
“We knew we had a target on our backs,” said Aron Wellman, director of the ownership group. “He was on the rail and faced two (Bob)) SlackS and two (John) Shirreffs. We knew they were going to roll us and they did it. For him, overcoming this adversity proves how much he is a spectacular horse. »»
Its accomplishment was not lost on Rispoli.
“It is rare that a horse is maintained at the post of three eighths and returning to the race in this way,” said Rispoli. “It's always difficult, especially for such a big horse. But it has such an incredible style and is just an incredible horse. … I was trapped on the fence and I thought:” Wow, it doesn't seem good. … not a lot of horses that Big could do it, especially on a track like Santa Anita. “”
Even before the race, the bettors showed their confidence in the horse by making him the 5-1 favorite in the Churchill Downs pool in Churchill. On May 3, there is no way to disagree for so long.
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The last horse in southern California to win Kentucky Derby was Authentic In 2020, when Covid forced the race to take place in September. Medina Spirit crossed the finish line first in 2021, but was then disqualified when it was tested positive for a legal drug, but not legal on the day of the race. It took a few years and several audiences before this case was ultimately resolved.
We still do not know how many horses in southern California will make the starting field of 20 horses for Kentucky Derby. Normally, the land is almost adjusted after the qualification races of 100 points on Saturday. But, because of the time, the Blue Grass Stakes in Keeneland were moved on Tuesday.
Churchill Downs changed the qualification structure to penalize the races that have small fields. The Santa Anita Derby was only worth 75% of its total of usual points due to the five -horsepower field. He could cost Baeza, the second finisher, a trip to the derby because he received only 37.5 points instead of the usual 50. The current threshold, with less injuries and the uncertainty of horses from Japan, Europe and the Middle East, has the cutting point at 46 points, with points of blue grass still to be determined.
Admire Daytona, with Christophe Lemaire on board, won the $ 1 million water derby in Dubai on Saturday. (Martin Dokoupil / Associated Press)
Journalism is definitely in, just like Rodriguez, winner of the Wood memorial on Saturday in Aqueduct. Citizen Bull (71.25 points) and Madaket Road (46 points) are also currently on the ground. The three unnamed journalism horses are trained by Baffert.
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Buffet has long been a strategy that goes to Louisville, a horse must finish first or second or a third troubled to make this trip. However, Citizen Bull and Madaket Road both finished fourth in their last race.
“We will understand this,” said slack. “We have a week, then we will decide the next step.”
Built, a foal which, like journalism, belongs to Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, is on the Cup line, but it is likely that he will opt for the Pat Day Mile the Kentucky Derby Day.
Renowned journalism status, Citizen Taurus And BarnesA purchase of $ 3.2 million, brought out a large crowd in Santa Anita on Saturday. The song announced a frequentation of 34,312, the biggest day of the Santa Anita derby since 2018, when the possible winner of Triple Crown Justify was being executed.
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Santa Anita is known to inflate attendance figures, even forcing the California Horse Racing Board Sending a note to commissioners to explain why the size of the crowds is no longer part of its annual report due to a lack of precision. But, for those on the track on Saturday, there was no doubt that it was a much larger crowd than normal, even for a big day.
The track also reported a handful of verifiable mutual of $ 22.388 million, an increase of 24% compared to last year. It was partly because of the cancellations of racing cards on major track Keeneland and Oaklawn Park due to the weather, thus reducing the number of national Paris options, sending more Paris to Santa Anita.
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
