“I am hoping to see a great amount of action and my eyes is on Palace Malice. The trio of the jockey-trainer-race horse is at its best with trainer Tod Pletcher, Jockey Mike E. Smith and Palace Malice, and I am hoping to see him set the race straight by his win!
Remembering his “suicidal” pace at the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs I am assuming there is going to be pressure among the rest of the participants!”
This is exactly how I had ended my Blog last week. Hoping to see some thrill at the Jim Dandy Stakes, I was waiting in anticipation.. And what a race it was!
It seemed like the lineup on July 27 at Saratoga Race Course included no one apart from the great Palace Malice, others were just not good enough. The others included Mylute, Code West, Will Take Charge, Moreno, Bashaar, Looking Cool, Perfect Title and Freedom Child.
Like I had mentioned in my previous blog, the trio of Mike-Pletcher-Malice did a tremendous job at the Jim Dandy Stakes powering a victory and winning a purse of 600,000 dollar defeating Will Take Charge by a length at the Grade II open to 3 year-old over a distance of 1 1/8 mile.
Will Take Charge a chestnut colt foaled April 13, 2010 is the son of Unbridled Song and Take Charge Lady. Moreno who placed third held the show till the end. It would be worth mentioning that Todd Pletcher has a history of winning the Jim Dandy Stakes starting from Graeme Hall in 2000, Strong Hope in 2003, Purge in 2004 followed by Flower Alley in 2005 and Stay Thirsty in 2011, with Palace Malice, he accounts for his 5th win in 2013.
Running on a close outside to Moreno, who timed 00:24.06 at the quarter, Palace Malice geared up at the sixteenth pole timing 1:34.94 on the mile count.
Looking forward to the Travers scheduled on August 24 will see Pletcher’s trained Palace Malice and Verrazano at the Saratoga Race Course. Verrazano who won the Hill Haskell Invitational Stakes by a record of 9 ¾ lengths!
Pletcher said; “We're fortunate to have two such outstanding colts, you hate to run horses against each other from the same barn, but in this case I think it's the logical place for both horses and both owners. We'll see how they both come back and both train, but right now it certainly looks like they're likely to show up in the Travers." – bloodhorse
The Travers Stakes will be something I will be waiting with anticipation to see the run of real time champions that include the winner of the Preakness Stakes – Oxbow and the winner of the Belmont Stakes- Palace Malice
Remembering his “suicidal” pace at the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs I am assuming there is going to be pressure among the rest of the participants!”
This is exactly how I had ended my Blog last week. Hoping to see some thrill at the Jim Dandy Stakes, I was waiting in anticipation.. And what a race it was!
It seemed like the lineup on July 27 at Saratoga Race Course included no one apart from the great Palace Malice, others were just not good enough. The others included Mylute, Code West, Will Take Charge, Moreno, Bashaar, Looking Cool, Perfect Title and Freedom Child.
Like I had mentioned in my previous blog, the trio of Mike-Pletcher-Malice did a tremendous job at the Jim Dandy Stakes powering a victory and winning a purse of 600,000 dollar defeating Will Take Charge by a length at the Grade II open to 3 year-old over a distance of 1 1/8 mile.
Will Take Charge a chestnut colt foaled April 13, 2010 is the son of Unbridled Song and Take Charge Lady. Moreno who placed third held the show till the end. It would be worth mentioning that Todd Pletcher has a history of winning the Jim Dandy Stakes starting from Graeme Hall in 2000, Strong Hope in 2003, Purge in 2004 followed by Flower Alley in 2005 and Stay Thirsty in 2011, with Palace Malice, he accounts for his 5th win in 2013.
Running on a close outside to Moreno, who timed 00:24.06 at the quarter, Palace Malice geared up at the sixteenth pole timing 1:34.94 on the mile count.
Looking forward to the Travers scheduled on August 24 will see Pletcher’s trained Palace Malice and Verrazano at the Saratoga Race Course. Verrazano who won the Hill Haskell Invitational Stakes by a record of 9 ¾ lengths!
Pletcher said; “We're fortunate to have two such outstanding colts, you hate to run horses against each other from the same barn, but in this case I think it's the logical place for both horses and both owners. We'll see how they both come back and both train, but right now it certainly looks like they're likely to show up in the Travers." – bloodhorse
The Travers Stakes will be something I will be waiting with anticipation to see the run of real time champions that include the winner of the Preakness Stakes – Oxbow and the winner of the Belmont Stakes- Palace Malice
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