Japan world cup 3 race 111/13/2022 ![]() ![]() "But I think he has improved from last year. "He's six now," winning trainer Freddie Head said of Call The Wind. ![]() He capped those with a second in the Prix Royal-Oak (G1) at Longchamp on Oct. Contango (IRE) was a long-shot fourth and Cross Counter (GB), winner of the 2018 Lexus Melbourne Cup (G1), finished fifth.Ĭall The Wind was having his first start since three straight runner-up showings in top French races during late 2019. The 2018 Investec Derby runner-up Dee Ex Beeled the way, and then tired to finish 10th in a field filled with world-class stayers. Mekong, a 5-year-old also sired by Frankel, was second with the Charlie Fellowes-trained globetrotter Prince of Arran another 2 1/2 lengths back in third. His previous start was a fifth-place finish in the Bet on Sunshine Stakes at Churchill Downs in November.Ĭall The Wind rallied to the lead at mid-stretch and ran on to win by 2 1/2 lengths in the $2.5 million Longines Turf Handicap, the big prize among three races on the newly installed King Abdulaziz grass course.Ĭall The Wind, a 6-year-old Frankel gelding, raced inside and mid-pack, picked things up around the final turn and found room between rivals to make his winning run for jockey Olivier Peslier. career was not particularly distinguished, peaking with a win in the Grade III Maryland Sprint Stakes last May. Previously owned by WinStar Farm, China Horse Club and SF Racing and trained by Steve Asmussen, New York Central now races for Prince Faisal Bin Khaled. suddenly lit the afterburners on New York Central, a gray, 5-year-old son of Tapit, and he quickly narrowed the gap, rallying up the middle of the track for the win. Matera Sky, under Yutaka Take, jumped out to take a huge lead in the 1,600-meters race and looked home free midway down the lane. New York Central rolled down the stretch like a freight train in the $1.5 million Saudi Cup Sprint, nailing apparent winner Matera Sky in the final strides to win by a head. "And then if everything goes well as planned, the Kentucky Derby must be one of our options later on." "We are heading to the UAE Derby next," Take said. The other American, Billy Batts, second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf last fall, finished seventh. However, Rowdy Yates, a Morning Line colt coming off a win in the Riley Allison Derby at Sunland Park, reported fourth and boosted his prospects. He was very fractious before Saturday's race, but all business once loaded into the gate.ĭown On Da Bayou, a Super Saver filly who won the Group 3 UAE Oaks by 19 lengths just nine days earlier, faded from contention to get home eighth, casting doubt on her chances for the Group 3 UAE Derby, a qualifying race for the Kentucky Derby. The Saudi Derby was only the second win of his career. ![]() Mishriff, representing Great Britain, was second as two American runners and a promising filly from Dubai all disappointed.įull Flat, with Yutaka Take up, finished fifth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, then returned to Japan to report second in an allowance race at Kyoto Jan. ![]() The penalty also included forfeiture of 60 percent of his share of the $3.5 million second-place purse money - about $210,000.įull Flat, a Kentucky-bred, Japan-based colt, took full command in the stretch run of the $800,000 Samba Saudi Derby, drawing off at the top of the lane and holding well to win by 2 1/4 lengths at the end of the 1,600 meters. The Saudi stewards hit Midnight Bisou's jockey, Mike Smith, with a nine-day suspension for overusing his whip. and take it from there." The owners said it will be Servis' decision, and he said it will depend on the horse. He said he and the owners, Gary and Mary West and the Irish Coolmore "lads," "will have a conference call. Servis would not be drawn out on the question whether Maximum Security will go on to the $12 million Dubai World Cup March 28. RELATED Kentucky Derby picture remains muddled after twin weekend upsets ![]()
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