Rodeo Creek Racing Team Seven brilliant winner of the 2022 Champagne Stakes (G1) and 2023 Preakness Stakes (G1) runner-up, returns as a 4-year-old in the $84,000 optional allowance claiming race at Water racetrack April 20.
The grade two race at a distance of one mile, billed as his seventh and over the same distance he won Champagne on a sloppy track at Aqueduct a year and a half ago, marked a return after a period of time. a long hiatus after he finished third. Curlin Shares July 21 at Saratoga Race Course. The Curlin Stakes followed his narrow defeat in the May 20 Preakness, when he was edged by multiple Grade 1 winners. National treasure .
The Blazing Sevens worked weekly at Payson Park Training Center in South Florida for coach Chad Brown this spring. The son of Good magic was 2-1-3 in eight starts and earned $911,450. He is favored on Saturday at 4-5 odds in the morning under Manny Franco.
One of his top rivals is his inseparable stablemate Artorius , who won the 2022 Curlin Stakes for Brown and owner/breeder Juddmonte Farms. A 5-year-old son of Arrogate, Artorius has since gone 0 for 4. He also hasn’t raced since July 21 at Saratoga, where he finished third in an option-winning race .
Other competitors include the entry owned by A. Bianco Holding Limited’s People who seek strength And Lord Captain both had sharp Aqueduct performances this spring for trainer Linda Rice.
