by Juddmonte elite power was the best land sprinter in America last year.
It can now be said globally that there is no better sprinter.
5 year old son of make for curly was the decisive winner of the most prestigious international competition as he took the lead to score a 3/4 win over his compatriot America. firearms in the $1.5 million Riyadh Dirt Sprint (G3) Bet on February 25 at King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Saudi Arabia.
“I would certainly think so,” said Garrett O’Rourke, Juddmonte’s director of US operations, of Elite Power being the world’s best dirt track sprinter. “He beats not only on the pitch but the way he does it. It was an outstanding performance. The record he has right now is super impressive.”
Bred by Alpha Delta Stables in Kentucky, Elite Power recorded a sixth straight win over Hall of Fame coach Bill Mott and the first since 1 1/4 in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint ( G1) November 5 leading up to his 2022 Eclipse Awards as champion sprinter.
“My first word is he’s an airplane. I asked him to come a little closer, and he just took off, and he did the rest. Unbelievable, ‘ said equestrian Frankie Dettori. “The turbocharger kicks in, and then I’m the passenger.”
Elite Power, taken by Mott’s assistant and gymnast Neil Poznansky, was sixth from the start but launched a powerful rally from outside, turning onto the ramp and edging ahead with 200 meters remaining in the 1,200 meters (about six ) of the competition.
O’Rourke said: “When he got to the bend, you were very hopeful, but then the race was over in a flash.
The 5-year-old Elite Power boy, winner of six of nine starts, made $900,000, matching what Juddmonte paid to buy the boy from Lane’s End consignment at the Annual Sale on September 2019 by Keeneland. With his father’s influence and out whitewash mare Broadway’s alibi runner-up in the 2012 Kentucky Oaks (G1), O’Rourke and Mott didn’t necessarily expect to reward a championship sprinter when they bought him.
O’Rourke said of the $2.3 million earner: “When we bought the foal, we dreamed of the one-and-a-half mile and the Kentucky Derby (G1), but it sprinted so well. sharp”. “Whenever you buy a horse at that cost, a lot of people order it, so it’s nice to get the reward.”
Elite Power beat Riyadh Dirt Sprint at King Abdulaziz Racecourse
This victory is also an emotional reward for the three sons of the late Prince Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud living in Saudi Arabia and their family members who now run the operation. Juddmonte’s worldwide action. Their father is the half-brother of King Abdulaziz, the founder of Saudi Arabia.
“We are all thrilled that Prince Khalid’s love of racing has not been passed down through one generation but two,” O’Rourke said. “It’s great to be able to reward the family like this and keep the interest going.”
For Mott, the victory eased some of the discomfort of finishing a second earlier in the game against Casa Creed in 1351 Grass Sprint (G3T).
“It was a great day and it was almost amazing,” Mott said. “I can’t say enough about him. His racing was fantastic. He has great acceleration.”
O’Rourke said he and Mott would discuss the plan with the owner, but the original idea was to return the Elite Power to the United States for a period of time off.
“Bill thought, ‘Let’s go to Saudi Arabia, and then give him a break,'” O’Rourke said. “All horses need a break, and it would be great if he was at his best at the end of the year.”
Purebred Winchell’s Gunite ranked fourth in the early stages when Meraas , coached by American Chad Summers, set the initial pace. When Elite Power became a thing of the past, Gunite, a hybrid of gunman coached by Steve Asmussen, advanced in the final race for second place and finished the American precision race, two distances ahead Redo.
Meraas, who started his career in Europe but won at Aqueduct race trackfades to finally in ninth place.
dancing princelast year’s Riyadh Dirt Sprint winner, placed fifth.
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