Phil D’Amato Sensational Santa Anita . Park the meeting was capped by winning the final race on June 19 in the US$100,000 American Stakes (G3T) with Hong Kong Harry . The coach recorded his 63rd win in the encounter, of which 57 notably came on the pitch.
Boomer Bloodstock purchased then 4-year-old Hong Kong boy Harry for $122,768 during the Tattersalls Fall Horse Sale last fall from a shipment of Musley Bank Stables. D’Amato was patient with ‘s son Es Que love allow gelding to adapt and grow over the past six months while climbing the condition ladder.
After attending two consecutive allowable races at Santa Anita, Hong Kong Harry ascended to the favorites with a 2-1 scoreline in his US equity debut against nine one-on-one opponents. mile.
Gelding took his ‘A’ game from the gate today after a slow break in his previous two starts. Jumping very quickly off the fence, racer Ramon Vazquez was able to put Harry Hong Kong in a perfect stalking position along the tracks behind the pedestrians. Kentucky Pharoah and Tarantino . Kentucky East Coast shipper Pharoah carved: 23.52 quarters and: 47.05 half-mile into the far bend. Vazquez, full of horse, cuts wide on three sides of Hong Kong Harry as the horses in his path spread, and the paint streaks to take control of the lane.
Long shot Home screen narrowly gave coach Neil Drysdale his second bet of the day with a strong final bid but lost three-quarters of the length when he caught up with Hong Kong Harry. Tarantino fought for a third, three quarters of the length against the Pacific Classic (G1) hero of 2021 Tripoli .
“I liked where we were sitting the whole time. I left that to Ramon, and I just hope he can find a point to pass at the end of time,” D’Amato said. “Ramon did a great job and the horse really galloped home.
“He’s an always-trained horse with a lot of ability. I think gradually taking him through his conditions and building his confidence, he has a big heart and hopefully we can keep moving forward.”
Hong Kong Harry stopped the clock at 1:33.87 on grass that was rated for sure.
Running for Scott Anastasi, Jimmy Ukegawa and Tony Valazza, Hong Kong Harry improved his record to 7-1-1 from 10 games with earnings of $185,097. Chestnut broke her maidenhood and caught two disability races in Ireland before being shipped overseas.
Hong Kong Harry, bred by Amarat Business Management, no shares Gold Away mare Vital Body, the dam of four winners from five ponies to the race. Her youngest children include an untrained 2-year-old Bungle Inthejungle (GB) pup named Singapore Sally and an adorable Kodiac pony (GB).
Breakpoint saw the winner’s circle. Under skillful steering from Tyler Baze, the Group 1 winner finally broke through with his first win in his state with a tight finish on June 19 at the San Juan Capistrano Stakes (G3T) championship. $125,000 price.
Baze quickly guided his horse, what he often called a “stable cyclist” forward of the 1¾-mile marathon as the course ran down the post for the first time. Breakpoint seemed to delight the Southern California turf, flying through sections: 23.61, 47.97 and 1:13.10. Modus Operandi tracked in second place throughout, swinging within Breakpoint’s lead on the final turn before waving the white flag at the mile marker.
Shaken at the top of the lane, Breakpoint rises to the rope when Avenue and favored Red King , who had been stuck in traffic for almost the entire length of the stretch and only found a place to run at the last sixteenth minute, closed quickly. Breakpoint is dominated by the unlucky Red King pass head, with Avenue backing half the length in third.
“He would run all day,” Baze said of Breakpoint. “He doesn’t want you to catch him, he’s a free-running horse. I asked him to pick it up around the bend and he just followed. He galloped strong, ahead of everyone. person. I” d said that the farther he could run, the better. “
Breakpoint, returning from an eight-month shutdown, hit the 1¾ mile mark in 2:47.32.
Red King’s housemate Rijeka was pulled up at the far turn and on foot.
San Juan Capistrano was Breakpoint’s first warm-up for coach Neil Drysdale. Half-blood of Don Alberto Stable, 5-year-old son of Structure was trained by Chad Brown and Steve Asmussen but with little success.
“It’s been great to see this horse regaining form from South America,” says Drysdale. “I’m so excited for the horse and its owner, Don Alberto, to see this horse come to life once again.”
Breakpoint is the winner of the second stake created by the Seeking the Dia mare 2nd winning team Safawi . His half-sister Suspira Mi Amor (Look at luck ) was the winner of group 3 and group 1 was placed in Chile.
Video: San Juan Capistrano S. (G3T)
Video: US S. (G3T)
