Reagan Jack’s Race Union of Unity make every pole a win in the $150,000 Coronation Cup on July 14 for sophomores at Racecourse Saratoga.
The Cup was originally scheduled for five and a half minutes at Mellon but was moved to the main track due to stormy weather late on Thursday that softened the Spa lawn. The United League, who made his first start for coach Tom Morley in six appearances under the care of John Servis, had hoped to make his pitch debut but had staked his main track experience in the process. his past to get the third point in his career.
Morley said: “We were sitting at the table with thunder and lightning (last night), and I said, ‘I can really do with this going on in four hours just to really hit the ball. on its head'”. . “It didn’t last four hours, but we had enough (rain). She really worked really, really well on the grass in Belmont, so we’ll definitely roll the dice and see if she does. Can he play today, but it clearly cuts into an easier race when it comes up.”
The The best dark bay broke cautiously under Hall of Famer Javier Castellano and led the four-man compact field through scores of 22.48 and 45.63 on the road entrants-only fast main track main race street lady who defeated the United Confederacy one last time in a six-feather match of Jersey Girl Stakes at Belmont Parktrack from the outside in second place.
Florent Geroux-pilot Anna’s Arabesque was near the turn and held the ground until the start of the ramp before rushing out to run towards the leader when the L Street Lady failed to open fire. The United Alliance opened up 2 1/2 lengths at the top of the lane and there’s plenty in the tank to ensure a 1 1/2 length win in the final time of 1:03.80.
Anna’s Arabesque finished exactly 6 3/4 of L Street Lady’s length with wild falcon round to end order. my sweet love , love appeal , love reigns , Violet Gibson And Bosserati scratched.
Castellano said the quick break made all the difference after a rough start to Jersey Girl.
“Last time she staggered out of the gate,” Castellano said. “She’s still learning a bit. It’s only been five and a half years today—she dashed out of the gate sharp. I let her control the speed and she’s very agile today. I really like the way she does it today. She is very professional and I think she will become a very good person in the future.”
Castellano won 2/3 of the Triple Crown this year, entering the Kentucky Derby (G1) in May with magician and Belmont Stakes (G1) June on board Arcangelo . He got off to a good start at Saratoga, after winning the outstanding Schuylerville Stakes (G3) on Thursday with Becky’s Joke to start staking action on the opening day of the 40-day summer meeting.
“I’m very grateful and thank God, everything is going in the right direction. I just hope we continue to do well and keep the momentum going,” Castellano said.
Unified Alliance, a 2-year-old Fasig-Tipton Midlantic purchase of $60,000 during the Training Promotion, was the winner of 10 1/4 lengths of the optional seven-mile grant that required a sprint on April 3 at The Parx . Race. She followed with a couple of bet attempts in New York, finishing in distant fourth on the off-court version of the mile-long Memories of Silver Stakes on April 29 on a sloppy main track. and sealed at Aqueduct race track before her June 11 attempt in Jersey Girl.
Morley said: “She delivered to me while she was running in Belmont, and she warmed up to us that day when I saddled her for John. “I think it was just because she delivered from Monmouth in the morning and then she went straight to the paddock, pretty hot and nervous. Then she went out on the track and definitely calmed down. The energy was fine today—it was just a really good energy there (the paddle) She wasn’t too hot, but she was on tiptoe and she was ready to do her job. .”
Morley said he wanted to get the dark bay extremely consistent across the lawn.
“We’ll talk about it,” Morley said. “She was brought on today and Javier is still adamant that we should explore that option with her, but obviously we had her from the start and she won the stake in We’ll take her home, make sure she’s okay, and see where we are.”
Rigney Racing’s Anna’s Arabesque team, coached by Philip Bauer, entered for the first off-court score with Geroux in a car that traveled 5 1/2 long distances on a sloppy and tight main track on the 29th. June at Ellis Park.
“Breaked well, tried to speed up a bit but was overtaken by the winner,” said Geroux. “From there, I just sat coldly and tried to catch them until the end but they kept running away from me.”
Created in Kentucky by Calvin and Shane Crain, Unified Alliance raked in $82,500 in the win while improving its record to 3-2-1 in seven starts. She returned $7.50 on the $2 winning bet as the third pick 5-2.
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