Fort Washington gained the Grand Sonata, Consolidation and Mastic Dunn the largest win of his profession within the Grade 1 Arlington Million Stakes on August ninth on the Colonial Downs.
Fort Washington final raced on a discipline of seven horses within the first mile of the historic grass race, chasing medium divisions of 23.94, :48.36, 1:12.25, and 1:36. Fort Washington then stretched huge underneath Jockey Junior Alvarado, finishing 1 / 4 mile on the grass at 1:59.58 previous his rival. He paid $13.40 to win.
“I needed to avoid wasting sufficient floor, identical to I had a giant punch on the finish,” Alvarado stated. “He ended very sturdy once I rocked within the clearing.”
The Grand Sonata closed inside and ran second, hitting half the size. The consolidation was three-quarters of the size of the return to three-thirds.
The 2024 Kentucky Derby, introduced by Woodford Reserve winner Mystic Dunn, made his profession turf debut within the race and ran competitively, however was empty on the ultimate furlong, ending fourth in a 3-1/2 size.
“It is a grassy horse like he ran at the moment, and that is one other leg flip,” stated Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. of Mystic Dunn.
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Successful Jockey Alvarado means successful the Arlington Million, “my profession has begun to take off,” he stated when he rode at Arlington Park that Million was a long-standing fixture earlier than Arlington was closed in 2021.
Shug McGaughey trains winners. The winners went by way of the 5-year-old Grade 3 Monmouth Stakes at a gradual stage in 2024.
It was a promising Charlene dream that he stole the present to win the $501,200 Grade 2 Beverly D. Stakes on August ninth at Colonial Downs, with a collision anticipated between the winner of Grade 1 being your greatest and a number of staged stakes Victress Seaside bomb.
The race was performed in full arms of jockey Javier Castellano, driving Charlene’s dream. I rode the Jockey Tyler Gaffarione and returned to my 3-2 favorites and cleared the trail to Charlene’s dream on the entrance finish. The Texas breeding mare has grown over the second 1/8 mile in his profession, settling down Castellano’s hand and rattling the primary quarter at 23.78 earlier than slowing down the tempo at 48.30 miles.
“I used to be watching her different races and he or she seemed like a horse that you just did not wish to take an excessive amount of (early within the race),” Castellano stated. “I let her go and let her roll early within the first a part of the race, however with the backstretch I gave her a break. She stored engaged to the opposite horses outdoors and was on the highest of the stretch she was a sport. I requested.”
Charlene’s dream was your greatest problem, however the pair competed for a number of lengths from the remaining discipline of six horses. Charlene’s dream by no means let her a extra expert rival go her, re-releasing her stretch and struck the wire to win by 1 1/2 size.
Ed Morger Jr. educated Charlene Dream ($7.20) accomplished 1 3/16 miles on a turf course at 1:53.74, lower than a second from the colonial efficiency at 1:52.98.
Brendan Walsh educated Spanish eyes have change into your greatest within the honor of Edge to Edge as runner-up. The seashore bomb completed fifth. – Molly Rollins
