Knicks Go made his final prep race for the $6 million, Grade 1 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic a winning one on Oct. 2, using his formidable cruising speed to defeat five opponents in the $400,000, Grade 3 Lukas Classic at Churchill Downs.
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Gotimer: You Never Know Where The Next Big Horse Will Come From
On the day of this year's Champagne Stakes for 2-year-old, writer William Gotimer looked back on the 1978 edition of the race. Writing for Saratoga Today, Gotimer recalled working as a teller at Belmont at the time of that race, which came along in one of the golden ages for superstar racehorses.
Gotimer remembers being all in on General Assembly, who he thought could take the same route as his sire Secretariat to stardom. He was surprised when he took a hefty wager from a horseplayer on another 2-year-old — who turned out to be Spectacular Bid.
“Spectacular Bid's New York debut taught me some lessons,” said Gotimer. “In ascending order of importance, never ignore early money; respect what others know; and most importantly – 'you never know who or what is waiting around the corner. As in racing as in life – the strongest opponent you may face is the one you don't see coming – you simply never have everything figured out.'”
Read more at Saratoga Today.
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Sail By Upsets Miss Grillo With Stalking Trip
Sail By and Junior Alvarado bided their time in the Grade 2 Miss Grillo Stakes at Belmont Park on Oct. 2, stalking an early pacesetter to score the filly's first graded stakes victory. Sail By gave chase to Charlee O out of the gate, with the pair opening several lengths on the rest of the field before Sail By settled back behind her rival. Charlee O proved a stubborn foe, maintaining her early lead through the final turn of the 1 1/16 miles and digging in when Sail By came up to challenge. Sail By dug in and passed to the outside of Charlee O with a furlong to go and held off late kicks from Kinchen (IRE) and McKulick (GB), who finished second and third.
McKulick was the favorite at 2-5.
The final time for the 1 1/16 miles was 1:43.21. Fractional times were :23.59, :49.40, and 1:14.46.
Leah Gyarmati trains Sail By for owner/breeder Jeff Treadway. The filly came to the race off a third-place finish and front-running effort in the P.G. Johnson Stakes on Sept. 2 and a second in the Colleen Stakes before that.
Sail By is by Astern (AUS) and out of the Johar mare Fly By. She was bred in Kentucky.
Sail By paid $23.60, $8.70, and $3.00.
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