It might have seemed that the Woodward Handicap would finally be the opportunity for favored Tacitus to claim a coveted Grade 1 victory, but Global Campaign had other plans. Under Luis Saez, Global Campaign took command out of the gate, closely tracked by Tacitus and never looked back. The big gray mounted a challenge in the turn but by midstretch was all out and unable to quite catch Global Campaign, who won the 1 1/4 mile contest with his ears up in a time of 2:01.40.
Stanley Hough trains the 4-year-old colt for Sagamore Farm and WinStar Farm.
Tacitus settled for second, while Prioritize was third. Global Campaign's final wining margin was 1 3/4 lengths.
Global Campaign, who was the second betting choice, paid $7.80 to win.
Global Campaign came to the Woodward off a win in the G3 Monmouth Cup on July 18. He also has a win in the 2019 G3 Peter Pan to his credit. He is the son of Curlin and A.P. Indy mare Globe Trot. Global Campaign was a $250,000 yearling at the 2017 Keeneland September Sale, where he was consigned by Select Sales and purchased by Sagamore.
The victory was the second on the Saratoga card for Saez.
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