To Honor and Serve Steps Up in the Woodward
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The big question before
the Woodward was: who will show up
with their best effort from the three millionaire runners – Mucho Macho Man, To
Honor and Serve, or Stay Thirsty?
To Honor and Serve and
Mucho Macho Man both showed up to run their best races today. In the Woodward, To Honor and Serve prevailed by a neck
after the two of them battled down the stretch. The final time was 1:48.56 for
the nine furlongs and he paid $9.30 to win. Trainer Bill Mott said, “They have been beating each since
they were two year-olds and we’ve traded win positions so I figured it was our
turn to win.”
Jockey John Velazquez rode
To Honor and Serve to an allowance win at Saratoga last year, but lost the mount
to Jose Lezcano due to other riding commitments. Today Velazquez got another
chance to ride the Live Oak Plantation runner and he made the most of it.
After a very disappointing
performance in the Suburban Mott put the blame on the extreme July temperatures,
“I felt our excuse was the really salty weather in the Suburban and we decided
to wait for the Woodward and the better weather and we got it. He appreciated the better weather for
the past couple weeks.”
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