Hirsch Top Three In Good Shape
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Iotapa was fine following her half-length victory in Saturday’s Grade I $300,250 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes. And after reviewing the videotape, Larry Benavidez, assistant to trainer John Sadler, had an answer to questions regarding her somewhat swerving course in the stretch.
“Joe (Talamo) makes her switch leads, and that’s all it is,” Benavidez said. “He knows when she switches leads she takes off again and has a better gear. When most horses switch leads there’s more (energy) left. When she switches leads, she just explodes again.”
The Clement L. Hirsch being a “Win And You’re In” qualifier for the $3 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff, plans are for Iotapa to use the Zenyatta Stakes in October at Santa Anita as Distaff prep.
Jerry Hollendorfer-trained Broken Sword and Parranda, the 2-3 finishers in the Hirsch also returned well. Hollendorfer assistant Dan Ward said Broken Sword could conceivably run again in the Yellow Ribbon on Labor Day.
“It was a terrific effort (by Broken Sword),” Ward said. “We had two wins, two seconds and a third (Saturday). It was a good day. We’re very happy.”
The Clement L. Hirsch being a “Win And You’re In” qualifier for the $3 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff, plans are for Iotapa to use the Zenyatta Stakes in October at Santa Anita as Distaff prep.
Jerry Hollendorfer-trained Broken Sword and Parranda, the 2-3 finishers in the Hirsch also returned well. Hollendorfer assistant Dan Ward said Broken Sword could conceivably run again in the Yellow Ribbon on Labor Day.
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