Mohaymen cross-entered in weekend stakes at Saratoga
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Shadwell Stable's Mohaymen is slated to return to dirt and has been cross-entered with an eye on the weather in a pair of stakes this weekend at Saratoga Race Course.
Trained by Kiaran McLaughlin, the 4-year-old Tapit colt is a main track-only entrant for the $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Lure on Saturday's Whitney undercard should weather force the 1 1/16-mile turf contest onto the main track. He's also been supplemented into the $100,000 Alydar at 1 1/8 miles on the main track on Sunday.
Mohaymen, a $2.2 million yearling purchase, rattled off four straight Grade 2 wins as a 2- and 3-year-old, including the 2016 Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park, but the 4-year-old Tapit colt has been winless since his undefeated five-race streak ended with a fourth-place finish in the Florida Derby in April 2016.
Last time out, the gray colt's connections tried him over the turf for the first time in a one-mile optional claiming race on July 14 at Belmont Park, where he finished sixth, beaten 3 ¼ lengths.
"We wanted to try one more time on the dirt and try to find an easy spot," said McLaughlin. "It's hard because he doesn't have any conditions, so we tried to enter here and hope that if it comes off, the track is not too bad and he only has four or five competitors."
The Florida Derby is the only start for Mohaymen over a wet track, although he finished fourth in the Kentucky Derby after a fast-moving spring storm minutes before left the racing surface with a little extra moisture.
"He's OK on a wet track," McLaughlin said. "The two races we didn't think he'd love were a little wet: the Florida Derby and the Kentucky Derby. It rained right before both races. If you look back, he was fourth. So, we think he'll handle it fine, especially if it's a short field."
Trained by Kiaran McLaughlin, the 4-year-old Tapit colt is a main track-only entrant for the $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Lure on Saturday's Whitney undercard should weather force the 1 1/16-mile turf contest onto the main track. He's also been supplemented into the $100,000 Alydar at 1 1/8 miles on the main track on Sunday.
Mohaymen, a $2.2 million yearling purchase, rattled off four straight Grade 2 wins as a 2- and 3-year-old, including the 2016 Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park, but the 4-year-old Tapit colt has been winless since his undefeated five-race streak ended with a fourth-place finish in the Florida Derby in April 2016.
Last time out, the gray colt's connections tried him over the turf for the first time in a one-mile optional claiming race on July 14 at Belmont Park, where he finished sixth, beaten 3 ¼ lengths.
"We wanted to try one more time on the dirt and try to find an easy spot," said McLaughlin. "It's hard because he doesn't have any conditions, so we tried to enter here and hope that if it comes off, the track is not too bad and he only has four or five competitors."
The Florida Derby is the only start for Mohaymen over a wet track, although he finished fourth in the Kentucky Derby after a fast-moving spring storm minutes before left the racing surface with a little extra moisture.
"He's OK on a wet track," McLaughlin said. "The two races we didn't think he'd love were a little wet: the Florida Derby and the Kentucky Derby. It rained right before both races. If you look back, he was fourth. So, we think he'll handle it fine, especially if it's a short field."
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Paul Pompa Jr.'s Your Love is entered among nine others to run in Saturday's Grade 1 Longines Test at seven furlongs. A four-wide trip heading into the stretch and a strong closing kick allowed her to break her maiden by a neck at first asking, and she returned to nail another foe at the wire after stepping up to allowance company despite a wider trip than her previous start.
The Test will be a big jump for the daughter by Flatter, but trainer Chad Brown seems confident that his filly can handle herself well on Saturday.
"She's doing very well, she's 2-for-2," Brown said. "She's never run in a stakes before. It's hard to go from an allowance race to a Grade 1 [but] her numbers are fast, and she trains like she's for real, so she's worth a shot in there. The Beyers are jumping up. She's one of the good ones. Hopefully, she works out a trip from that inside post, and hopefully work out a good trip from there."
Brown's stable ran a 1-2 combo in Wednesday's Shine Again Stakes with Carina Mia and Going for Broke, with the former winning by a neck at the wire. The effort from both leaves Brown with a few options.
"Both horses ran terrific, it's unfortunate to have to lose because they both ran good races. Carina Mia, ran to her works for us and she really gave a really good performance, a race that she can build off of," said Brown.
"Going for Broke ran outstanding when seven-eighths is not her distance, and for her to nearly win that race, having to spring took her out of her element a bit," he added. "She really showed a class tune there. I'm very pleased with her effort. She's likely to go on to a personal win, and now with a prep under her belt, Carina Mia, we will discuss what we are going to do this week, if we are going to keep her springing in a race like the Ballerina, or if we want to try training her out one more time."
The Brown-trained Grade 1 winner Paid Up Subscriber is out of surgery following a fractured right front ankle found after her 32 ½-length victory over Terra Promessa and Apologynotaccepted in the 1 1/8-mile Shuvee on Sunday. The 5-year-old Candy Ride bay mare is doing well following the operation.
"We are picking her up today," Brown said. "She did fine. She'll be on the shelf for a couple of months.
"There are highs and lows sometimes in horseracing," he added. "She won such a large margin with the last stages of the race. Not even exerting herself. It's hard to imagine she was injured. These things happen and thankfully it wasn't anything serious; very repairable, and she's doing fine."
Source: NYRA Communications
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