Overseas Standouts to Try Pacific Classic

Toast of New York, winner of the $2 million United Arab Emirates Derby, and Cat O’Mountain, third in the $10 million Dubai World Cup at Meydan, United Arab Emirates on March 29,  will ship in for the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic reports Cindy Niemetz of the International Racing Bureau.

Toast of New York, owned by Michael Buckley and trained by Jamie Osborne,  is a 3-year-old Kentucky son of Thewayyouare. He has three wins in six starts with all of the victories coming on synthetic surfaces, two in England and the other in the UAE Derby to account for most of his $1,243,115 in earnings. The colt was shipped to Belmont Park for the July 5 Belmont Derby, a 1 ¼-mile turf race and finished fourth to Mr. Speaker, beaten 5 ¼ lengths.

Toast of New York is scheduled to be flown in to Los Angeles International Airport on August 16 and, after passing through quarantine, arrive at Del Mar on the 18th and go out on the track a day later.

Cat O’Mountain, owned by Godolphin Racing and trained by Charles Appleby, is a 4-year-old Kentucky-bred son of Street Cry with five wins in 12 career starts and earnings of $1,121,279. Cat O’Mountain has made four starts on the all-weather surface at Kempton, England and four on the synthetic surface at Meydan.  He will ship in following an August 6 workout at Kempton.

Appleby made a U.S. impression in last year’s Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita when he trained Outstrip to win the Juvenile Turf with Mike Smith aboard.