Seabhac in fine fettle following G3 Pilgrim win

Fresh off a victory in yesterday's Grade 3 Pilgrim with Seabhac for Donegal Racing, trainer Todd Pletcher reported the 3-year-old who broke his maiden in the race exited the race in fine fettle, as well as Maraud who ran third.

"Everbody seemed to be in good order this morning," said Pletcher. "[Seabhac] Had a tough trip in the [Grade 3] With Anticipation, he just got stopped at a critical time around the quarter-pole and lost position. He re-rallied to run well and we feel like the addition of blinkers yesterday made that little bit of a difference he needed. I thought Maraud ran well for only his second start. It was a really good effort. Johnny [Velazquez] felt like the ground slipped away from him a little bit in the late stretch but it was a good effort."

Mr. Crow, who entered the Grade 1 Vosburgh in just his fourth start and following an allowance win on August 30, also exited his race in good order although his sixth-place finish left Pletcher puzzled.

"I'm a little perplexed with his performance," said Pletcher. "He didn't break great, but got into the position we wanted him to be, which is stalking behind the two main speed and then he just seemed to flatten out down the lane. He's come back well though and we'll regroup."