![]() Racing for Wachtel Stable, Gary Barber, R.A. The order of finish was completed by Bama Breeze, Sole Volante, Cullum Road, Two Emmys, and Tiberius Mercurius.Ĭhannel Maker was sent off at 7-2 odds and returned $9 on a $2 win ticket. ![]() He held sway over the late inside rally of Another Mystery by 1 1/4 lengths, with Bemma's Boy completing the trifecta another half-length back. His veteran mount certainly made the right decision Saturday, drawing clear late despite drifting out. "You have to let him decide when he's going to make his move," Saez said. While Tiberius Mercurius briefly stuck a head in front through a 1:37.91 mile and clicked the timer in 2:02.64 for 1 1/4 miles, he tired down the lane as Channel Maker ranged up to take control. Two Emmys leads the way early in the Elkhorn, tracked by Channel Maker "So I sat right there at his shoulder, and when we came to the top of the stretch it was all about (Channel Maker)." Photo: Anne M. "He used to run on the lead, but we decided last night to take him a little from behind, so the key today was to break and let the 3 horse (Two Emmys) go because we knew that was the speed in the race," Saez said. And once we started breezing him, he jumped right back into it."īack into it indeed-Channel Maker was forwardly placed throughout and pressed the pace set by Two Emmys, who showed the way through early fractions of :25.13, :49.53, and 1:14.05. After about 45 days, he started to loosen up and grab the bridle and he was training good. "When you reach a certain age, it probably is harder to get back in shape. "We gave him some time and brought him back and it took him a while to get loosened up after the layup," Mott said. Channel Maker spent the winter at Mott's Payson Park base before moving to Churchill Downs in advance of this start. 6 Longines Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) at Del Mar. The two first partnered for the chestnut's most recent start, a fifth in the Nov. Luis Saez had the return call aboard Channel Maker. "I told my assistant Kenny (McCarthy) that the old guy's still got a little fire in the furnace." ![]() "No kidding isn't that amazing?" Mott remarked when informed of the connection. Making his season debut for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, the 8-year-old English Channel gelding blitzed a stakes-record time of 2:27.10 in the 1 1/2-mile affair to fell the 1999 mark of African Dancer (2:27 4/5), who won the race in consecutive years (1998-99) and was also trained by Mott. We are For The Win and therefore must endorse this name.There was no dust to shake off Channel Maker 's heels in the $310,538 Elkhorn Stakes (G2T) April 23 at Keeneland. Oh man, now I want to legally change my name to Max Player, which is better than Homer Simpson changing his to Max Power. It’s not bad, but it’s leaving me wanting more as an adjective. “It’s after the way he hits the golf ball, meaning, it’s going left.”Ĭongratulations to the owners for cursing it ahead of the race. “Fore Left is named after a good friend of ours who lives in the Bahamas,” said owner J. And that’s actually the name origin! From this article: Generally, if you’re hitting a golf ball and shouting “FORE LEFT,” it’s a bad thing. Too fancy, feels like someone trying to sound like they know what they’re talking about at a museum. Here are the 10 horses, in order from the worst name to the best: Instead, we’ve got the Belmont Stakes first, the Derby second and the Preakness third. It’s one of my all-time favorite traditions I do here at For The Win: Before the Kentucky Derby, I rank the horse names in order to figure out who best to bet on, because it worked once, betting based on names is fun and we like to have fun here.īut in 2020, the Derby isn’t the first race in the Triple Crown because of the changes made due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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