“This is the first time he went seven-eighths, and we wanted to monitor it. “Taking back was part of the strategy, to come from behind,” Castellano said. 8 post and couldn’t get the first jump on the leaders before The Big Beast did.Ĭoup de Grace finished third, a length and a half behind Fast Anna. “Tough beat,” Velazquez told trainer Kathy Ritvo as they walked off the track.Īmsterdam winner Coup de Grace and jockey Rosie Napravnik, wearing the familiar red-and-white silks of Rock Porter’s Fox Hill Farms, went off the 2-1 favorite, but broke from the No. They tracked Fast Anna and multiple graded stakes winner Wildcat Red, who skipped the Travers in favor of the shorter King’s Bishop, down the backstretch.įast Anna, another impressive allowance winner in July and the only horse in the field with less experience than The Big Beast, still led in deep stretch under John Velazquez after Wildcat Red fell back, but he didn’t quite have enough to hold off The Big Beast at the wire. 7 post in the eight-horse field, Castellano opted to get The Big Beast into stalking position from the outside instead of gunning to the front. Ridden by Javier Castellano, The Big Beast was an imposing presence on the track.įrom the No. We schooled him in the paddock with the pony, and we felt like that was the best way to get him saddled uneventfully.” He got loose last time when we ran up here.
“That’s the first time we raced him with the pony. But with these ponies, he’s nice, he’s calm. The Big Beast is in some ways still a big baby, and not only required the accompaniment of an outrider’s pony to keep him settled while he was saddled in the paddock, but also to chaperone him into the winner’s circle, a pretty rare occurrence. The Maryland-bred went off as the 8-5 choice in an allowance at Saratoga four weeks ago and wired the field, confirming for Dutrow that he might have a King’s Bishop contender despite The Big Beast’s lack of experience. Unraced as a 2-year-old, The Big Beast was close to breaking his maiden in March and May before finding the winner’s circle for the first time before a sparse crowd at Belmont Park on June 8, one day after Tonalist stopped California Chrome’s Triple Crown bid.
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We felt our horse was really good today, and saw no reason not to take a crack at the very best.” “You need to make these races count when your horse is really good. “I learned from Bobby Frankel that when your horse was really, really good, not to waste a race,” Dutrow said.
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