He attracted more mutuel support than Bowies Hero, the only Grade 1 winner in the field of 10, who finished sixth in his first start since Aug. “I knew from riding him down the hill that he wasn’t a run-off horse,” Bejarano said.īlitzkrieg finished the mile in 1:35.56 and paid $8 as the 3-1 second choice in the betting. O’Neill and Mora added a shadow roll, and Blitzkrieg became easier to control. We made a little change that worked for us and it’s a big thing now.” “He was kind of a run-off horse in the past. “His other win came going a mile at Del Mar and down the hill he’s been good and he’s rated” off the lead, Mora said. The longer distance of Saturday’s grass race didn’t concern either Mora or jockey Rafael Bejarano, who had ridden Blitzkrieg in his previous two starts. It’s easy for trainers in the claiming game now because there are a lot of checks, and the horse has to be sound or they don’t let them run.” “His sire (War Front) stands for $250,000, and he was in for $25,000. “We claimed him because of the pedigree,” assistant trainer Leandro Mora said. Blitzkrieg captured that one too, powering past tiring pacesetter Many Roses on the second turn, opening up a 3-length lead in early stretch and holding off 8-5 favorite River Boyne by 1½ lengths.
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