Hill Road Punches Ticket to Belmont in Peter Pan

During the longest time in the section, it seemed that two 3 -year -old children trained by Rick Dutrow Jr. would complete the exact one in the Peter Pan Stakes of $ 200,000 (G3).

Then, the races of Milla and An-HGGTH that was promoted as a step to the bets of Belmont (G1) of June 7, served a preview of what could really happen in the triple crown of the triple crown.

Rallying of the eighth in the field of nine, I love Racing Usas Hill Closed Powerully in the end Furlong for collar the duel duo of Dutrow from McAfee and Captain And win the Peter Pan for three quarters of length on May 10 in Racecourse.

“This horse wants a mile and a room,” said coach Chad Brown.

A son of Quality path Hill Road began his career last year at lawn in Ireland and then sent to the United States, where he finished a promising third in the Cup of Youth Breeders (G1) for coach Adrian Murray. He remained here and was sent to Brown and Bee his 3 -year campaign in the Derby of Tampa Bay (G3), ending again third.

Brown looked at Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) as a ticket for the Kentucky derby (G1), but the foal developed a fever and lost his race, which left him without the classification points necessary to dispute the triple coronary of the triple crown.

Believing Hill Road, who was raised in Kentucky by Lynch Bages and Park Stud beds, he wants a distance of 1/4 mile, Brown attacked Belmont with the Peter Pan a trampoline.

“I want to thank the owner. I want to go. “But it is starting to build a print stable in the United States and it is a pleasure to work with him,” Brown said. “It’s about his horse and listens to his coach. He has let me present a plan to get to Belmont and did not give me second.”

As much as a great effort in the Belmont would calm the pain of missing the Kentucky derby, at that time it was difficult to accept the turn of the destination before the wood that took the foal from the image of the Kentucky derby.

“It is a hard phone call to do when you have a horse that wants to go to a mile and an early room in its 3 -year season,” Brown said. “This was a horse that you could see being wise horse in the derby. But the owner touched him the best you can and began to formulate Plan B.”

Dutrow saw an abrupt change in Triple Crown thoughts in the final stages of Peter Pan.

St. Elias Stable Cook captain took the lead before the first turn in the bets of 1 1/8 miles for 3 -year -old children and the son of Joke Was he turning home while fighting with Mcafee’s stable partner?

McAfee, a Cloud computing Half brother of the reigning horse of the year Thordedo Anna He was third behind the first fractions of his stable partner of: 47: 26 and 1: 11.57. Then, the two were next to the other side through the section and in the eighth post they had 3 1/2 lengths in Hill Road and Jockey Flavien Prat, but it was not enough.

The pure black-type blood, the stables of Swinbank, Judy Hicks and McAfee Tok of Scott Rice Second of the middle of Captain Cook, the winner of the bets of Withers, who was the favorite of 7-5.

“It was exciting for us,” Dutrow said. “I was very happy with McAfee’s career and this could be too far to (Captain Cook) run against the best. But he gets dishonor. Both horses ran big.”

While captain Cook could try shorter races or races of two easiest turns, Dutrow did not hit McAfee run in Belmont’s bets of 1/4 miles.

“I was surprised today and it was a very good surprise,” Dutrow said about the fifth finalist in the forest. “I liked to see him run and (the rider John Velázquez) said he galloped incredibly.

Mcafee is not nominated for the triple crown and would have to complement the Belmont at a cost of $ 50,000.

Hill Road ($ 6.10), the second option of 2-1, covered the 1 1/8 miles in 1: 49.22.

From the exotic notion of Lemon Drop Kid Mare, he has won two or his five race openings. He is the second winner of the year of the year for Sire Quality Road, which is the 2025 playback at the end of Lane for $ 150,000.

Video: Peter Pan S. (G3)