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Charlie Appleby’s ongoing mission to conquer America takes him
to a new frontier Saturday, when he sends Nations Pride against five rivals in
the Grade 1 Arlington Million on the turf at Colonial Downs.
First run 43 years ago in Chicagoland as the world’s first
$1 million Thoroughbred race, the Million anchors a stakes-heavy day in New
Kent, Va., between Richmond and Williamsburg. The Beverly D. (G2) and
Secretariat (G2) also will be run Saturday on the Colonial grass.
Click here for Colonial Downs entries and results.
Making only his third start this year, Nations Pride is a 5-year-old,
Godolphin homebred entire by Teofilo. He is stretching back to his pet distance
of 1 1/4 miles, at which he is 6-for-8. That includes the 2023 Canadian International
(G1), the October race at Woodbine where he last showed up in a winner’s
circle.
Bred in Ireland, Nations Pride was third May 11 in the 1
3/8-mile Man o’ War (G2) at Belmont at the Big A and then second June 8 in the 1
3/16-mile Manhattan (G1) at Saratoga.
“He loves to be away from home and to travel around,”
Appleby’s assistant Christiane Harley said this spring about Nations Pride, who
also had a Group 1 win last year in Germany and a first Grade 1 victory in the
2022 Saratoga Derby Invitational.
On Saratoga’s Oklahoma turf track, Nations Pride had a maintenance
workout Friday in company with stablemate Ottoman Fleet, who will race in
Saturday’s Fourstardave (G1) at Saratoga. They were clocked at 52.52 seconds
for their half-mile breeze.
“We had Nations Pride leading Ottoman Fleet down
there,” Appleby told the New York Racing Association. “I was delighted with
him. He had William (Buick) on him there and looked really well.”
Nations Pride, who is 17: 9-3-2 with $2,831,754 in earnings,
is part of the string of horses Appleby brought to New York this spring in a
serious attempt to be more than just an occasional raider in North America. In
the U.S. this year Appleby is 32: 11-7-6 with earnings of $3,624,441. This will
be his second try in the Million. The first came when Tryster finished eighth
in 2016 at the race’s original home Arlington Park.
Buick will ride Nations Pride on Saturday from post 4.
The field of six is the Arlington Million’s smallest ever. Ascot
Summer Mile (G2) runner-up Ancient Rome won last year’s Mint Millions (G3) at
Kentucky Downs. Kelso (G3) second-place finisher Talk of the Nation will be
sent longer than 1 1/16 miles for the first time. Laurel Park stakes runner-up
Highland Chief scored in the 2022 Man o’ War (G1). Last-out Million Preview victor
Integration is 3-for-3 at Colonial. The 7-year-old gelding Sugoi, winner of the
Louisville (G3), was supplemented.
In its second running at Colonial Downs, the Arlington
Million will be the 11th of 12 races Saturday with a post time of 6:40 p.m.
EDT. In what is forecast to be a potentially showery week, the National Weather
Service predicted a 40 percent chance of rain Saturday with a high near 82
degrees.
Post
Silks
Horse / Sire
Rating
Trainer / Jockey
Last Start / Next Start
HRN
1
Integration
Quality Road
6.67
Claude R. McGaughey III
Kendrick Carmouche
1st, Million Preview S.
2024 Arlington Million G1
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
1st, Million Preview S.
2024 Arlington Million G1
2
Ancient Rome
War Front
6.34
Charles Hills
Jamie Spencer
2nd, 2024 Summer Mile Stakes G2
2024 Arlington Million G1
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
2nd, 2024 Summer Mile Stakes G2
2024 Arlington Million G1
3
Sugoi
Karakontie
5.91
Michael J. Maker
Julien R. Leparoux
2nd, 2024 Chorleywood Overnight LS
2024 Arlington Million G1
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
2nd, 2024 Chorleywood Overnight LS
2024 Arlington Million G1
4
Nations Pride
Teofilo
7.68
Charlie Appleby
William Buick
2nd, 2024 Manhattan Stakes G1
2024 Arlington Million G1
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
2nd, 2024 Manhattan Stakes G1
2024 Arlington Million G1
5
Highland Chief
Gleneagles
6.24
H. Graham Motion
John R. Velazquez
2nd, Prince George’s County S.
2024 Arlington Million G1
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
2nd, Prince George’s County S.
2024 Arlington Million G1
6
Talk Of The Nation
Quality Road
6.82
Todd A. Pletcher
Jose L. Ortiz
2nd, 2024 Kelso Stakes G3
2024 Arlington Million G1
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
2nd, 2024 Kelso Stakes G3
2024 Arlington Million G1
Fev Rover seeks repeat in Beverly D.
Leading from gate to wire, Fev Rover defeated four rivals last
year in Colonial’s first hosting of the Beverly D. Now 6, the Ireland-bred mare
by Gutaifan will try to win it again, this time against five other starters.
The millionaire owned by Tracy Farmer and trained by Mark
Casse was a beaten odds-on favorite in her last start, finishing a troubled
second in the one-mile Nassau (G2) on June 29 in the rain at Woodbine.
Javier Castellano will ride Fev Rover from post 4 on
Saturday.
Canada’s 2022 horse of the year Moira comes into the Beverly
D. off her second-place finish July 13 in the Diana (G1) at Saratoga. Nadette won
the Beverly D. Preview that same day at Colonial. Mission of Joy is winless in
seven starts since she scored in the 2023 Regret (G3). Neecie Marie, who won
the Beaugay (G3), is trying to bounce back from a last-place finish in the
Diana. Libban, a recent convert to turf, won a Lone Star stakes June 29 by 5
1/2 lengths.
The 1 3/16-mile Beverly D., an automatic qualifier for the
Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf, will be Saturday’s 10th race at Colonial starting
at 5:50 p.m. EDT.
Post
Silks
Horse / Sire
Rating
Trainer / Jockey
Last Start / Next Start
HRN
1
Libban
Laoban
6.05
Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.
Edgard J. Zayas
1st, Wasted Tears S.
2024 Beverly D. Stakes G1
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
1st, Wasted Tears S.
2024 Beverly D. Stakes G1
2
Nadette
Outstrip
6.40
Neil D. Drysdale
Hector I. Berrios
4th, 2024 Gamely Stakes G1
2024 Beverly D. Stakes G1
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
4th, 2024 Gamely Stakes G1
2024 Beverly D. Stakes G1
3
Neecie Marie
Cross Traffic
6.74
Robert E. Reid Jr.
Frankie Dettori
10th, 2024 Diana G1
2024 Beverly D. Stakes G1
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
10th, 2024 Diana G1
2024 Beverly D. Stakes G1
4
Fev Rover
Gutaifan
6.73
Mark E. Casse
Javier J. Castellano
2nd, 2024 Nassau G2
2024 Beverly D. Stakes G1
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
2nd, 2024 Nassau G2
2024 Beverly D. Stakes G1
5
Mission Of Joy
Kitten’s Joy
6.70
H. Graham Motion
John R. Velazquez
6th, 2024 Diana G1
2024 Beverly D. Stakes G1
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
6th, 2024 Diana G1
2024 Beverly D. Stakes G1
6
Moira
Ghostzapper
6.80
Kevin Attard
Jose L. Ortiz
2nd, 2024 Diana G1
2024 Beverly D. Stakes G1
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
2nd, 2024 Diana G1
2024 Beverly D. Stakes G1
Trikari may cut back in Secretariat
The winner of last month’s 1 3/16-mile Belmont Derby Invitational
(G1) at Aqueduct, Trikari reverts to one mile Saturday for the Secretariat, which
drew nine 3-year-olds.
That is presuming he races at Colonial. Trikari was one of the three colts cross-entered Sunday into the rained-out Saratoga Derby Invitational (G1), which was pushed back a week to Saturday.
Asked Sunday if he knew yet which race he would choose, trainer Graham Motion said, “I don’t. The forecast for Colonial does not look great with the storm coming.”
First World War and Fulmineo also were cross-entered.
“Both places are still under consideration depending on weather,” Fulmineo’s trainer Arnaud Delacour said Sunday. “The partners should make a decision toward the middle of the week.”
Owned by Californians Jerry and
Joan Amerman in the name of their Amerman Racing, Trikari has raced five times on turf, winning
twice, and two triumphant times on synthetic tracks. The Oscar Performance
filly’s most visible outing probably was her win in the American Turf (G2) on
the May 4 Kentucky Derby undercard.
Bought for $27,500 at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales October 2022
yearling auction, Trikari is 7: 4-1-1 with $996,630 in earnings. She starts
from the outermost post Saturday with jockey John Velázquez.
There are four other last-out winners entered in the Secretariat, including
Fulmineo over the same course and distance in the Boston Stakes, Brilliant Berti
from the American Derby, Bear River from the Dade Park Dash and General Ledger in
a Gulfstream Park turf allowance.
The rest of Saturday’s entrants include American Derby
runner-up First World War, fourth-place Boston finisher In a Jam, 2-year-old-stakes
winner Mattingly and allowance victor Rock’n a Halo.
The Secretariat is carded as the ninth race Saturday at
Colonial with a post time of 5:20 p.m. EDT.
Post
Silks
Horse / Sire
Rating
Trainer / Jockey
Last Start / Next Start
HRN
1
Brilliant Berti
Noble Mission
6.12
Cherie DeVaux
Brian J. Hernandez, Jr.
1st, 2024 American Derby LS
2024 Secretariat Stakes G2
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
1st, 2024 American Derby LS
2024 Secretariat Stakes G2
2
Rock’n a Halo
Catholic Boy
0.00
Thomas M. Amoss
Julien R. Leparoux
4th, Audubon S.
2024 Secretariat Stakes G2
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
4th, Audubon S.
2024 Secretariat Stakes G2
3
Bear River
Flameaway
4.79
J. Keith Desormeaux
James Graham
1st, Dade Park Dash S.
2024 Secretariat Stakes G2
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
1st, Dade Park Dash S.
2024 Secretariat Stakes G2
4
In A Jam
Preservationist
5.07
Mark E. Casse
Antonio A. Gallardo
4th, Boston S.
2024 Secretariat Stakes G2
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
4th, Boston S.
2024 Secretariat Stakes G2
5
Fulmineo
Bolt d’Oro
5.47
Arnaud Delacour
Victor R. Carrasco
1st, Boston S.
2024 Secretariat Stakes G2
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
1st, Boston S.
2024 Secretariat Stakes G2
6
General Ledger
Summer Front
5.12
Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.
Jose L. Ortiz
1st, GP AOC (07/19/2024-R8)
2024 Secretariat Stakes G2
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
1st, GP AOC (07/19/2024-R8)
2024 Secretariat Stakes G2
7
First World War
War Front
6.28
Brendan P. Walsh
Frankie Dettori
2nd, 2024 American Derby LS
2024 Secretariat Stakes G2
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
2nd, 2024 American Derby LS
2024 Secretariat Stakes G2
8
Mattingly
Bucchero
4.12
Joseph F. Orseno
Paco Lopez
3rd, My Frenchman S.
2024 Secretariat Stakes G2
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
3rd, My Frenchman S.
2024 Secretariat Stakes G2
9
Trikari
Oscar Performance
7.36
H. Graham Motion
John R. Velazquez
1st, 2024 Belmont Derby G1
2024 Secretariat Stakes G2
Entered
Last Race
Next Race
1st, 2024 Belmont Derby G1
2024 Secretariat Stakes G2
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