Ricardo Santana Jr
With this win, Ricardo Santana Jr and trainer Steve Asmussen combined for 4 Group 1 successes this season. On the same weekend, the jockey also took the Spinaway Stakes with Echo Zulu.
United States of America
Saratoga · 04.09.21
Watch the raceJockey Club Gold Cup Stakes
3rdForza Di Oro4yo by Speightstown × Filare L'oroUS$100,000
Full result →PurseUS$999,999
To the winnerUS$630,000
Distance2012 metres
Winning time2m 2.49s
SurfaceDirt · Fast
Conditions3-year-olds and up
Runners6
Stories of this Result
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Breeders' Cup World Championships · English commentaryResult
6 runners · prize money to 4th placePosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
–Forewarned6yo colt by Flat Out × Fortune PlaySonny LeonUriah St Lewis
Pedigree of the winner
As of race day 04.09.21Max Player
Honor CodeSire
Fools In LoveDamby Not For Love
DamFools In Love
Max Player is out of the stakes winner Fools in Love (Not For Love), a half-sister to the multiple Grade 1 winner International Star (Fusaichi Pegasus). Each of her first three foals earned black type, among them Seahenge (Scat Daddy), a Group 2 winner at two and Group 1-placed in England, and the graded stakes-placed Urban Bourbon (City Zip).
Second damParlez
Second dam Parlez (French Deputy).
Third damSpeak Halory
Third dam Speak Halory (Verbatim).
Wider family
This is the family of Halory Hunter and Van Nistelrooy.
Next generation
Fools in Love had no foal in 2018. She has since produced colts by Ulysses in 2019 and 2021 and a filly by Frankel.
Connections
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