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United States of America
Saratoga · 27.08.22
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Travers Stakes
1stEpicenterby Not This Time × Silent CandyUS$787,500
2ndCyberknife3yo by Gun Runner × Awesome FlowerUS$250,000
3rdZandon3yo by Upstart × Memories PrevailUS$125,001
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PurseUS$1,250,001
To the winnerUS$787,500
Distance2012 metres
Winning time2m 0.72s
SurfaceDirt · Fast
Conditions3-year-olds
Runners8

Stories of this Result

Joel Rosario

Joel Rosario had come close here before: Max Player was third in 2020. With this win, the jockey moved to 8 Group 1 wins this season, two wins behind leader Irad Ortiz Jr in the jockeys' table.

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Result

8 runners · prize money to 4th place
PosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
1stEpicenter3yo colt by Not This Time × Silent CandyJoel RosarioSteve AsmussenUS$787,500
2ndCyberknife3yo colt by Gun Runner × Awesome FlowerFlorent GerouxB CoxUS$250,000
3rdZandon3yo colt by Upstart × Memories PrevailFlavien PratChad C BrownUS$125,001
4thRich Strike3yo colt by Keen Ice × Gold StrikeSonny LeonEric ReedUS$87,500
5thGilded Age3yo gelding by Medaglia D'oro × Angela ReneeJunior AlvaradoWilliam Mott
6thArtorius3yo colt by Arrogate × PaulassilverliningIrad Ortiz JrChad C Brown
7thAin't Life Grand3yo colt by Not This Time × Cat D'oroTyler GaffalioneHemel Kelly Von
8thEarly Voting3yo colt by Gun Runner × Amour D'eteJose L OrtizChad C Brown

Pedigree of the winner

As of race day 27.08.22
Epicenter
Not This TimeSire
Silent CandyDamby Candy Ride
DamSilent Candy

Epicenter is the best of three winners out of Silent Candy (Candy Ride), a stakes winner and graded-placed, who won the Hatoof S. at Arlington and was third there in the Grade 3 Pucker Up S. Epicenter is by far her best runner and the sixth Grade 1 winner out of a Candy Ride mare. Silent Candy is a half-sister to the sire Quite A Handful (Mutakddim), third in the Grade 3 Hawthorne Derby.

Second damSilent Queen

Second dam Silent Queen (King of Kings) was a winner and produced seven winners.

Third damSoundproof

Third dam Soundproof (Ela-Mana-Mou) won three races and bred eight further winners, led by the six-time Listed winner Test Boy (Brahms), as well as Sound Girl (Intidab), who won 11 races in Italy, and Taiki Shout (Rahy), a five-time winner in Japan.

Next generation

Silent Candy has an unraced 2-year-old colt by Always Dreaming, a yearling filly by Tapiture and a 2022 filly by Outwork, and she has been covered again by Not This Time.

Connections
JockeyJoel Rosario
TrainerSteve Asmussen
OwnerWinchell Thoroughbreds
BreederWestwind Farms

Epicenter in 2022

2 places
Trainer / Jockey / Track
Preakness Stakes1911 metres · US$1,500,0002nd——21.05.2022PimlicoPrize money €263,604Race detailsWatch
Kentucky Derby2012 metres · US$3,000,0002nd——07.05.2022Churchill DownsPrize money —Race detailsWatch
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All winners since 2020

YearWinnerTrainer / JockeyOwner / BreederVideo
2021Essential QualityTapit × Delightful QualityBrad H CoxLuis SaezGodolphinGodolphin Stables
2020Tiz the LawConstitution × TizfizBarclay TaggManuel FrancoSackatoga StableTwin Creeks Farm

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