Arrogate occupies American Pharoah's stall for TVG Classic
The jockey Mike Smith rides Arrogate to victory in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. PHOTO | CORTESY
What you need to know:
- The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club's 78th Summer Season opens Wednesday and continues through Labour Day, Monday, September 4.
- Arrogate was soon ensconced in a stall partway down the shedrow only a few steps from trainer, Bob Baffert's office.
Arrogate, top-rated thoroughbred in the world, journeyed two hours from Santa Anita to Del Mar, booking his place for projected starts in the $200,000 TVG San Diego Handicap Saturday and the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic three weeks later.
The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club's 78th Summer Season opens Wednesday and continues through Labour Day, Monday, September 4.
Arrogate was soon ensconced in a stall partway down the shedrow only a few steps from trainer, Bob Baffert's office.
Coincidentally it is the same space occupied by Triple Crown champion, American Pharoah. A place for equine royalty.
STRIKES NOTCHED
Arrogate will enter Saturday's Grade II TVG San Diego Handicap on a seven-race winning streak – his only loss came in his debut in April of last year — with earnings of $17,084,600.
The last three strikes have been notched in the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic, $12 million Pegasus World Cup, and, $!0 million Emirates World Cup.
The march through these multi-million dollar races made Arrogate, owned by Juddmonte Farms, the richest earner in North American history.
WORKOUTS
A series of workouts in which the 4-year-old son of Unbridled's Song, appeared to be holding his superior form were capped when he went six furlongs in 1:11 flat.
Some of the most likely runners are: Accelerate for trainer John Sadler, Arrogate, possibly one more from Baffert's power-laden stable, Dalmore (trainer J. Keith Desormeaux), Donworth (Doug O'Neill), and Win The Space (George Papaprodromou).
