AFC takes Sterile Mile with SEVEN ONE FOUR

By ITCH

It was a closer’s race this past Saturday in New York’s Grade I Sterile Mile, and AFC’s SEVEN ONE FOUR had first run and held for a big Grade I score.

Seven One Four, a 4yo brown son of Dylan Thomas, jumps all the way into the Sim’s Top 10 older route horses, taking the No. 9 spot with all those points he got on Saturday.

Seven One Four was reserved in 10th place, and the eventual second- and third-place runners were even farther back than that. A number of horses pressed the pace set by Lenny’s JUILLET BLUES, and none of those survived when the closers came running.

Balata’s WINDSOR BALLET ran hard to be second, and Seven One Four had to reach down deep to hold off this brown 5yo son of Bernardini. Windsor Ballet jumps to No. 43 with his effort, and earned an identical 112 speed figure to the winner.

A very hard-charging third was the Tamjennic Stables TONYOCITY, who came flying at the end to finish more than five lengths clear of the fourth-place horse.