Of course, calling the favorite vulnerable,\u00a0as well as\u00a0not picking him in the top three, gave the racing gods (not to mention trainer ruby7<\/I>) a great opportunity for a collective raspberry, as Causes Wood(IRE)<\/B>, under standout jockey N. Labreche, ran a textbook race against outstanding competition to gut out a 3\/4 length victory on Saturday in the Grade III Premium Jockey Guild Stakes. <\/I><\/B><\/P>
Causes Wood stalked right off the shoulder of my pick to win the race, Tete Novembre<\/B>, staying no further than a half length behind til they got near the top of the stretch. Then the favorite made his move, just inching by at first, and pushing it forward. During this battle, stone closer Rise To KLP <\/B>was flying from the clouds, still 8 lengths off the pace at the top of the stretch. But that didn’t last long. One dramatic stretch run later, Rise To KLP was less than a length off the eventual winner when they reached the wire. Jockey S. Dotson accepted some of the responsibility.. “We should have had him. I probably should have asked him just a bit earlier. I pushed the button and (Rise To KLP) was gone, but maybe I pushed it a few seconds too late.”<\/P>
Jenna’s Fleet<\/B>, at almost 20\/1, was also flying down the lane, but finished just a quarter of a length behind Tete Novembre\u00a0 in the battle for the show money. Mannart Tornado<\/B> edged out Unreasonable <\/B>by a nostril to round out the top five. The top six in this race all\u00a0 hit\u00a0or exceeded\u00a0100 in\u00a0speed figures, with just 3 and a half lengths separating 6 horses at the finish. A fine race won by a fine horse.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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