Almendares rallied from final to first to earn his first graded stakes win within the $101,000 American Stakes (G3T) April 18 at Santa Anita Park.
The 6-year-old gelded son of Havana Gray trailed the sphere by way of the opening levels beneath jockey Antonio Fresu, effectively off the pacesetter Captain Choochies , who posted fractions of :23.30, :47.48, and 1:10.84. Almendares traveled comfortably down the backstretch and, on the far flip, he moved nearer to the leaders. As the sphere entered the stretch, he was lower than 2 lengths off the entrance in fifth. He got here beneath a heavy drive to run all of them down, outkicking Genius Jimmy on the rail to defeat him by a neck. Seal Group was within the early stretch battle however settled for third.Almendares (GB), dk b/br, 6/g
Havana Gray (GB) — Glace (IRE), by Verglas (IRE)
Proprietor: CYBT, McLean Racing Stables or Gevertz, et al
Breeder: D. R. TUCKER (GB)
Coach: Philip D’Amato
Jockey: Antonio Fresu
Info offered by Equibase at time of entry.
Pedigree Notes
Havana Gray (GB) stands at Whitsbury Manor Stud.
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The Phil D’Amato trainee completed the 1-mile turf race in a ultimate time of 1:34.14. Because the post-time favourite, he paid $5.40 for the win.
“He is similar to a advantageous wine, this horse,” D’Amato mentioned. “His works this 12 months have actually been spectacular. The work main as much as this race was among the best he is ever given me. It is taken us some time to determine what his model is, however we lastly have, and every part labored out effectively at the moment.”
Owned by CYBT, McLean Racing Stables, Saul Gevertz, Michael Nentwig, and Ray Pagano, Almendares started his profession in Eire earlier than being moved to D’Amato’s barn. He holds a 6-5-6 report from 23 begins, with earnings of $643,695. Join BloodHorse Day by day
Video: American S. (G3T)
