Should Beholder run in the Pac Classic - with or w/out Am P?
Aug 3, 2015 20:34:24 GMT -5
Post by Evelyn on Aug 3, 2015 20:34:24 GMT -5
I liked hearing yesterday that the Pac Classic was possible. I agree with Mandella - She's up to it! The older horses that would be running won't be that strong. The "but" is - what if that's Am P's next race? Then I don't think she should run in it. What do you think?
‘Time To Try Something Stronger’: Beholder Camp Eyes Pacific Classic For Champion Mare
by Hank Wesch /Del Mar
Paulick Report
The excitement after Beholder’s victory in the Grade I $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes and possible next start in the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic permeated Del Mar following the race Saturday evening and lingered through Sunday morning.
Especially at the place where it started, the stable of Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella. Beholder’s connections – owner B. Wayne Hughes, Mandella and jockey Gary Stevens — were all there at one time or another Sunday morning, still abuzz about Beholder and her Classic possibilities.
Hughes: “”I thought it was a fantastic race and I’m delighted. Richard did a perfect job bringing her up to the race in a professional manner. Richard never said a word to me (about the Pacific Classic). I was wishing the racetrack would get American Pharoah to come here and I would definitely go in that. But I know it would be difficult to get him. I hope we haven’t scared him off.”
Mandella: “I’ve been thinking about the Pacific Classic for quite awhile. She’s been winning the mare races pretty easily in my mind. So it’s time to try something stronger. The only problem is the three weeks (the Pacific Classic is August 22). She is a mare and she gives it a lot. It’s going to be a little close. If it were a month or more away, I would say we’d definitely go, but I want to make it clear it’ll depend on her.”
Immediately after the Hirsch, Mandella mentioned that the Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga ($750,000, Grade I, Saturday, August 29) was another possibility, but he was reluctant about shipping Beholder away from her California base before the Breeders’ Cup in late October at Keeneland. If more time is necessary, the Zenyatta ($300,000, Grade I, September 26) would likely be next for Beholder.
Stevens: “Richard had mentioned it (Pacific Classic possibility) to me, I suppose about three weeks ago. I just got a smile on my face and he could read my body language. That was one reason I didn’t let her gallop out much (Saturday) because I knew she was coming back in three weeks. It was all according to how she ran and what she put into it. I wanted a good last sixteenth of a mile and I usually let her gallop out as far as she wants to but yesterday I pulled her up just past the seven-eighths pole., knowing what he (Mandella) was probably thinking.
“I’m excited. It will be a big challenge for her, but I think she’s up to it. (Mandella) has a lot of confidence in her and so do I. It’s time to take that step up.”
‘Time To Try Something Stronger’: Beholder Camp Eyes Pacific Classic For Champion Mare
by Hank Wesch /Del Mar
Paulick Report
The excitement after Beholder’s victory in the Grade I $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes and possible next start in the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic permeated Del Mar following the race Saturday evening and lingered through Sunday morning.
Especially at the place where it started, the stable of Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella. Beholder’s connections – owner B. Wayne Hughes, Mandella and jockey Gary Stevens — were all there at one time or another Sunday morning, still abuzz about Beholder and her Classic possibilities.
Hughes: “”I thought it was a fantastic race and I’m delighted. Richard did a perfect job bringing her up to the race in a professional manner. Richard never said a word to me (about the Pacific Classic). I was wishing the racetrack would get American Pharoah to come here and I would definitely go in that. But I know it would be difficult to get him. I hope we haven’t scared him off.”
Mandella: “I’ve been thinking about the Pacific Classic for quite awhile. She’s been winning the mare races pretty easily in my mind. So it’s time to try something stronger. The only problem is the three weeks (the Pacific Classic is August 22). She is a mare and she gives it a lot. It’s going to be a little close. If it were a month or more away, I would say we’d definitely go, but I want to make it clear it’ll depend on her.”
Immediately after the Hirsch, Mandella mentioned that the Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga ($750,000, Grade I, Saturday, August 29) was another possibility, but he was reluctant about shipping Beholder away from her California base before the Breeders’ Cup in late October at Keeneland. If more time is necessary, the Zenyatta ($300,000, Grade I, September 26) would likely be next for Beholder.
Stevens: “Richard had mentioned it (Pacific Classic possibility) to me, I suppose about three weeks ago. I just got a smile on my face and he could read my body language. That was one reason I didn’t let her gallop out much (Saturday) because I knew she was coming back in three weeks. It was all according to how she ran and what she put into it. I wanted a good last sixteenth of a mile and I usually let her gallop out as far as she wants to but yesterday I pulled her up just past the seven-eighths pole., knowing what he (Mandella) was probably thinking.
“I’m excited. It will be a big challenge for her, but I think she’s up to it. (Mandella) has a lot of confidence in her and so do I. It’s time to take that step up.”
