Saratoga Race Course: Echo Zulu again proves ‘she’s faster than other horses’ with Grade I Ballerina win

Saratoga Race Course: Echo Zulu again proves ‘she’s faster than other horses’ with Grade I Ballerina win

SARATOGA SPRINGS — For Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen, explaining Echo Zulu’s dominance is fairly cut-and-dry. “It’s as simple as she’s faster than other horses,” Asmussen said. Echo Zulu proved that emphatically on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, setting the pace in the Grade I, $500,000 Ballerina just in front of defending champion Goodnight Olive before drawing away impressively under jockey Florent Geroux for a 2 1/2-length victory. Echo Zulu completed the 7-furlong sprint in one minute, 20.95 seconds. “Felt like I was in control pretty much all the way through the race,” Geroux said, “and when I asked…
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Hopeful winner Forte gobbles up the competition in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile

Hopeful winner Forte gobbles up the competition in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Forte has tasted the dirt and mud at Saratoga Race Course more than once.On Friday, while tens of thousands of patrons sipped from champagne flutes and gobbled down barbecue and bread pudding with bourbon sauce, Forte ate dirt again.He savored Keeneland Race Course’s just as much as he did Saratoga’s.The Todd Pletcher-trained colt came from behind to catch heavy favorite Cave Rock and win the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, likely clinching an Eclipse Award in the process.Ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., Forte finished a length and a half ahead of Cave Rock with a substantial coating…
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