Fountain of Youth Result: Soldat wins in wire-to-wire fashion
by Matt Gardner on Feb 26, 2011 5:37 PM EST
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PrintSoldat, the 7/5 betting favorite as the gates opened, set a sensible pace on the front end to win the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park. Delta Downs Jackpot winnner Gourmet Dinner, ran second. To Honor and Serve, the impressive winner of the Grade 2 Remsen last fall, faded to third in deep stretch.
Official Chart (via DRF.com)
Fractions:
1/4: 24.34
1/2: 47.99
3/4: 1:12.43
Mile: 1:37.19
Final: 1:50.23
Internal Splits:
1/4: 24.34
1/2: 23.65
3/4: 24.44
Mile: 24.76
Final: 13.04
Soldat's final 1/8th of a mile was certainly nothing special, but it was enough to outlast a field that came home, on average, very slow. Gourmet Dinner ran the fastest final 1/8th - 12.87 seconds, according to the Formulator Interactive Charts. Here are the final 1/8th of a mile for the entire Fountain of Youth field:
Soldat: 13.04
Gourmet Dinner: 12.87
To Honor and Serve: 13.42
Bowman's Causeway: 13.34
Shackleford: 15.08
Racing Aptitude: 15.76
Casper's Touch: 15.93
El Grayling: 26.04
Yikes...Soldat came home decent for a horse that did all the dirty work up front, and Gourment Dinner ran his usual solid race. The rest? Not too good.
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The question is did To Honor and Serve need that race
or does he not really want to go that far? His pedigree suggests that he will be fine with the added distance, but I really did not like his Remsen finish, had a dramatic drop in his Bris LP pace fig, and while the notes say he was being hand ridden, that really isn’t the case. Johnny V hit him 3 times with the whip and was really trying get him to finish. This effort looked similar, didn’t have much in the end. Again, he probably gets a pass here due to needing a race, but I have serious questions on him.
The Angels physically disgust me.
Agree
Like you, I had reservations about the Remsen, then Mucho came back to run pretty well this winter which changed my view a bit.
I suppose I’m not surprised that To Honor was a bit flat but I was also disappointed that he really didn’t show any burst in the stretch…he was really flat with not much running behind him. If any of the horses that finished behind him had ran a lick, he doesn’t make the top three.
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