Arcadia, – Kaum Ob Hlis 26: Jockey Mike Smith caij Taiba yeej Malibu Stakes (Qib 1) kev sib tw … [+]
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Nyiv-ntev-ntev Panthalassa raged dhau cuaj furlongs ntawm $20-million Saudi Cup rau hnub Saturday nyob rau hauv Riyadh thiab yeej handily. Nyob rau hauv lub xeem furlong, cov Japanese nees zoo li nyob rau hauv ib tug riam ntawm ntug ntawm kev tsim ib tug tag nrho-Nippon trifecta tab sis tau thwarted los ntawm cov neeg muaj peev xwm Frankie Dettori thiab lub teb chaws ruaj khov Grammer, uas tswj tau ib tug heev blaze nyob rau hauv lub xeem furlong thiab saib txog yuav overtake Panthalassa, leej twg tuav mus khawb tawm qhov yeej. Yuav muaj kev sib cav txog kev noj qab haus huv ntawm cov cognoscenti txog seb Lub Tebchaws Grammer puas yuav tau hla Panthalassa muaj kev sib tw ntev dua, lossis seb Panthalassa yog, tseem, tswj kom yeej mus.
Nyob rau hauv qhov tseeb, Lub teb chaws Grammer rov hais dua nws qhov kev npau taws qhov chaw ua yeeb yam hauv qhov kev sib tw xyoo tas los, muab nws tus kws qhia Bob Baffert qhov txawv txawv hauv plaub xyoos keeb kwm ntawm kev sib tw los ua tus kws qhia nkaus xwb hauv ntiaj teb uas nws ib tus yeej tau muab tso rau hauv Saudi Cups sib law liag. .
Rau nws feem, Baffert lwm tus, nyob deb dua tus hlub thiab siab heev-touted Taiba ntau heev tsis nyob raws li nws cov nqi, leej twg poob kev sib tw thaum ntxov, tsis tuaj yeem sau ib yam dab tsi zoo li kev khiav thiab, tom qab nws ntau-touted "maturity" raws li supposedly proved los ntawm nws Malibu Stakes yeej nyob rau hauv lub Kaum Ob Hlis, tus colt muab ib yam dab tsi thaum ntxov, arguably me ntsis ntau dhau lawm, thiab nyob rau hauv lub lig mus zoo li tsuas yog xav rov qab mus rau nws finicky hluas txoj kev. Nws ua tiav qhov tsis txaus ntseeg thib yim, ntau hauv cov pwm ntawm nws Kentucky Derby kaum ob qhov chaw freakout lub Tsib Hlis.
Qhov ntawd yeej tuaj yeem ua rau nws xav tsis thoob rau nws ntau tus neeg txhawb nqa, tsuas yog los ntawm bookmakers ' surprise nrog qhov loj thiab heft ntawm kev them nyiaj ntawm Panthalassa, uas tawm hauv London ntawm bracing 10-1.
Ntau heev rau kev loj hlob: Tsis yog Taiba lossis nws Hall of Fame tus neeg ncaws pob Mike Smith yog qhov tseem ceeb hauv kev sib tw. Nws rov qab mus rau tsev kawm ntawv rau Taiba, Baffert thiab tus tswv Amr Zedan, uas txhua tus yuav siv sijhawm los zom cov kev ua tau zoo. Tej zaum qhov kev nyeem ntawv nyob ntawm JM Barrie's Peter yias nyob rau hauv nws lub khw muag khoom ua ntej yuav mus pw thaum hmo ntuj yuav pab tus colt tau txais qee qhov kev xav ntawm qhov tsim nyog ntawm kev loj hlob, thiab hauv nws qhov kev ua si.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/guymartin/2023/02/25/saudi-cup-2023-results-panthalassa-narrowly-takes-the-10-million-victors-cut-country-grammer-places-and-cafe-pharoah-shows/