Breeders' Cup Santa Anita Park Replay | American Pharoah Stakes 2023: Baffert Exacta: Muth Over Wine Me Up In Juvenile Prep October 8, 2023 Muth (Lindsay Affleck) Breeders' Cup Santa Anita Park Replay | American Pharoah Stakes 2023: Baffert Exacta: Muth Over Wine Me Up In Juvenile Prep October 8, 2023 By: Curtis "Magic" Kalleward twitteremail Share: share on facebook share on twitter share on linkedin email this article Muth won the 2023 American Pharoah Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park, a “Win & You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, with his Bob Baffert stablemate Wine Me Up completing the barn exacta. Is Muth a top contender at the World Championships? Is Wine Me Up a sneaky play if he enters? Watch the replay & get the Racing Dudes’ expert analysis, then tell us YOUR thoughts in the Comments section! SMASH the *Thumbs Up* ~ HIT *Subscribe* ~ RING the *Notification* bell Watch the race replay here: The press release: A disappointing second in his most recent stakes engagement, Bob Baffert’s heavily favored Muth regrouped and demolished seven rivals in Saturday’s Grade I, $300,000 American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita. Owned by Zedan Racing Stables, Inc. and a $2 million purchase at a 2-year-old in training sale in March, Muth got a mile and one sixteenth in 1:42.45 under Juan Hernandez. A Breeders’ Cup “Win & You’re In” Challenge Race Qualifier, the American Pharoah thus provides Muth with a fees-paid berth into the Grade I, $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita on Nov. 4. CASH IN BIG AT THE BREEDERS' CUP! Did you know active subscribers receive our Betting Bibles absolutely FREE? Subscribe today and be the first to receive our upcoming MONSTER 2024Breeders’ Cup Betting Bible! Get Racing Dudes Premium With stablemate Wine Me Up sent hard for the lead, Muth, in his first start around two turns, settled nicely at the rail while a close fourth, about two lengths off the lead as the field headed up the backstretch. With Wine Me Up showing the way around the far turn, Muth angled into the two-path turning for home and powered his way home, finding his best stride inside the sixteenth pole while galloping out far in front. Although a well beaten second by stablemate Prince of Monaco at 1-2 going six furlongs in the Grade III Best Pal Stakes Aug. 13 at Del Mar, Muth was nonetheless off at 2-5 today and paid $2.80, $2.20 and $2.10. Named for Baffert’s 2015 Triple Crown winner, the American Pharoah has now gone to Baffert a record 12 times, including five out of the past six runnings. By Good Magic out of the Uncle Mo mare Hoppa, Muth, a runaway first-out maiden winner here on June 18, now has two wins from three starts and with the winner’s cut of $180,000, he has earnings of $256,600. Ridden by Ramon Vazquez, Wine Me Up was second best, finishing 5 ¼ lengths in front of Todd Pletcher’s Be You. Off at 9-1, Wine Me Up paid $5.20 and $3.20. Ridden by Umberto Rispoli, New York-based Be You was the second choice at 5-1 and paid $2.80 while finishing 3 ¼ lengths better than Raging Torrent. Fractions on the race were 23.30, 46.49, 1:10.22 and 1:35.87. Racing resumes on Sunday with first post time for a 10-race card at 1 p.m. Admission gates will open at 11 a.m. Muth (Lindsay Affleck) Quotes: JOCKEY QUOTES JUAN HERNANDEZ, MUTH, WINNER: “He surprised me the way he relaxed today because he is normally a really aggressive horse. Out of the gate he’s fast. Bob and his team have been working with him trying to get him to relax. I saw him during morning workouts, and they put him behind a horse and he relaxed really well, down the stretch he would come and catch the other horses. Today I think it paid off because he relaxed really well and was travelling really well. Around the turn I swung out to get him in the clear and as soon as I did that, he passed his company in the stretch like in the morning. “I think this is the best horse I’ve ever ridden so far, I mean Cave Rock was one of the best but this one is pretty close, hopefully we can stay healthy and we can get him in the Breeders’ Cup.” TRAINER QUOTES BOB BAFFERT, MUTH, WINNER & WINE ME UP, SECOND: “Wine Me Up looked like he was really worked up behind the gate, he was a handful. He broke like a shot so (Ramon Vazquez) let him go, he did the right thing, he didn’t take anything away from him. I love the way Muth settled, when I saw that I thought well we’ll see how good he is and I think Juan just helped him a lot today. It is nice when you have two nice colts. (Wine Me Up) definitely earned his way into the Breeders’ Cup. We still have Prince of Monaco too. We just have to keep them healthy.” Join the Inner Circle Sign up for exclusive 10% discount on orders, plus be the first to access our daily free and premium horse racing picks, articles, podcasts, and more! Sign Up
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