Pioneerof the Nile
QueenZFan20
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I know he's a young stud and doesn't have many runners yet but with his 3 year olds being so good this year I thought he needed a place on this forum.
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through Apr. 12, 2014
Horse (Sire) Points
1 California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) 150
2 Vicar’s in Trouble (Into Mischief) 120
3 Dance With Fate (Two Step Salsa) 108
4 Wicked Strong (Hard Spun) 102
5 Samraat (Noble Causeway) 100
6 Danza (Street Boss) 100
7 Constitution (Tapit) 100
8 Hoppertunity (Any Given Saturday) 95
9 Intense Holiday (Harlan’s Holiday) 93
10 Wildcat Red (D’wildcat) 90
11 We Miss Artie (Artie Schiller) 60
12 Ride On Curlin (Curlin) 55
13 Chitu (Henny Hughes) 54
14 Tapiture (Tapit) 52
15 Midnight Hawk (Midnight Lute) 52
16 Ring Weekend (Tapit) 50
17 General a Rod (Roman Ruler) 40
18 Medal Count (Dynaformer) 40
19 Candy Boy (Candy Ride {Arg}) 30
20 Cairo Prince (Pioneerof the Nile) 24
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21 Uncle Sigh (Indian Charlie) 24
22 Vinceremos (Pioneerof the Nile) 20
23 Harry’s Holiday (Harlan’s Holiday) 20
24 Commanding Curve (Master Command) 20
25 Pablo Del Monte (Giant’s Causeway) 20
26 Bayern (Offlee Wild) 20
27 Social Inclusion (Harlan’s Holiday) 20
Pioneerof the Nile—Holy Bubbette, by Holy Bull
Now that the dust of the Florida Derby has settled and he is in the top 20, I am moving him up, based on several factors. I’ve watched the Florida Derby numerous times, and each time it hits me a little more how that race was stacked against him, especially coming off a nine-week layoff, no long works, and obviously being a bit short for such a top-class competitive race. He wound up farther back than he’s used to after getting a bit intimidated when General a Rod bumped Constitution right in his path going into the first turn. He then had to be put under pressure early off such a slow pace and make a big four-wide move on the turn to reach contention and then lost ground circling horses turning for home, while the winner cut the corner, gaining a big advantage. I put a watch on him several times from the half-mile pole to the quarter pole and each time I got him in :23 1/5. That was too taxing a next-to-last quarter move going so wide, and he had every right to get tired in the final quarter. But even so, I thought he was striding out well enough and just simply got outrun. In 2005, McLaughlin had Closing Argument go into his final Derby prep, the Blue Grass, off a similar layoff after winning the Holy Bull and off a similar work pattern of four- and five-furlong works. He, too, came up short, finishing third, beaten nine lengths, and then finished second, beaten a half-length, in the Derby at odds of 71-1. And Closing Argument was by a sprinter/miler, out of a mare by a sprinter, so McLaughlin is treading over the same ground, but with a more talented horse with a stronger 1 1/4-mile pedigree. And let’s not forget, he was giving away a good chunk of weight in the Holy Bull and his beaten foes in that race came back to win the Wood Memorial, Risen Star, Bay Shore, and Calder Derby. He is another who could come back to haunt you if you dismiss him off the Florida Derby.
Read more on BloodHorse.com: http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/kentucky-derby-dozen/archive/2014/04/14/derby-dozen-april-14-2014-presented-by-shadwell-farm.aspx#ixzz2ytrrOBee
by Pioneerof the Nile 4th by 3 3/4, 93 Churchill Downs, 5/3 MW: The plain truth is, others are simply faster than him right now, and a few significantly so.
Owner: Godolphin Racing, et al; Trainer: Kiaran McLaughlin; Jockey: Luis Saez
Holy Bull Stakes (gr. II) winner Cairo Prince has sustained an injury to his left front ankle and will miss the May 3 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said...
The Blood-Horse Sat. April 19 2014
With careful consideration, Zayat Stables' crop of 30 juveniles have been assigned to seven of the top trainers across the North American racing landscape to prepare for their racing careers.
Positioning the young runners for success, Zayat will have horses with Bob Baffert on the West Coast, Christophe Clement, John Terranova and Michael Wilson on the East Coast, Mark Casse in Canada, and Dale Romans and D. Wayne Lukas in the Midwest.
The group includes 11 fillies and 19 colts by stallions such as Eskendereya, Maimonides, Pioneerof the Nile, and Zensational, all whom proudly bore Zayat's colors in their racing careers. Others are by top sires Awesome Again, Giant's Causeway,Ghostzapper, Malibu Moon, and Tiznow.
The full 2-year-old list, with stable assignments, is below. We encourage you to follow our young via our website, Facebook, Twitter, or drf.com's horse watch.
Zayat Trainer Allocation 2014
http://www.zayatstables.com/Domains/www.zayatstables.com/CMSFiles/Docs/Zayat Trainer Allocation 2014.pdf
Excited to announce we have allocated our two year olds to their trainers.
Happy to welcome to Christophe Clement...
Pletcher has not confirmed a rider for Vinceremos.