Superior power emerges in a dominant victory in the Pacific Classic



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Superior power emerges in a dominant victory in the Pacific Classic

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This is the latest case of coach John Sadler who inherits a horse from other links, puts him in the program and finds himself victorious in 1 st year after Higher power TVG, which won Saturday 1 million dollars Pacific Classic at Del Mar.

Like Gift Box and Ollie's Candy, who were also transferred to Sadler over the past year, Higher Power has taken home to 9-1 to win a "Win and You" ticket. have arrived "at the Breeders' Cup Classic.

Under the Flavien Prat jockey, Higher Power takes the lead after putting pressure on Quip, who set the tone for the pace, who dropped out in the far corner.

"It was dragging me all the way," said Prat, who added the Pacific Classic to wins in races like the Kentucky Derby and the Queen's Plate this season. "It was amazing, I'm sure in a few years I'll look back and really realize how great this year is."

The last time was 2: 02.43 with Draft Pick second and Mongolian Groom third in the group of 10, in which favored Seeking the Soul did not shoot. Tenth, in fourth place, was the largest finisher for four shippers on the east coast.

Sadler and owner Hronis Racing have both rehearsed in the Pacific Classic after winning the last year 's edition with Accelerate. It's nuances of Juddmonte Farms / Bobby Frankel, who did it in 1994-95 and again in 2000-2001.

Higher Power, a new winner, made its fifth victory in 12 career starts, its last two field races following a fifth-place gold medal at Santa Anita (G1).

Medaglia's son from Oro, Higher Power had previously been coached by Donnie Von Hemel and Michael Stidham before becoming part of Sadler's care during his last three races.

"We've been there for longer," said Sadler. "When we ran it into the Gold Cup, we fired it and (Jose) Ortiz who rode it said:" It's a beautiful horse. I think he's a little tired today. "

"I said," This is our first departure. It's a pretty ambitious place. "

"So we spent it on the grass and he won a nice race at Santa Anita.It's a bad second in the Wickerr (Stakes) .But he did really well on this big track I said we could always go back to grass.

"I think this horse can run on any surface." He had a great job last week. "Flavien worked on it – really liked it a lot." We wanted to be here for the big ones. are money today. "

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