“My horse stayed in line all the time and stayed fighting for the line. “The one came out and Franco was looking for room and so he bumped into my horse,” Lopez said. Lopez concurred with Joseph, Jr.’s assessment. But I didn’t think there should be a change.” “You never want to be in that position, but I accepted that if something happened at least we would be second. Watching the head on, I thought we were good, but you’re dealing with opinion,” Joseph, Jr. The Kentucky Derby-bound Lord Miles now has 105 total points and sits in sixth position on the leaderboard. The pacesetter, Arctic Arrogance, landed 5 1/4-lengths back in fourth by a head over Classic Catch.įollowing the race, the stewards launched an inquiry into the stretch run and Franco claimed foul against Lopez for interference, but the result stood to give Lord Miles his first career stakes win. The rivals came together in a gritty stretch run with Lord Miles prevailing by a nose over the Manny Franco-piloted Hit Show and the Jose Ortiz-ridden Dreamlike another head back in third. and expertly handled by Paco Lopez, Lord Miles dueled to the outside of 8-5 mutuel favorite Hit Show in the final sixteenth with the inside-traveling Dreamlike, who had the lead at the top of the lane, staying on gamely. In victory, Lord Miles secured the maximum allotment in the nine-furlong contest for sophomores which provided 100-40-30-20-10 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the top-five finishers. Vegso Racing Stable’s Kentucky homebred Lord Miles prevailed in a dramatic three-pronged stretch duel to capture Saturday’s Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Get Racing Dudes Premium The track press release: SMASH the *Thumbs Up* ~ HIT *Subscribe* ~ RING the *Notification* bell Race Results Get Racing Dudes Premium Aqueduct Race 11 Ap#
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