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Posted on Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Encore Racing Stable & James McMullen’s Yankee Injunuity earned a hard-fought victory and a possible spot in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint this November when he gutted out a neck win over favored Chamberlain Bridge in Saturday’s $200,000 Arlington Sprint Handicap at Arlington Park.
As part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” Challenge, Arlington Sprint Handicap winner Yankee Injunuity is guaranteed a spot in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Santa Anita should his connections opt to make the trip West.
The son of Yankee Victor rebounded from a fifth-place run in the Highlander at Woodbine Race Course in his last start to earn his first win in four starts this year and his seventh in 30 starts overall. He picked up $117,600 to boost his bankroll to $308,451.
“I thought he’d run a littler sharper (than he did) at Woodbine – maybe it was the trip,” said trainer Jim McMullen. “He ran one of his biggest races in Indiana. He came out of the Woodbine race great and breezed terrific over this course. He showed up today.”
Because of a malfunction of the electronic timer, the official race time was a hand-timed 1:02.50.
Sitting fourth early under jockey E. T. Baird, the 5-year-old horse angled out entering the stretch, engaged Chamberlain Bridge mid-stretch and got up in the waning yards to get the victory.
Chamberlain Bridge, the 6-5 favorite, chased the pace, took the lead at the eighth pole but could not hold off the eventual winner Yankee Injunuity.
“(Yankee Injunuity) ran me down,” said jockey Jesse Campbell, who rode the beaten favorite Chamberlain Bridge. “My horse was running hard to the wire, and he just beat me. I knew that horse was one of the ones to beat, I’ve been riding him. I actually held my horse off the lead for awhile. When I kicked my horse, he went. (The winner) just got me.”
St. Joe was third in the seven-horse Arlington Sprint Handicap field, followed by Grand Sensation, Fort Prado, Shrewd Operator and Stradivinsky.
Yankee Injunuity paid $19, $5.20 and $3. Chamberlain Bridge returned $3.20 and $2.40. St. Joe paid $2.40.
Horse racing news edited from www.arlingtonpark.com.
Tags: Chamberlain Bridge, Fort Prado, Grand Sensation, Shrewd Operator, St. Joe, Stradivinsky, Yankee Injunuity
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