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Posted on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Saturday’s $750,000 United Nations Stakes has a solid mix of old and young performers in the field of 9, including Patricia Generazio’s Presious Passion, who will be out to duplicate his 2008 score in the 1 3/8-mile event at Monmouth Park July 4.
Presious Passion turned in a powerful prep for the 56th running of the United Nations Stakes by winning the June 13 Monmouth Stakes, regaining the lead in deep stretch after he looked beaten, and that race should set him up for a repeat.
“That race set him up right for this, and I’m happy with him,” said race horse trainer Mary Hartmann. “He’s coming up to the race the right way.”
Presious Passion, who was a problem child at 4, has turned into a professional race horse at 5 and 6, and comes into this running of the United Nations as a multiple graded stakes winner with more than $1.2 million in career earnings.
“He acted like a wild kid at 4,” Marty Hartmann said. “It wasn’t until he turned 5 that he learned to relax and stopped doing stupid things all the time.”
Last year was the gelding’s best season yet, with victories in the United Nations (G1), W.L. McKnight (G2) and Pan American (G3).
This year, he’s won the Mac Diarmida (G2) and the Monmouth Stakes and comes into the United Nations Stakes ready to roll.
“I don’t breeze him between races,” race horse trainer Marty Hartmann said, “because he gallops so aggressively every day. And it seems like it takes most of the day when we bring him out.
“I’ve tried to keep him relaxed and happy between races,” Marty Hartmann said. “He goes out after the last break when there’s no traffic on the track and he can be relaxed. He stands out there for a half-hour, and then he backs up to the quarter-pole and stands for another 15 minutes, and then he gallops two miles. It keeps him happy.”
United Nations Stakes entries facing Presious Passion this Saturday include 4-year-olds Court Vision and Wesley. There will also be some old challengers like Better Talk Now, the 2005 United Nations Stakes winner who tries again at age 10.
The United Nations Stakes is part of the Breeders’ Cup 2009 “Win and You’re In” Challenge where the United Nations winner will automatically be part of the Breeders’ Cup Turf field.
Horse racing news edited from www.monmouthpark.com.
Tags: Better Talk Now, Court Vision, Presious Passion, Wesley
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