2018 Awesome Again Stakes as Shown in Youtube
| Advance | |
|---|---|
 Accelerate at the 2018 Breeders' Cup | |
| Sire | Lookin at Lucky |
| Grandsire | Smart Strike |
| Dam | Issues |
| Damsire | Awesome Once again |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | May 10, 2013[1] |
| State | The states |
| Color | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Mike Abraham |
| Owner | Hronis Racing (Kosta & Pete Hronis) |
| Trainer | John Due west. Sadler |
| Record | 23: 10-five-six |
| Earnings | The states$ $six,692,480[2] |
| Major wins | |
| Shared Belief Stakes (2016) Los Alamitos Derby (2016) San Diego Handicap (2017) San Pasqual Stakes (2018) Santa Anita Handicap (2018) Gold Cup at Santa Anita Stakes (2018) Pacific Classic Stakes (2018) Awesome Over again Stakes (2018) Breeders' Loving cup wins: | |
| Awards | |
| American Champion Older Dirt Male Horse (2018) | |
Accelerate (foaled May 10, 2013) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse, best known for winning the 2018 Breeders' Cup Archetype. He established his reputation when defeating champion Arrogate in the 2017 GII San Diego Handicap, and prior to his Breeders' Cup success won the GI Santa Anita Handicap, GI Gold Loving cup at Santa Anita Stakes, GI Pacific Archetype Stakes, and the GI Awesome Again Stakes. He is one of 3 horses from the 2013 foal crop to win the Breeders' Cup Archetype, along with Arrogate in 2016, and Gun Runner in 2017.
Background [edit]
Accelerate is a chestnut stallion with a small white star, a white sock on his left hind leg and two coronet bands, 1 on his right hind leg and some other on his right fore.
Accelerate was bred in Kentucky by Mike Abraham. He was from the second crop of foals sired by Lookin at Lucky, who won the 2010 Preakness Stakes and four other Grade I races. Accelerate'south dam, Issue, was sired by Breeders' Cup Classic winner Awesome Again and descends on the female side from Kentucky Broodmare of the Twelvemonth Smartaire.[3]
He was purchased as hip #1162 at the 2014 Keeneland September Yearling Sale for $380,000 by Hronis Racing, the nom de course for Kosta and Pete Hronis.[2]
2016: 3-yr-one-time flavour [edit]
Advance did not race until April of his 3-year-old season. He made his debut in a vi-furlong Maiden Special Weight on Apr 17 at Los Alamitos Race Course, where he finished 2nd, beaten past half a length by Westbrook, but finishing a neck alee of future champion Arrogate. He finished 4th in his next race, a 6+ 1⁄2 -furlong Maiden Special Weight at Santa Anita Park on May 22. He then finished 3rd in a seven-furlong Maiden Special Weight at Santa Anita Park on June eighteen. He broke his maiden in his fourth try in a mile Maiden Special Weight at Del Mar on July 28, where he defeated futurity graded-stakes winner Curlin Road by eight+ three⁄4 lengths.
He made his side by side beginning in the countdown running of the mile Shared Belief Stakes on August 26 at Del Mar. He ran in third position most of the race, before taking the lead on the final turn and belongings off Taman Guard and Semper Fortis to prevail by half a length.[4]
After his win, he was the favorite in the 1+ one⁄viii -mile GII Los Alamitos Derby. Sitting in fourth position and wide throughout the race, he fabricated a move on the terminal turn to challenge Blackjackcat, as Semper Fortis took the advantage on the rail. Semper Fortis was in the atomic number 82 for nigh of the long homestretch, only Advance gradually wore him down to win by a head. Advance had to survive a xiii-minute stewards' enquiry for bumping Blackjackcat near the wire.[5]
Advance trained for his start attempt in a grade I race, the Breeders' Cup Clay Mile on November 4 at Santa Anita.[6] He finished a rallying third, just a cervix behind future Equus caballus of the Yr, Gun Runner, and 3+ 1⁄two lengths behind the winner, Tamarkuz.[vii]
2017: four-year-old flavor [edit]
Accelerate started his iv-year-erstwhile flavour in the GII San Pasqual Stakes on Jan 1 at Santa Anita Park, where he finished second on a sloppy runway, 1+ 1⁄4 lengths behind the favorite, Midnight Tempest.[8]
He then finished tertiary in the GII San Antonio Stakes on February 4, behind GI winners Los Alamitos Future winner Mor Spirit and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Hoppertunity.[nine]
His next planned start was the GII Oaklawn Handicap, merely he was forced to scratch when he spiked a fever after arriving at Oaklawn Park. He was so given a brusk intermission, and returned in a 1-mile Allowance Optional Challenge on May 5, at Santa Anita Park. He finished 2nd, beaten 1+ one⁄4 lengths by multiple graded-stakes winner Danzing Candy.
Advance'due south next start came in the 1+ 1⁄xvi mile GIII Precisionist Stakes, on June 24 at Santa Anita Park [x] He finished 3rd, 1+ 3⁄four lengths behind stakes-winner Cat Infiltrator, and 15+ 1⁄4 lengths behind the winner, Collected.[11]
He then ran in the i+ 1⁄16 mile GII San Diego Handicap on July 22, where he wore blinkers for the first time and had a rider alter from regular rider Tyler Baze to Victor Espinoza. He would confront 2016 American Champion 3-Year-Sometime Male Horse Arrogate, who had non lost a race since his debut.[12] Accelerate was driven to the atomic number 82 by Espinoza, and he prepare fractions of 23.49 for a quarter of a mile, 47.07 for half a mile, and ane:xi.39 for three-fourths of a mile, while steadily separating himself from his competition. He had a seven-length lead as he entered the homestretch, and widened the margin to 8+ 1⁄2 lengths as he passed the wire, every bit Arrogate finished far back in fourth.[13] His trainer, John Sadler, said after the race: "He trained really well Lord's day up at Santa Anita and showed a lot of pop when Victor worked him from the gate, and they kept telling me it was $50,000 for second. You don't want to concede anything, only I'1000 surprised we won, because Arrogate is the best equus caballus in the world."
On July 29, Sadler announced that Advance would run for the commencement fourth dimension at the altitude of a mile and a quarter, and would accept a rematch with Arrogate in the GI Pacific Archetype Stakes on August xix at Del Mar Racetrack. Sadler said: "He likes the track, and if at that place was e'er a fourth dimension to try a mile and a quarter it's now."[14] Accelerate broke well and ran in 2nd position most of the race behind Collected, as Arrogate stalked in third. Advance challenged Collected on the turn for dwelling, merely flattened out in the stretch to finish third, browbeaten four lengths.[15]
Accelerate's next start would be a second effort at the GI Breeders' Cup Clay Mile, on Nov 3 at Del Mar. Accelerate was never comfortable and did not burn to finish ninth in a field of ten, the worst cease of his 14 race career.[16] He came out of the race with a sore foot, that concluded upwardly beingness a quarter crack.[17]
He then finished the year with a run in the GII San Antonio Stakes, which he ran in for the second fourth dimension that yr, as information technology was rescheduled to be run at the end of Dec to try to concenter horses to prep in information technology for the Pegasus World Cup. He settled in 3rd position and stalked throughout the race, and ran evenly in the stretch to concord second place, beaten three+ 1⁄4 lengths by multiple-graded stakes winner Giant Expectations.[eighteen]
2018: 5-year-old season [edit]
Accelerate started his 5-year-old season in the GII San Pasqual Stakes on February 3.[xix] Accelerate broke awkwardly, was jostled slightly between horses, and settled at the back of the pack. On the backstretch, Espinoza tried to motion him through an opening on the track to press a wearisome pace set by Mubtaahij. Mubtaahij, ridden by Drayden Van Dyke, moved onto the runway and forced Accelerate to be checked back.[20] Espinoza had to expect backside horses until the head of the stretch, when the rail opened for him once again. Accelerate moved through the opening, took the lead and pulled away to win by 1+ 3⁄iv lengths with a time of one:50.58 for i+ one⁄16 miles.[21]
Information technology was and then announced that Accelerate would target the one+ 1⁄four -mile GI Santa Anita Handicap on March eleven at Santa Anita. His owner, Kosta Hronis, was pleased about the patience the equus caballus had shown in his last race, and thought that he had shown plenty maturity to endeavour a mile and a quarter again. Advance broke well on the sloppy rails, and stalked Mubtaahij throughout much of the race. He took the lead on the far turn, and pulled away in the stretch to win by 5+ 1⁄2 lengths over Mubtaahij, with a fourth dimension of two:01.83.[22] It was the first time trainer John Sadler had won the race.[23]
He adjacent ran in the 1+ 1⁄8 -mile GII Oaklawn Handicap on Apr thirteen.[24] He broke well, and moved up to tertiary, with Malibu Stakes and Triple Bend Handicap winner Urban center of Calorie-free sitting directly behind him. On the far turn, Accelerate moved up to accept the atomic number 82, under strong driving from Espinoza, while City of Low-cal moved upwardly hands without asking from his jockey, Drayden Van Dyke. City of Light pulled a length in forepart, merely Accelerate connected to battle from the inside to close the margin to a neck. Sadler said later the race: "Beginning time out of town, and I idea he ran a smashing race, I was pleased. Recall, it was a handicap, and we were giving away the weight."[25]
Advance and City of Light would accept a rematch on May 27 in the GI 1+ 1⁄four -mile Gold Cup at Santa Anita.[26] Accelerate broke well and stalked in 3rd position every bit Dr. Dorr lead with City of Lite in second, before Accelerate made his motion turning for home and opened up a four+ 1⁄4 -length pb as he crossed the wire in front. He had a last fourth dimension of two:01.38.[27]
He was entered to defend his championship in the GII San Diego Handicap on July 21 at Del Mar, but he was scratched since John Sadler did not desire to run his stablemate, Catalina Cruiser, and Accelerate in the aforementioned race. [28]
Accelerate was then trained upwards to the GI Pacific Classic on Baronial xviii at Del Mar.[29] [30] He drew post 5 with a new passenger in Joel Rosario who would replace the injured Victor Espinoza. He was bumped at the start before moving up to stalk the pace, which was fix by Roman Rosso, he stayed in 3rd until he made a potent move around the far plow and drew off in the stretch to win by 12+ 1⁄two lengths—a record margin in the 1+ one⁄4 -mile event. The final time was 2:01.83.[31] It was announced on August 29 that Accelerate would stand at Lane'due south End Farm upon retirement.[32]
His next kickoff would be the GI 1+ 1⁄8 -mile Awesome Again Stakes on September 29, where he would meet the returning W Coast. Accelerate was reluctant to load and hopped out of the gate to be terminal of six horses. He was four-wide on the first plough earlier moving up to 3rd nearing the final turn. He was challenged by Isotherm before he took the pb on the plough and won past 2+ 1⁄four lengths over West Coast with a concluding time of 1:50.38.
Then Accelerate shipped exterior of California for the 2nd time in his career to run in the GI 1+ one⁄4 Breeders' Cup Classic on November 3 at Churchill Downs.[33] Advance drew post fourteen in a fourteen-equus caballus field. He was once again reluctant to load and bankrupt in fifth position. He stayed in 5th until the final plow when he challenged Mendelssohn for the lead and took it when they entered the stretch. He held off a challenge from Thunder Snow and a fast closing-Gunnevera to win by 1 length, with a final time of 2:02.93.[34]
Accelerate arrived at Lane's End Subcontract on November 4 for a brief break and to exist available for inspection by breeders before grooming for his terminal start in the GI 1+ 1⁄8 -mile Pegasus World Cup on January 26.[35] His stud fee was prepare for $20,000 on Nov 7[36]
Accelerate began his preparations for his last get-go on December 8.[37]
2019: half-dozen-yr-erstwhile season [edit]
Accelerate was voted the Eclipse Award for 2018 Champion Older Male.
On January 26, he finished 3rd on a sloppy runway in the GI Pegasus World Cup. This was his final career start before embarking on a new career as a stallion at Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky.[38]
Full-blooded [edit]
| Sire Lookin at Lucky 2007 | Smart Strike (CAN) 1991 | Mr. Prospector | Raise a Native |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Digger | |||
| Classy 'north Smart (CAN) | Smarten | ||
| No Class (CAN) | |||
| Private Feeling 1999 | Belong to Me | Danzig | |
| Belonging | |||
| Regal Feeling | Clever Play a joke on | ||
| Sharp Belle | |||
| Dam Issues 2003 | Awesome Again (CAN) 1994 | Deputy Government minister (Can) | Vice Regent (Tin can) |
| Mint Copy (Can) | |||
| Primal Forcefulness | Blushing Groom (FR) | ||
| Prime Prospect | |||
| Darlin Repeat 1996 | Eastern Echo | Damascus | |
| Wild Applause | |||
| Darlin Lindy | Cox's Ridge | ||
| Smart Darlin, out of Smartaire (family: A13)[40] |
Accelerate is inbred 3S x 5D to Mr. Prospector, significant that stallion appears in the third generation of the sire'south side of his full-blooded, and in the 5th generation of the dam'southward side. Advance is too inbred 5S ten 5D to Smartaire, and is 5S x 5D 10 5D to Northern Dancer.
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerate_(horse)
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