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2022 Derby Alum Completely happy Jack Embraces Sprinter Position


Simply over a yr and a half after the retirement of Scorching Rod Charlie —who earned simply shy of $6 million, most by any horse sired by the 2013 Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Oxbow  —coach Doug O’Neill is having success with one other son of the Calumet Farm stallion.

Completely happy Jack , owned and bred by Calumet Farm out of the Tapit   mare Tapitstry , gained the June 1 Triple Bend Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park and races for O’Neill July 27 within the Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) at Del Mar. The coach additionally runs Ilium Stables’ Anarchist, winner of the Pat O’Brien Stakes (G2) final summer time at Del Mar and, most not too long ago, sixth in his season debut within the June 29 Kelly’s Touchdown Stakes at Churchill Downs.

Completely happy Jack, a 5-year-old bay—who two years in the past was 14th within the Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs—has carried out like a rejuvenated horse this yr.

Earlier than profitable the seven-furlong Triple Bend below Edwin Maldonado by 4 1/2 lengths, he was a comeback second to California star The Chosen Vron  when coming back from virtually a 10-month layoff within the 6 1/2-furlong Kona Gold Stakes there April 27. Each races had been run in fast time, producing high-quality velocity and efficiency figures.

O’Neill credit Calumet Farm for his or her persistence after the horse wanted time following an unsuccessful two-race marketing campaign at age 4.

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“He is come again a special animal and one all of us consider as a grade 1, one-turn horse,” the coach mentioned.

He’s the second graded/group-winning sprinter for Oxbow this yr, whose son Tuz  captured the Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) in late March at Meydan.

Now comes Completely happy Jack’s grade 1 alternative within the $400,000 Bing Crosby. The six-furlong race is a Breeders’ Cup Problem Collection occasion that gives the victor with an expense-paid berth within the Nov. 2 Breeders’ Cup Dash (G1) at Del Mar.

To win Saturday, Completely happy Jack and Anarchist face the daunting activity of attempting to upend defending race winner and certain favourite The Chosen Vron , who has compiled a near-flawless 13-for-14 document since September 2022. His sole defeat over that stretch got here when he was fifth in final fall’s Breeder’s Cup Dash (G1) at Santa Anita Park.

However Completely happy Jack completed simply three-quarters of a size behind him within the Kona Gold with out a current race below his belt.

Talking of The Chosen Vron, O’Neill mentioned, “He is a exhausting horse to beat if it is simply you and him eyeballing one another contained in the eighth pole.”

He is aware of that full effectively, watching as Anarchist got here up a head wanting The Chosen Vron within the 2023 Bing Crosby.

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The Chosen Vron (inside) edges Anarchist (between horses) and Dr. Schivel within the 2023 Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar

Anarchist’s solely race of 2024 didn’t unfold favorably within the Kelly’s Touchdown.

The 5-year-old son of Distorted Humor was “in an actual heated tempo in his comeback race at Churchill a couple of month or so in the past, and we’re hoping he actually strikes ahead off that, and he appears to love Del Mar, as effectively,” O’Neill mentioned.

The Bing Crosby is the primary begin at Del Mar for Completely happy Jack, who has largely raced at O’Neill’s Santa Anita base and in Kentucky, the place O’Neill additionally retains a division of runners.

Completely happy Jack certified for the 1 1/4-mile Kentucky Derby in 2022 after a pair of thirds in Derby preps within the San Felipe Stakes (G2) and Santa Anita Derby (G1).

Happy Jack on track during training hours at Churchill Downs Race Track Thursday May 5, 2022 in Louisville, KY.
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Completely happy Jack trains earlier than the 2022 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs

Then after an eighth-place end within the 1 3/16-mile Preakness Stakes (G1), O’Neill started pointing him towards shorter races. He was reasonably profitable over the rest of his 3-year-old yr, much less so in two begins at age 4, and now seems higher than ever at age 5. He’s 3-2-3 in 13 profession begins with earnings of $445,560.

Whereas Completely happy Jack is untested at Del Mar, O’Neill and Anarchist should not. The latter’s two begins there final yr had been stellar, and the 56-year-old O’Neill is a six-time main coach on the seaside oval. The fourth-winningest coach in Del Mar historical past behind Baffert, John Sadler, and the late Mike Mitchell, he entered this race week tied atop the coaching leaderboard with Michael McCarthy, Baffert, and Mark Glatt with three wins. O’Neill scored his trio of victories July 21 after profitable a race at Sacramento a day earlier.

Earlier this yr, he topped the Basic Meet standings at Santa Anita.

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(L-R): Coach Doug O’Neill and assistant Leandro Moro within the winner’s circle after O’Neill topped the Basic Meet coach standings at Santa Anita Park

Along with working Completely happy Jack and Anarchist within the Bing Crosby at Del Mar Saturday, O’Neill brings R3 Racing’s Katonah  off the bench within the San Diego Handicap (G2). He has not began since profitable the Pleasanton Mile Stakes simply over a yr in the past.

“Del Mar is at all times a tough place to win races, type of like Saratoga, proper? Everybody’s contemporary and dropping down, and everybody needs to win at Del Mar or Saratoga,” O’Neill mentioned. “So,  simply very grateful that we acquired three wins on Sunday, and hopefully we will hold it going.”

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