Silver Knott Continues to Eye Gold in Bowling Inexperienced

Rebounding from a 3-year-old season wherein he misplaced all six of his begins, Silver Knott , re-energized this 12 months at age 4 as a turf marathoner, seeks a 3rd consecutive stakes triumph July 28 when he races within the $250,000 Bowling Inexperienced Stakes (G2T) at Saratoga Race Course.

The Godolphin-owned Lope de Vega  gelding is 2-for-2 this 12 months, successful the April 20 Elkhorn Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland at 1 1/2 miles and the Might 11 Man o’ Battle Stakes (G2T) at 1 3/8 miles at Aqueduct Racetrack. The circumstances of Sunday’s Bowling Inexperienced mirror these of the Man o’ Battle as a three-turn, 1 3/8-mile race on turf.

SILVER KNOTT opens up within the stretch to win the Grade 2 Man O’ Battle Stakes with Flavien Prat up for Charlie Appleby & @godolphin! pic.twitter.com/zeMBkcBnzr

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“Ever since he is been operating in these long-distance races, he is discovered a brand new dimension,” mentioned jockey Flavien Prat, aboard for the sooner wins this 12 months.

Prat, battling Irad Ortiz Jr., Tyler Gaffalione, and Dylan Davis for main rider honors on the present Saratoga meet, calls Silver Knott “a fairly simple horse and you’ll put him just about wherever you need. Final time, we had some tempo, so we obtained him lined up, and he confirmed a superb flip of foot to win.”

The 4-5 morning-line favourite, Silver Knott carries excessive weight of 124 kilos, recognizing the opposition from 2-6 kilos apiece.

The bay gelding is educated by Charlie Appleby, a Brit who’s 9-for-29 in American stakes races this 12 months, dropped by grade 1 wins with Cinderella’s Dream , Measured Time , and Grasp of The Seas .

Ohana Honor —second, overwhelmed 4 1/2 lengths, to Silver Knott within the Man o’ Battle—completed in a useless warmth for third behind Silver Knott’s stablemate Measured Time within the June 8 Manhattan Stakes (G1T) at Saratoga in his most up-to-date look.

Educated by Corridor of Famer Shug McGaughey for homeowners West Level Thoroughbreds, Woodford Racing, Edward Hudson Jr., and Lynne Hudson, the 4-year-old Honor Code  ridgling pursues his first stakes victory and breaks from put up 1 below Kendrick Carmouche.

Additionally after his first stakes win is late-running comebacker Soldier Rising , who has hit the board in 11 stakes with no first-place end. Christophe Clement trains.

Apart from Silver Knott, the one graded stakes winner within the quick discipline is the Mike Maker-trained Sugoi , who took the Louisville Stakes (G3T) this spring at Churchill Downs earlier than a runner-up end within the graded-quality Chorleywood In a single day Stakes there.