Marcel Sabitzer started in the midfield with Joshua Kimmich, while Jamal Musiala started in the front four.
Julian Nagelsmann made no changes to the team that featured in the DFL Supercup win against RB Leipzig a week ago. They eventually managed to clinch a 6-1 victory on matchday one of the new Bundesliga campaign. Bayern managed to score five goals in the first half to put the game past the hosts. The defending champions sent a statement to the rest of the league with a scintillating performance against Eintracht Frankfurt on Friday. The Bundesliga returned with fireworks for Bayern Munich. The Mohaymen filly exits a third-place finish in the Great Lady M Stakes (G2) July 4 at Los Alamitos.By Kiran Thakare 2 weeks ago Follow Tweet Elm Drive (8-1) won the Sorrento Stakes (G2) at two but was well-beaten in two other juvenile stakes. The seven-horse field also includes Hot Peppers (5-1), a winner of the Victory Ride (G3) in her graded-stakes debut four weeks ago. She won the Beaumont, Eight Belles and Acorn by a combined 17 lengths and has been made the 2-5 morning-line choice here. After a somewhat promising two-year-old season – a win and two seconds in four starts, but no stakes victories – the daughter of the deceased Pioneerof the Nile has blossomed into a force at three, with four straight wins, the last three in graded stakes. It’s hard to look past Matareya in this spot. A second Pletcher charge, Emmanuel (8-1), comes in off a victory in the Pennine Ridge Stakes (G2) at Belmont. Todd Pletcher’s Annapolis, perhaps a surprising favorite at 5-2, would be a perfect 4-for-4 had he not been out-finished by 83-1 shot Wow Whata Summer in the Penn Mile (G2).
SMASHING FOUR TRIAL
Stone Age (9-2), conditioned by Aidan O’Brien, was sixth at Epsom after winning the Derby Trial (G3). Nations Pride (7-2), trained by Godolphin’s Charlie Appleby, had won four straight minor races before being thrown to the wolves in the Epsom Derby (G1), where he finished eighth. Photo Provided by Spencer TulisClassic Causeway running in the Sam Davis Stakes at Tampa Downs. A pace meltdown would give him a bigger chance than his 8-1 m/l odds might indicate. He didn’t win any of the next five, although he was runner-up in the most recent four. Happy Saver won his first five career starts, including the 2020 Jockey Club Gold Cup. The New York-bred son of Constitution may not yet have run his best race. After running fourth in the ungraded Blame Stakes, he was second behind Olympiad in the Stephen Foster. If he decides to argue the pace today, he could change the complexion of the race.Īmericanrevolution (5-1) has raced only twice since winning the Cigar Mile as a three-year-old last December. After a strong second in the Dubai World Cup in March, he was beaten a head in the Salvator Mile, a distance that was too short for him. Hot Dog Charlie (9-2) has won only four of 16 starts but placed in eight of them and is almost always part of the action. All three are capable of winning this race. The thing is, there are three other quality horses entered in the Whitney – Hot Rod Charlie, Americanrevolution and Happy Saver – and they’re not going to lope along and watch the two favorites do their thing. Over the last furlong, Life is Good either hangs on for the victory or weakens late, allowing Olympiad to go by and get the money. Picturing how the Whitney might be run, one imagines Life is Good leading around both turns and into the stretch, with Olympiad not far behind. In his most recent start, Life is Good ran off with the seven-furlong John A. The Into Mischief four-year-old started off the year with a smashing victory in the Pegasus World Cup – a race in which he faced no pace pressure – but then faded to fourth late after leading from the gate in the Dubai World Cup.
That honor goes to Life is Good, a winner of seven of nine starts, who is listed at 6-5. Olympiad settled into a stalking position a length or so off the pacesetter, made his move late on the turn and had the lead by the eighth pole, coasting home to win by the same margin – 2 to 2½ lengths.įor all that, Olympiad is not favored in the Whitney. The son of Speightstown is ranked third in the NTRA’s weekly thoroughbred poll and is listed at 2-1 on the morning line for today’s $1 million Whitney Stakes.Īll five of this year’s races were won in similar fashion.
Today, one year later, Olympiad is riding a five-race winning streak, the last four in graded stakes – the Mineshaft, New Orleans, Alysheba, and Stephen Foster – all of them around two turns. SARATOGA SPRINGS – One year ago, Olympiad was a maiden winner a month away from his first start in an allowance race, a 6½-furlong sprint at Saratoga in which he would finish a distant second.
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