Silver Train Wins Met Mile
– And trainer Richard Dutrow couldn’t be more pleased. “We’re very happy,” Dutrow said. “How often do you see things work out like that? I’m talking about the Met Mile after the Breeders’ Cup win and it happens.” Silver Train is 4-for-6 at Belmont, 1-for-8 everywhere else. The Pedigree Guru is hinting that a stud deal will soon be announced for the sprinter: “He is going to be a happy boy just off Leestown Road.” [Announced the very next day: “Silver Train going to Vinery for stud.”]
– Dutrow may be a very happy man right now, but trainer Nick Zito isn’t. Sun King finished behind Silver Train in the Met. “It’s a little frustrating. In the Donn, we finished second. In the Pimlico Special, we finished second. In the Met Mile we finished second — and we beat [trainer Todd] Pletcher all three times … It’s like the freakiest thing ever. The horse ran great. He ran his guts out. This was a tough beat.”
– “Jockey Corey Nakatani earned his 3,000th victory one race after guiding Aragorn (Ire) to a 1 3/4-length win in the $321,000 Shoemaker Breeders’ Cup Mile Stakes (G1) on Monday at Hollywood Park.”
