![]() It had also been 4 hours and 41 minutes since the only other two-turn main track race on the 13-race card. As colleague Jay Privman noted, after six straight turf races, the Fountain of Youth was the first main track race in 3 hours and 44 minutes. Mohaymen was wide on the first turn, middle-moved to reach sharp contention simply because he can, and humbled as well a connected colt as Zulu, who drew an absolutely perfect trip, all while being far from ready to show what he can really do.Īs for Mohaymen's 95 Beyer Figure, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it's one the Beyer folks keep a close eye on for potential future adjustment. And when you look at it through that prism, it changes - or should change - the way you view what he did Saturday. What I read between the lines here is McLaughlin treated the Fountain of Youth more as a maintenance race instead of one Mohaymen absolutely had to win. In Mohaymen's first workout after the Holy Bull, Vesce noted he "didn't show much energy on the gallop-out." For Mohaymen's most recent work, Vesce noted he was "just okay," and went on to say, "he trained much better going into the Holy Bull." Mohaymen smells roses in Fountain of Youth.Mike Vesce, DRF's clocker at Mohaymen's winter base at Palm Meadows, had the following to say in Saturday's DRF Clocker Report about Mohaymen's last two works: Editor's Picks Kiaran McLaughlin, who is as good as any trainer in the game (also my interpretation), gave Mohaymen two easy half-mile breezes following his decisive win in the Holy Bull in his 3-year-old bow late last month. And it is my interpretation that this is exactly the way Mohaymen's connections approached the Fountain of Youth. All the race had to do was move this terrific colt one incremental step forward to the April 2 Florida Derby, which in turn is meant to have Mohaymen reach his peak on Kentucky Derby Day. Mohaymen came into Saturday having won all four of his starts, three of them stakes, two of them around two turns.įor that reason alone, for Mohaymen, the Fountain of Youth had to be nothing more than a means to an end. Unlike the undefeated Swale and Hutcheson winner Awesome Banner, who went into the Fountain of Youth having to prove he could be as dominant routing as he was sprinting, and the unbeaten Zulu, who went into this race having to prove he not only could route, but also handle the jump to stakes company, and a fast track, Mohaymen came into the Fountain of Youth having to prove nothing in the context of this particular assignment. But after I read between the lines and interpreted in my own way what I saw Mohaymen do in the Fountain of Youth, I came away very, very impressed. His Beyer Figure of 95, which may or may not be one you can hang your hat on (more about that later), wasn't particularly special, nor was his win margin of 2-1/4 lengths. I note this because on the face of it, Mohaymen's victory Saturday in the Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park wouldn't knock your socks off. Call it what you will, but it is something handicappers do a thousand times a day.
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