Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2012 14:20:07 GMT -5
It has this week been declared that the Silver Stride Stables colt, Instant Success, will not be running in the Belmont Stakes despite his victory in the Preakness and suspicion has arisen that this was due to injury when the colt fell to his knees at the beginning of the last leg.
However, making a surprise appearance at The Wire track this week the colt seems to be well and in fact claimed another victory against Kentucky Derby winner, Souvenir, also owned by Silver Stride Stables. Curiosity was abound, and so we went to the stable to find out just why the plans with the colt have changed.
"Despite winning the Preaness, Instant Success will not be able to claim the Triple Crown having lost the first leg, which was taken by Eternal Phantom. As such, we have decided to rest the colt from now in order to gear him for the Canadian Triple Crown which runs over the same distances as the Triple Crown except for having races on both surfaces. We feel that, as a strong dual surfaced colt, he has a strong chance in this series and want to ensure he is at his best for when it runs."
When questioned further, the trainer would not comment although jockey Jacob Donovan was seen looking quite proud of himself, likely due to their leap into Grade One.
However, making a surprise appearance at The Wire track this week the colt seems to be well and in fact claimed another victory against Kentucky Derby winner, Souvenir, also owned by Silver Stride Stables. Curiosity was abound, and so we went to the stable to find out just why the plans with the colt have changed.
"Despite winning the Preaness, Instant Success will not be able to claim the Triple Crown having lost the first leg, which was taken by Eternal Phantom. As such, we have decided to rest the colt from now in order to gear him for the Canadian Triple Crown which runs over the same distances as the Triple Crown except for having races on both surfaces. We feel that, as a strong dual surfaced colt, he has a strong chance in this series and want to ensure he is at his best for when it runs."
When questioned further, the trainer would not comment although jockey Jacob Donovan was seen looking quite proud of himself, likely due to their leap into Grade One.
