American Pharoah had a red-letter day on Sunday with a
new Group 1 winner in France followed closely by a
new Group 2 winner in North America.
American Pharoah’s two graded stakes winners came at
seven furlongs on the dirt and 1¼ miles (2000m) on the turf, continuing to show the versatility of the US Triple Crown winner’s progeny.
Above the Curve (3f American Pharoah x Fabulous, by Galileo) took out the Group 1 Prix Saint Alary 2000m and then
American
Theorem (5h American Pharoah x Mighty Renee, by Maria’s Mon) landed the
Group 2 Triple Bend Stakes (1400m) at Santa Anita.
GROUP 1 Winner ABOVE THE CURVE
Above The Curve Fifth G1 winner for American Pharoah
ABOVE THE CURVE
Above The Curve (3f American Pharoah x Fabulous, by Galileo) made good on the promise of talent she’d shown in her earlier starts when she
easily won the Group 1 Prix Saint-Alary over 2000m at Longchamp on Sunday.
Ridden by Ryan Moore for Westerberg and the Coolmore partners, the filly was making her first start at Group 1 level and showed it was right where she belonged.
Above The Curve settled just behind the pacesetter and galloped comfortably in the 2000m event with Group 1 winner Wild Beauty keeping her company in the position. Moore let the filly’s reins out a notch just outside the final 400m before setting her down for the run when they were well down the stretch and
Above The Curve quickly lived up to her name.
The filly took over with a furlong left to run and she had the race well in hand at the line with a length on the Group 3 winning Place Du Carrousel in the end.
"She's a lovely filly who is still learning. A steady pace didn't really suit, and she was a bit idle in front, but she was always doing what she had to," Moore told the Racing Post.
"She's a huge girl and there's still a lot of potential and improvement to come."
Trained by Joseph O’Brien, the lightly raced
Above The Curve has won two of her four starts with a second in the Listed Cheshire Oaks last time out.
The regally bred 3-year-old is a
full sister to the multiple group placed
Thinking Of You and is a granddaughter of the multiple group stakes winning
Mariah’s Storm.
That mare quickly made her mark on the breeding world after retirement from the track as the dam of Horse of the Year and Champion Sire
Giant’s Causeway and Group2 winner and emerging blue-hen mare
You’resothrilling.
You’resothrilling is the dam of none other than champions
Gleneagles and
Happily, also Group 1 Prix de Diane winner
Joan of Arc, Group I Irish 1000 Guineas winner
Marvellous, multiple Group 2 winner
Taj Mahal, and the dam of three-time Group 1 winner
Decorated Knight among her eight winners from 11 to race – with all eight of those at least placing in a stakes races.
Fabulous has been bred up to
Justify (USA) with a 2-year-old filly, a yearling full-sister to that one, and foaled a Justify colt this year.
Above The Curve became is the fifth Group 1 winner for US Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, who continues to be the leading sire of his generation around the world.
In all,
American Pharoah is the sire of 29 stakes winners and 50 stakes performers around the world with his Group 1 winners coming in three different countries on
both the dirt and turf.
GROUP 2 Winner AMERICAN THEORUM
American Theorum has always shown above average ability and was
Group 1 placed at two but has had an interrupted career making it hard for him to fulfill his potential.
American Theorum
On Sunday he scored a tenacious nose win in the seven-furlong sprint, his third win from 11 starts.
Making his fifth start of the year the Group 1-placed runner was happy to take up a spot in midfield in the 1400m race, tracking the leaders. Taken deep around the turn, he ranged up alongside the leaders as they swept past the 400m marker before entering a duel with one of them as the others fell back.
American Theorem wasn’t to be denied his first Group stakes victory, putting a determined nose in front of his rival as the line with the rest of the field over three lengths back.
It was the sixth top two finish in 11 starts for American Theorem, who had finished second in the Group 1 American Pharoah Stakes as a 2-year-old.
He became the
29th stakes-winner for American Pharoah.
Promising Debut 2YO Winner for American Pharoah at Hawkesbury
At Hawkesbury on Tuesday a talented
two-year-old daughter of American Pharoah named
Yankees (2f American Pharoah x Mine Two, by I Am Invincible) won on debut.
Yankees
Trained by Garry Frazer at Hawkesbury,
Yankees looked to be taking on a tough task facing a big field of older maidens, but she unleashed a big finish to win the 1000m dash by a length.
Yankees was bred and retained to race by Greg and Jodie White of Robrick Lodge and is the second winner from Group 3 placed I Am Invincible mare Mine Two, a half-sister to Group 1 SAJC Robert Sangster Stakes winner Spright, who raced in the same colours as Yankees and was also trained by Garry Frazer.
Overall American Pharoah has had:
422 Runners / 241 Winners / 418 Wins / 29 Stakes Winners / 54 Stakes Wins / 21 Stakes Placed / and over $37.7m in earnings.
In the Southern Hemisphere American Pharoah has had:
89 runners / 35 Winners / 50 Wins / 74 placings / 3 Stakes Winners and over $2.1m in earnings.
In Australia American Pharoah oldest are just 3yo’s and he is doing a terrific job for a young sire whose progeny are expected to get better with age and past 1600m. So far he has:
82 runners / 29 Winners / 42 Wins / 3 Stakes Winners / 2 Stakes Placed and over $1.7m in earnings.
From his 29 Individual Winners in Australia he has 5 Stakes Horses = 17.3%
3 Stakes Winners
HEAD OF STATE 1st 2021 ATC Gloaming S., Gr.3
PRETTY AMAZING 1st 2022 Kembla Grange Classic, Gr.3
TIJUANA 1st 2022 VRC Anzac Day S., L
2 Stakes Placed
Sword Point 3rd 2022 ATC Tulloch S., Gr.2
Mrs America 3rd 2022 WATC Natasha S., L
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