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| Alpha Male - Alpha won the G2 Jim Dandy at Saratoga for Goldolphin USA |
With both Goodwood and Galway next week, the Racing in the UK and Ireland may have been a little lacklustre this weekend but elsewhere in the world there’s top class action.
Nowhere is that more true than in the US where we not only have the Haskell tonight, for which Belmont second Paynter is favourite; but America also played host to two big races last night at Saratoga.
The $600,000 G1 Diana Stakes was won by Winter Memories, but it was the G2 Jim Dandy later on the card that peaked my interest more as the race was won by 9/5 favourite Alpha for the US arm of the Godolphin operation in the Saratoga slop.
Alpha looks to be a colt improving with every race, and could be a major force for Godolphin and trainer Kieran McLaughlin going forward as the US season heads in to the autumn months.
There had been concerns whether the horse, making his first start since finishing well down the field in the Kentucky Derby, would handle the ground but they were proved to be unfounded as he made all under Ramon Dominguez to win comfortably in impressive style.
Alpha will now reportedly head for the $1 million G1 Travers Stakes also run at Saratoga at the end of next month, for which he will certainly be a leading contender on this evidence.
The Jim Dandy has historically been a strong prep race for the Travers and you can see how Alpha did it last night in the video below.
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