Otsego Farms' 3yo stayer A View to a Kill (Bally Doyle; War Machine x Dancing Delaware), earned $1,250,000 by finishing second in the 12 furlong Japan Cup this weekend.
The entries included phenom Heat Seeker from FDL Lodge, Faldo from Olmo Dorato, Retribution from Spartan Racing Stables, and Chiknsmack's Silver Poetry. The field could have been much tougher, but many other champion caliber horses skipped this event to attend various Breeders Cup races.
Killer cruised along mid-pack until the final 2 furlongs, when he moved into second and stayed there, watching the 2/1 favorite Heat Seeker run away from the pack and win by almost 10 lengths. Faldo finished third, and the veteran Retribution came in fourth.
Otsego Farms owner Jim Webber was calm at the finish line, simply raising a fist as Killer crossed the finish line in 2nd. "We had hoped for a win, but realized that beating Heat Seeker was gonna be unbelievably difficult. We'll get him next year", Webber said as he marched off towards the winners circle to congratulate the FDL connections.
A View to a Kill will take the remainder of the year off, bypassing the Hong Kong races.
The entries included phenom Heat Seeker from FDL Lodge, Faldo from Olmo Dorato, Retribution from Spartan Racing Stables, and Chiknsmack's Silver Poetry. The field could have been much tougher, but many other champion caliber horses skipped this event to attend various Breeders Cup races.
Killer cruised along mid-pack until the final 2 furlongs, when he moved into second and stayed there, watching the 2/1 favorite Heat Seeker run away from the pack and win by almost 10 lengths. Faldo finished third, and the veteran Retribution came in fourth.
Otsego Farms owner Jim Webber was calm at the finish line, simply raising a fist as Killer crossed the finish line in 2nd. "We had hoped for a win, but realized that beating Heat Seeker was gonna be unbelievably difficult. We'll get him next year", Webber said as he marched off towards the winners circle to congratulate the FDL connections.
A View to a Kill will take the remainder of the year off, bypassing the Hong Kong races.
6 comments:
Nice move to put him in that race Jim i would of done the same thing if i had him as the race wasnt very stong considering its worth $5M
Ohhh that was from me
Foxie
Thanks Foxie. Beautiful job by JMG by the way. What can't that horse accomplish?
Not sure Jim i think hes done everything ive wanted him to do now ... The win is good but bad ... The good part is he won on dirt the bad part is he won on dirt lol ... Makes me wanna try him next season on dirt
Foxie
Way to go bro!! Still reckon that he will be better at 5!
Great horse on the up here, wouldn't expect it to beat Heat Seeker but with further maturity it may get interesting over 2 miles at the "race that stops the nation" ;)
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