Il Miracolo, an improving horse from the East Coast, has a chance to deny Adare Manor a win over males in Saturday’s $1 million, Grade I race
Il Miracolo trains ahead of the Belmont Stakes horse race June 7, 2023, at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. The ranks of battle-tested older male horses in California are depleted this summer. The most promising 3-year-olds on the West Coast this season aren’t ready for a challenge like this. So much for the traditional pools of contenders for Del Mar’s $1 million, Grade I, 1 1/4-mile race for 3-year-olds and up.
And it’s why Il Miracolo, an East Coast-based 4-year-old colt who has tried and failed repeatedly to crack the upper echelons of the sport, is a tempting betting proposition at 5-1. “ didn’t affect him at all. It was like a 20-minute car ride,” Sano said on the phone Thursday morning, calling Il Miracolo a “confident” horse. “Nothing brings him down. Just the way he gallops on the track, you can tell he’s a horse with a big ego.”
To the trainer, and owners Alexandres LLC, it made sense to ship to the Pacific Classic and try Il Miracolo over the track that will host the Breeders’ Cup on Nov. 1-2. • With Smith riding Saturday, he’ll have the benefit of the jockey whose four wins in the Pacific Classic match Garrett Gomez for the most in the race.
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