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2017 Triple Crown Trail: No Surprises

1/22/2017

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McCraken's win in last fall's Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (USA-G2) keeps looking better and better. Last weekend,  KJCS fourth Uncontested used his front-running speed to overwhelm his rivals in the Smarty Jones Stakes. This week, another of the KJCS field, third-place Guest Suite, emulated Uncontested by getting his first stakes win, this in the Lecomte Stakes (USA-G3). While the margin was only a length, the gelding was clearly much the best and was geared down at the wire.

Whatever the reason why Guest Suite was gelded, it certainly wasn't based on his pedigree. A son of four-time Grade I winner Quality Road, the leading American third-crop sire of 2016, Guest Suite is a scion of one of the best families in the American Stud Book. He is a great-grandson of 1992 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year Weekend Surprise (by Secretariat), whose four stakes winners include 1992 American Horse of the Year and two-time American champion sire A.P. Indy (by Seattle Slew) and 1990 Preakness Stakes winner Summer Squall (by Storm Bird).

Welcome Surprise, Weekend Surprise's 1997 daughter by Seeking the Gold, was not quite as talented as her half brothers but still had enough ability to be a graded stakes winner, capturing the 2000 Dogwood Stakes (USA-III). Bred to 2004 American Horse of the Year Ghostzapper, she produced the winner Guest House, who produced Guest Suite as her second foal.

With this kind of genetic background, it is hardly surprising that Guest Suite should have turned out a nice horse. Whether he is more than that remains to be seen, as he needs to show that he can continue improving his form over dry tracks (the Lecomte was run on a muddy sealed track) and against better rivals. Nonetheless, if he runs into a roadblock on the way to the Kentucky Derby---Presented by Yum! Brands (USA-G1), it seems safe to say that it won't be his breeding that stops him.
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2/3/2017 08:11:02 am

I'm really excited for what the new year can bring us. I know that there are tons of race horses out there that will surprise us. I will be sure to read updates from you. I know that you are more knowledgeable in this field than me. I will keep myself on check with your posts for the future.

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9/6/2017 08:55:35 am

Same here. In all honesty, I’m really not into horses. I sometimes become afraid every time they are near. But it all changed when my mom and dad brought me to their ranch. I can’t forget the feeling of riding one. I hope that I will be able to learn how to once I got the chance. Although horse racing is really my Dad’s thing, I always go with him to watch it. Sometimes, we also spend our free time watching a horse race. Those were the days.

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4/26/2018 02:21:53 am

I am really afraid of horses. I have tried to ride it once and it felt like it is the end of my world. They are cute, but I really don't know why am I afraid of them. They don't bite, but they surely can kick me. I love them, really and maybe it's just that it takes a matter of time for me to be comfortable with it. Hoping that it will be soon. Thanks for sharing this story.

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