Bob Baffert
Flavien Prat
Watson, Karl, Pegram, Michael E. and Weitman, Paul
Betz/D.J. Stable/Kidder/J. Betz/Robenalt
Hoppertunity |
Any Given Saturday | Distorted Humor |
| Weekend in Indy | ||
| Refugee | Unaccounted For | |
| Polish Maid |
| Sale / Hip / Type | Buyer / Consignor | Price |
|---|---|---|
KEESEP2012Hip 1504 | Yearling |
|
$300,000 |
Returning to Belmont for the first time since his 2016 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1) victory, Hoppertunity powered past rivals in the sandy stretch to register a 2 1/4-length victory in the $400,000 Brooklyn Invitational Stakes (G2) June 9.
"If he's good enough, he's good enough, and if he's not, he goes out and does it again the next time," Bill Betz said of Hoppertunity, who will run in the June 9 Brooklyn Stakes (G2).
Always Dreaming will make his second start of the season May 4 in the $400,000 Alysheba Stakes Presented by Sentient Jet (G2) at Churchill Downs.
Even though he only took command of the race officially as he entered the third and final turn of the 1 1/2-mile dirt test, the 7-year-old son of Any Given Saturday never looked in danger of losing April 8 at Santa Anita Park.
Karl Watson, Mike Pegram, and Paul Weitman's Hoppertunity, the "barn favorite" in Barn 5 on the Santa Anita Park backside, has run all over the country and twice overseas, but he will try something different April 8.
