Coolmore Australia Brochure 2019

American Triple Crown, but he wishes he had had the chance. “I would have loved to take him over there for the race they have for 3-year- olds, (the G1 St. James’s Palace Stakes),” Baffert said. “He would have smoked them. When they’re that great they can run on anything. When he gets to Australia and they look at him they are going to go ‘wow’. He’s always had the wow factor.” While both great horses, American Pharoah and Justify were not the same physically, Baffert said. “They’re actually two different types of horses,” he said. “Pharoah was more of a leaner horse. He could get over the ground. Justify was a big strong heavy horse. He weighed 1,300 pounds. But both had the trait where there was

mechanics, he just glided over the track. You watch him breeze, his mechanics were beautiful. He would just skip over the ground and that tells me he could have run on the grass.” The results will be in on American Pharoah first as his horses bred in the Northern Hemisphere are now 2-year- olds and he’s already had his first winner. Monarch of Egypt (USA) won on April 13 at Naas in Ireland for the co- owners Coolmore and Peter Brant. The race was, of course, on the turf. From what U.S. horsemen have seen so far from American Pharoah’s first crop, most think he has all the attributes to be exceptional stallion. The consensus is that, as 2-year-olds, they will come out relatively early but will reach their peak in the Autumn of their juvenile season.

When he gets to Australia and they look at him they are going to go ‘wow’. He’s always had the wow factor. - Bob Baffert

something dominant about them. If another horse tried to run with them they would just shake them off.” American Pharoah may not have as much grass in his pedigree as Justify does, but Baffert doesn’t see that as a problem. “I think Pharoah could have been a grass horse too,” he said. “His

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