http://www.brisnet.com/content/2019/04/american-pharoahs-first-starter-monarch-egypt-romps-naas/
Woo-hoo!!!1
They all looked great! I can’t wait to watch the rest of them run.
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Looks like he’s got a couple more gearing up to race this coming week.
Hope he turns out to be a great sire!
Of course, he had an absolutely wonderful book of mares (including the dam of Monarch of Egypt).
He seems to be siring good bone, and from, anecdotal reports, good brains. Be interesting to see what happens when some of his offspring trickle into the sport horse world.
Palm Beach, thank you very much for posting that!
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Wow…look at the way he’s galloping out after crossing under the wire. Long, low, relaxed, looking for more and somebody to race.
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I have been watching his sons and daughters in the OBS sale. I am very impressed. They are all built similar to him with great bone and quality throughout. And that all have that big sweeping, commanding stride.
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Exactly. Proportion and efficiency to move mass forward at a high rate of speed.
American Pharoah has a runner in the first race today at Aqueduct named Maven. The race is at 1:30 and Maven is the 1/1 favorite.
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I love what Aiden said about him (and his other AP babies): Great movers with great minds.
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Maven is bred by his trainer, Wesley Ward but owned by Richard Ravin. Pretty fun for Ward
Tesorina who hit the board third the other day as AP’s 2nd starter was also bred by Wesley Ward and trained by him.
Maven WON!!!
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It’s quite exciting that all three of his runners have hit the board so far ( 2 wins, one 3rd) it’s to early to tell if the trend will continue but so far looks promising!
Technically, AP’s first winner was Monarch of Egypt on April 13 at Naas 
Aiden saddled Monarch of Egypt for Peter Brant and Coolmore partners.
Maven was first US winner 
Yes, see post #1. Unless it’s disappeared as some posts have been disappearing lately.
He has always seemed like a sensible horse. I am firmly convinced that’s from his tail female, as my riding horse’s second dam is full sister to Pharoah’s fourth dam, and while Lucky was a turf sprinter of middling ability from a different male line, he has the same thoughtful, considering attitude I saw when Pharoah would be standing in front of hundreds of cameras and clearly going “Huh. Well, that’s different.” I attribute Lucky’s racing five years with 64 starts and retiring sound to his brains–he would go if asked, but he’d never waste energy being silly. Same thing once he retired, he’d THINK before spooking. I think a great mind is highly underrated at times. I wish I had the money to have the kind of mare you send to Pharoah–I’d like the mind as much as the action.
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I remember a picture somewhere of AP lying down in his stall, and Baffert and Zayat sitting next to him. There were also the pictures of AP meeting fans, including one man in a wheelchair. All I could think about was wow, a dead fit three-year old TB that relaxed? That is one lovely attitude, and if he passes that on, could contribute to the success of his offspring. Maybe no wasted energy, no fretting, no rankness.
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This is my best picture of Pharoah at Oaklawn. He had been already fully tacked and walking around, but then something about his bridle didn’t satisfy his handlers, so they pulled him out of line (note that the number on the stall doesn’t match his) right in front of me and ducked into the nearest empty stall to redo things. The horse was just standing there. He’s looking up the tunnel, toward the track, but he wasn’t fidgeting, wasn’t restless. Just standing there ignoring all the people fussing with him. Totally in the zone; he knew what he was about to do, and he wanted it, but he knew it wasn’t quite yet. Wait a few more minutes. That’s the moment I thought, wow, what a mind on that horse.
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My favorite American Pharoah photo ever is the one the morning after his Triple Crown win when Baffert let the press pet him at once. You have to be sensible to deal with that circus! [ATTACH=JSON]{“alt”:“Click image for larger version Name: 0c403a4c8f176a21ee52d5fb2dfd5377.jpg Views: 1 Size: 21.7 KB ID: 10377015”,“data-align”:“none”,“data-attachmentid”:“10377015”,“data-size”:“full”,“title”:“0c403a4c8f176a21ee52d5fb2dfd5377.jpg”}[/ATTACH]
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