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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - The Mid-America Triple does not carry anything close to the prestige of the Triple Crown, but it's somewhat comparable, say, to the Canadian Triple Crown or the Triple Tiara for fillies in New York, in that trainers don't necessarily feel compelled to run in all three races, even when they have a chance of sweeping it.
That's been the case this year with trainer Dale Romans, who won the opening leg of the Mid-America Triple, the May 26 Arlington Classic, with Silver Max, before diverting the speedy colt to Colonial Downs to win the Virginia Derby. In the meantime, Romans took the second leg, the July 14 American Derby, with Cozzetti. For the third and final leg, the Secretariat on Saturday, Romans has vanned three horses from Churchill: Silver Max, Cozzetti, and Finnegans Wake.
"The owners of all three horses deserve a shot at a big race like this," said Romans. "It'd really be a big honor to sweep the Mid-America Triple, regardless of what horses I do it with."
Honor Glide, in 1997, was the last of three horses to sweep the Mid-America Triple.
From the rail, these are the eight 3-year-olds for the Grade 1, $500,000 Secretariat: Handsome Mike, Summer Front, Cozzetti, Finnegans Wake, All Stormy, Daddy Long Legs, Bayrir, and Silver Max.
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Finnegans Wake would need to wake up, Cozzetti fought hard to get through on the rail and now knows he can do it... but with this bunch? It's gotta be Max. Good luck to all.
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SLIGO JOE finished third, fourth, or fifth against classier company in each of his last four races. He ran fast enough in his last two starts to beat this type on the plunge from $10,000 optional claiming into this $5,000 N1Y field. LATCH LIGHTING only finished fifth as the favorite at this class level last time. He should be a factor today, but he seems more likely to contend in the minor exotic slots than he is to beat this field. STEALTH HERO ran a dull race when he beat just one opponent here on a muddy track in his last race.
