OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Nations Pride capped off a successful summer for himself and a sensational five minutes for his connections Saturday with a powerful 6 1/4-length victory in the Grade 3, $1 million Jockey Club Derby at Aqueduct. The recipient of a perfect trip from Frankie Dettori, Nations Pride was no more than two lengths off the pace established by Classic Causeway and prompted by Daunt. Just before the quarter pole, Nations Pride tipped outside of Classic Causeway, moved into second, and overtook him by the three-sixteenths pole. Nations Pride flashed an eye-catching turn of foot in the final furlong as he drew away from his overmatched foes. The Grey Wizard, an 11-1 shot, got up for second by a half-length over Classic Causeway. Ardakan, Daunt, and Wicked Fast completed the order of finish. The win came six weeks after Nations Pride won the Grade 1 Saratoga Derby. Prior to that, he finished a late-running second to Classic Causeway in the Grade 1 Belmont Derby. In the three races, which comprise the New York Racing Association’s Turf Triple for 3-year-olds, Nations Pride earned $1,255,000. Nations Pride is trained by Charlie Appleby for Godolphin Racing. Less than five minutes before Nations Pride won, those same connections captured the Grade 1, $1 million Woodbine Mile with Modern Games, who powered home a 5 1/4-length victory in that race. Earlier in the day, Appleby and Godolphin also won the Grade 1 Summer Stakes at Woodbine with Mysterious Night. :: DRF has you covered for the Belmont at the Big A meet! Shop for PPs, Clocker Reports, Picks, Betting Strategies, and more.   Those two victories earned those horses automatic berths into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (Nov. 4) and Breeders’ Cup Mile (Nov. 5), respectively, at Keeneland. It remains to be seen if Nations Pride would return to the U.S. for the Breeders’ Cup Turf. “This fella’s put a proposition into Charlie’s head anyway,” said assistant trainer Chris Connett, who has been with Nations Pride in New York for about two months. “We’ll travel home on Tuesday and as Charlie says we’ll let the dust settle and make plans from there.” Earlier in the week, Appleby indicated he was more inclined to point Nations Pride to the winter carnival in Dubai with the idea of returning to the U.S. for some Grade 1 opportunities next year. Saturday, against a modest field save for Classic Causeway, Nations Pride was visually impressive. The posted final time of 2:24.14 for 1 1/2 miles was a course record by nearly three seconds. Pebbles ran 1 1/2 miles in 2:27 winning the 1985 Breeders’ Cup Turf. “It was impressive, he’s got that turn of foot,” Connett said.  “[Since] his first run here, he’s really grown and filled out that frame of his. He’s done fantastic since he’s been here.” Dettori had ridden Nations Pride in the Belmont Derby where he got away poorly and finished a late-closing second to Classic Causeway. Dettori said he was cognizant of not allowing Classic Causeway to have things his own way on Saturday, and was delighted when Daunt, under Javier Castellano, put some pressure on him, allowing Dettori to settle Nations Pride back off the pace. :: DRF Bets members get FREE DRF Past Performances - Formulator or Classic. Join now! “I didn’t want to let that one horse have it easy on front but when one of the outside took him on I said ‘great’ instead of me doing the job,” said Dettori, who hadn’t ridden at Aqueduct since he won the 1990 Aqueduct Budweiser Breeders’ Cup aboard Fire the Groom. “From then on, saving ground I entered the turn properly and in the straight, it was never in doubt.” Nations Pride, an Irish-bred son of Teofilo, returned $3.10 as the 1-2 favorite. He won for the sixth time in nine starts. Nations Pride got a 96 Beyer Speed Figure. Flavien Prat, riding Classic Causeway for the first time, indicated the 1 1/2 miles of the Jockey Club Derby was “probably a bit too far especially today with a fair pace,” he said.