Two Emmys comes back strong in Diliberto Memorial

Trainer and principal owner Hugh Robertson means it when he says Two Emmys, on the cusp of turning 8, still is outrunning Father Time.

Two Emmys returned from a 10-month layoff at Fair Grounds on Saturday, set a strong pace, and won the $100,000 Buddy Diliberto Memorial by one length. His 93 Beyer belies a strong raw time of 1:42.03 for 1 1/16 miles on turf.

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The time appears to be the fastest clocked at Fair Grounds with the temporary turf rail taken down in a race run at a true 1 1/16 miles. Fair Grounds lists Believe in Bertie’s 1:40.31 as the track standard, though the clocking came at about 1 1/16 miles.

Two Emmys holds the course record for one mile, 1:35.85, which, remarkably, he set nearly four years ago. The gelded son of English Channel still is thriving.

“He seems fine, ate up last night,” Robertson said Sunday. “He’s just a really good horse.”

All being well, Two Emmys starts Jan. 20 in the Colonel E.R. Bradley, his main objective the Grade 2 Muniz Memorial on March 23.

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