It wasn’t the everyday Sunday morning for Golden Tempo and his coach Cherie DeVaux. But then once more, it’s not on daily basis you win two Triple Crown races.
“After we went and had a busy five weeks, I do have to get back to the business of training horses,” DeVaux mentioned.
That was sort of troublesome to do at some point after successful the 158th operating of the Belmont Stakes when DeVaux and Golden Tempo had been greeted by quite a few followers, reporters, and photographers at her barn close to the Oklahoma Training Track.
Five weeks after successful the Kentucky Derby, Golden Tempo, with jockey Jose Ortiz, claimed the third leg of the Triple Crown on Saturday on the Saratoga Race Course in come-from-behind style once more. The win solidified him as the most effective 3-year-old colt heading into the summer time.
“I think he’s going to continue to improve throughout his three-year-old year,” DeVaux mentioned. “We’re talking about other improving three-year-olds. He’s also an improving 3 year old.”
Golden Tempo will head again to Keeneland on Monday, the place he had skilled for the Triple Crown races.
DeVaux says that’s the place he’ll put together for his subsequent race- the Jim Dandy Stakes on the Spa in late July. She says the purpose is ultimately to have him pointed to the Travers Stakes, the most important race of the Saratoga summer time meet.
“[Saratoga] is a track that we know he likes. So with a horse like him, we just tried to keep all the factors we know work in his favor,” DeVaux mentioned.
For now, Golden Tempo will relaxation earlier than getting again to work in Kentucky. DeVaux is trying ahead to that, together with somewhat normalcy, hopefully, and what Golden Tempo can do subsequent.
“Winning on the big days, that’s what we work for when we go to the sales, and all the hard hours before they even come into my barn, the buying, the breeding, the breaking process, all of that,” DeVaux mentioned.
This can even mark the tip of the Belmont Stakes three-year residency at Saratoga. The third leg of the Triple Crown returns to the newly rebuilt Belmont Park in 2027.
Thoroughbred racing returns to the Spa in lower than a month for the July 4th Racing Festival. That will get underway on July 3.