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OCEANPORT – As the only pace on short court, coach Kent Sweezey and jockey Ferrin Peterson will not think too much about strategy with Por Que No in the $75,000 Boiling Spring Bet at Monmouth Park on June 26.
Get ahead, slow down the faction and leave plenty of reserves. Good in theory, but better in practice, it turns out, according to a press release.
Por Que No took the lead every step of the way out of the gate and then cruised to a 4-long win, posting his fifth win in his last six starts and his first in the betting company.
Seasons, 7-10 favorite in the field of six 3-year-old mares, faded to third after chasing slow breaks made by Peterson and Por Que No along the sixteenth-mile turf feature.
I know there are some really good horses in this race and my thought was I should get them to catch me. “I’m the speed in the race,” said Peterson, who took his first bet win in the encounter.
So if I could take the lead, save the ground and let him relax, which he does, on his back he’s in his own element, and then take a deep breath and not stress, I think he’ll be able to do what he’s doing. To do.
At the three-eighths post I saw from my peripheral vision another horse coming, so I thought, ‘Okay, I have to get them to catch us, I have to break their confidence.’ I shook him a bit and he had other gear. At the top of the track he had just taken off, said Peterson.
The winning time on grass which was considered strong despite the rain before the race was 1:42.43.
Por Que No, daughter of Wicked Strong owned by Fano Racing, returned $9.60 for the win.
Peterson basically won the race in the first half, with the first quarter at :25.82 and the first half at :49.60.
Paco Lopez’s season and jockey caught up most of the way before it faded too late.
Shantisara, who made his US debut for coach Chad Brown, finished second, three distances ahead of a grueling season.
“I know he can fight the jockey at times, so I try to slow him down as much as I can without taking any energy out of him,” Peterson said of Por Que No.
Lopez said the moisture in the grass from the rain didn’t seem to affect Seasons.
He was frustrated chasing the slow shards, he said.
For Sweezey, this marked his first betting win at Monmouth Park since capturing Good Magic Stakes with Phat Man in 2019.
“Ferrin realized we were the only pace and what a game plan needed,” said Sweezey. I didn’t think Paco Lopez would get that close, especially with the slow shards. We want to make (Season) catch us. I know my foal is fine. I know he will do well in the lead and will stay.
I’m not worried about the rain before the race. I think it will make other people a little more shy. It won’t affect what we want to do. I know he will be fine today and he is fine.
Por Que No had raced exclusively on Gulfstream in his first six career starts before Sweezey sent him north for this race. He said the owner’s group, who own a house near Monmouth Beach, “want to see him run on their home track.”
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