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Afleet Express

5 year old Horse | Retired
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Owner(s):
Gainesway Stable
Trainer:
James A. Jerkens
Bred:
Kentucky (USA) by James Devaney  -  Bruce McMillin  -  [Add Data]
Pedigree:
Afleet Alex  -  Distant View  by  Mr. Prospector
Rating:
 
 
Afleet Express captures the 2010 Pegasus
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What the Nation is saying about Afleet Express...

A Trove of Traditions, Old and NewRead More
  • MichaelPavelick · Saratoga is my favorite racing meet just ahead of Del Mar. The Travers is my favroite race all year. Explains my multiple posts. · 164 days ago ·
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Do you have what it takes to master Horse Racing's most popular trivia game, Who Am I??? The following winners represent the best of the best. You think you have the stuff to place your name on the Who Am I??? Hall of Champions? Play every Wednesday night at 9 Eastern and 6 Pacific, play hard, and h...Read More
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  • skydime · Now you made me angry. You won;t like me when I'm angry. LOL · 383 days ago ·
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  • zatt · Time to re-rally! · 383 days ago ·
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Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Blame has been judged the best horse to race in North America during 2010 by the compilers of the World Thoroughbred Rankings, unveiled in London, England, on Tuesday, Jan. 11.Blame, who just held the late burst of the previously unbeaten Zenyatta by a head in th...Read More
Many of the year’s most memorable races took place at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course, and beginning today and through January 15, 2011, fans can choose from among five thrilling races and cast their ballots for The New York Racing Association, Inc.’s (NYRA) “Race of the Y...Read More
Afleet Express, tenacious winner of the $1 million Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga against a stellar field, has been retired from racing and will stand the 2011 season at the Beck family’s Gainesway Farm near Lexington. A fee will be announced later.Also winner of the Pegasus Stakes (gr. III) and...Read More
The Travers Stakes winner has been sidelined with a partial ligament tear.Read More
I try to temper my anticipation for the Breeders’ Cup because I know it is still almost seven weeks away, but it is not easy when I think about what will be at this year’s two-day smorgasbord. I honestly believe that this year’s Cup is shaping up as one of the best in history. Luckily, I have great ...Read More
Afleet Express, winner of the Grade 1 Travers on August 28, has settled in at Belmont Park and is preparing for a possible start in the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup on October 2.   “He’s doing OK,” said Jimmy Jerkens, who trains the son of Afleet Alex for Gainesway Stable and Martin L. Cherry....Read More
2009 Juvenile champ Lookin At Lucky is getting healthy again and gets story of the week honors. On Sept 14, he drilled four furlongs in :48.40 at Hollywood Park and trainer Bob Baffert has targeted the Oct 2 Grade 2 Indiana Derby as his next stop. If everything goes well he will use the Hoosier Park...Read More
William Hill rates defending champ Zenyatta and Preakness and Haskell winner Lookin At Lucky as 4-1 co-favorites for the Breeders' Cup Classic as the British bookmakers opened for Cup business on Tuesday. Hill offers Whitney winner Blame at 6-1, with Whitney runner-up Quality Road at 8-1, followed b...Read More
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  • mdracing69 · bob46, have you ever considered that Zenyatta is not ducking the competition. Rather, the quality female horses across the country have no interest in running against the win machine. It is not like Zenyatta is running in restricted races. She showed up in the G1 Apple Blossom on dirt. Where was the real competition? Possibly running scared? · 520 days ago ·
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  • zenyatta02 · bob46, maybe you should get some reality into your life. This year has been the worst crop of 3yo for as long as I've been watching horse racing. mdracing69 is right. The real competition that hasn't been showing up to Zenyatta's races are running scared because she's just that good. · 518 days ago ·
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Where do the best young sires come from? They don’t come from the most insightful advertising, although it never hurts. They don’t always shine out of the sales results, although there sometimes is good support from perceptive buyers and a degree of positive response from the marketplace. The provin...Read More
The 141st Travers Stakes (gr. I) Aug, 28 was all about fathers and sons. Hall of Fame trainer Allen Jerkens has been known to weep openly following a victory, even after six decades as one of the top trainers in America. His most recent tears had been shed on Aug. 27 when he won a 3-year-old maiden ...Read More
For the second year in a row, it has become pretty clear that the winner of the Kentucky Oaks has been far more legitimate than the winner of the Kentucky Derby. On Aug. 21, Blind Luck defeated her main rival for end-of-the-year honors, Devil May Care, in the Alabama. A week later, Super Saver finis...Read More
The Travers appears to have taken more out of trainer Jimmy Jerkens than his colt Afleet Express, who yesterday prevailed by a nose in the “Mid-Summer Derby.”   “I was tired,” said Jerkens, moments before saddling Luxury Appeal to a second-place finish in Sunday’s third race. “I was knocked out...Read More
In a contentious field of 11 three-year-olds encompassing everything from the Kentucky Derby hero to a maiden winner making only his second start, A Little Warm was made the lukewarm favorite for Saturday’s 141st running of the Grade 1, $1 million Travers at Saratoga Race Course.Read More
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  • cugel the clever · My prediction was bang on. Fly Down and Afleet Express passed the early leaders in mid-stretch and dueled to the wire with Afleet prevailing by half a nose. First Dude a distant third. Ice Box and Super Saver confirmed again that they were one-race wonders. · 528 days ago ·
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  • arazi · Nice job, Cugel. Was right there with you. Caught the super here for 50-cents... which paid nicely with the 10 in fourth. · 528 days ago ·
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Jimmy Jerkens, winning trainer of Afleet Express (No. 7): “He broke with the field and they went on pretty well ahead of him. He was tucked in pretty good behind him, and he was able to get through at a crucial time. I thought around the turn he was going to give himself a little breather, but he go...Read More
Galloping out after the oh-so-close finish of the Grade 1, $1 million Travers at Saratoga Race Course, jockeys Javier Castellano, aboard Afleet Express, and Jose Lezcano, riding Fly Down, looked questioningly at each other.Read More
Jimmy is doing a great Job with this horse !!! Now the winner of the Saratoga Tavers.
Afleet Express fits the profile of a late-developing 3-year-old who wasn't ready for the Triple Crown series, but has emerged as a contender for the Travers.   The turning point came on May 22 when Afleet Express romped in a seven-furlong open allowance race at Belmont Park. Jerkens knew it wa...Read More
Kim Dutrow, wife and assistant to Tony Dutrow, trainer of A Little Warm (No. 5): “We’re thrilled with the post. We talked about it before the draw, and we wanted to be right about there. The only thing we didn’t want was to be all the way outside.”   Kiaran McLaughlin, trainer of Trappe Shot (N...Read More

Afleet Express - Pedigree

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Afleet AlexNorthern AfleetAfleet
Nuryette
Maggy HawkHawkster
Qualique
Distant ViewMr. ProspectorRaise A Native
Gold Digger
Seven SpringsIrish River
La Trinite

Afleet Express - Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video08/28/101stJ CastellanoSar121 1/4 mDTravers Stakes-G103 MAfleet ExpressFly DownFirst Dude2:03.28
View DetailsView Video07/31/103rdJ CastellanoSar101 1/8 mDJim Dandy-G203 MA Little WarmMiner's ReserveAfleet Express1:47.98
View DetailsView Video06/19/101stJ CastellanoMth101 1/16 mDPegasus-G303 MAfleet ExpressAfleet AgainSoaring Empire1:45.44
View DetailsView Video05/22/101stJ CastellanoBel37 fDAllow03+ MAfleet ExpressHoopoeSix Clicks1:21.72
View DetailsView Video02/25/105thJ VelazquezGP87 fDAllow03 MSoaring EmpireAllez ReefHavanadaydream1:24.50
View DetailsView Video01/30/102ndJ VelazquezGP26 fDAllow03 MGeneral MaximusAfleet ExpressFamily Holiday1:09.59
View Details12/05/091stJ VelazquezAqu26 fDMSW02 MAfleet ExpressThemanintheglassPow Wow1:12.58

 

 

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