2009 Jerome Handicap (G2)

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Date/Track:
10/11/2009, Belmont Park
Distance:
1 mile (Dirt)
Age/Sex:
3 M
Time:
1:33.81

What the Nation is saying about the 2009 Jerome Handicap (G2)...

Godolphin Racing’s highly-touted 3-year-old Girolamo overwhelmed Kensei after a brief stretch duel and scored the $150,000 Jerome Handicap (gr. II) by 1 1/4 lengths Oct. 11 at Belmont Park in his first stakes appearance of the season. Read More
  • Medlocke · This was a race I really thought there was no way that Kensei could lose. But when he went to the gas tank in the stretch, all empty. Girolamo easily ran by him and Kensei didn't even have enough left to hold off Burley's Gold for second. I had seen Kensei run a few times this year and he's a big colt that usually runs big. But not this day. · 959 days ago ·
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According to Godolphin's assistant trainer Rick Mettee, last year's champion juvenile Midshipman is sitting on ready. "We're looking at a race like the Jerome for him," he said. But the stronger half of Godolphin's Jerome entry may well be Girolamo (8th, $2.70), who was an impressive first-level all...Read More
Godolphin Stables' Midshipman, unraced since taking the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I) last fall en route to the Eclipse Award as champion 2-year-old colt, is close to making a return to the races, said assistant trainer Rick Mettee.Read More