Just to make things interesting, Johnny Velasquez traveled to Fair Hill, Maryland after the races at Belmont on Saturday night to work a horse early for Graham Motion and then to sit on the back of Union Rags. All things went very well for the duo, according to the Daily Racing Form.
“Very nice, very impressive,” Velazquez said. “Thankfully, I didn’t let him out too soon. He would’ve gone by the horse very easy. I waited with him till the quarter pole, eased out a little bit from behind him, and at the eighth pole I just gave him his head and he was gone. I didn’t have to ask him for anything. He did it by himself.”
Union Rags ran impressive quarters in 23 seconds and change and galloped out six furlongs in 1:12:38. When it was all over, he felt pretty good, evidenced by the fact that he reared up twice while on his way back to the barn after his bath.
Shaking his head, Matz said, “Maybe we ought to do that again.”
Union Rags is clearly feeling ready to take on all contenders and it seems his new jockey feels the same way.
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