Vexor - 2011 Nashua S. (G2)
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Channel: The New York Racing Association · 2011 · Sports
After breaking his maiden and earning a Beyer Speed Figure of 80, Vexor finished 42 ¾ lengths behind the winner in the Grade 1 Hopeful at Saratoga Race Course for a figure of zero. Trainer John Kimmel kiddingly said that was equivalent to running backwards and suggested his son of Wildcat Heir might be bipolar. Returning to the races Sunday for the first time since the September 5 debacle, the Dr. Jekyll version of Vexor reemerged at juicy odds of 18-1 and wore down Trinniberg in the stretch to win the Grade 2, $150,000 Nashua at Belmont Park. After tracking Trinniberg, second in the Hopeful, through a half-mile in 45.49 seconds, Vexor engaged the front-runner on the outside, and the two dueled through the lane. Vexor crossed the finish three-quarters of a length in front, running the six furlongs in 1:10.71 on a track labeled good. Ridden by David Cohen, who notched the 997th victory of his career, the Florida-bred Vexor paid $38.20 for a $2 win bet.
