2000 Jockey Club Gold Cup [02:05]
Behrens and Lemon Drop Kid bumped at the start, costing both of them momentum, even though neither was expected to set the pace in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. Unlike the Woodward, the early fractions were sustainable, :23.63 for the first quarter-mile and :46.86 for the half, although Albert the Great was under pressure from Gander, who managed a narrow lead on the backstretch. Jockey Jorge Chavez asked Albert the Great to run at the top of the lane, after a mile in 1:34.54, and the colt ...
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