With Over $2,488,700 in Career Earnings, 3 Year Old Colt Arrives at Prestigious Equestrian Race Course in Travers

The prestigious $1.25 million Travers Stakes is scheduled to happen next month. Intending to win the title, the horses have started to arrive at the Saratoga Race Course. Among those arriving is the Mage, the three-year-old colt trained by Gustavo Delgado.

He arrived from Monmouth Park after finishing in second place at the Haskell Stakes grade 1 race in July. The Haskell Stakes was won by Geaux Rocket Ride. He started his training after two days after arriving at the course. He is one of the contenders in the race and carry’s hopes of his stakeholders.

Mage arrives for Travers

Worth more than two million dollars Mage started his training at the Oklahoma Training Track. He was jogging with the exercise rider, J.J. Delgado. H will be running at the Oklahoma Training Track this week and will run at the main track from next week. Talking about the Mage, the assistant trainer Gustavo Delgado Jr. said “

He came out of the Haskell very good and had a good trip up here“. After bathing him and observing his body, the assistant trainer said, “Just look at him; he has grown a little bit. He is wider. We liked what we saw“.

The OGMA Investments, Ramiro Restrepo, Sterling Racing, and CMNWLTH-owned three-year-old filly have shown his strength and ability in the last race. That gives the trainer confidence in him and aims to pursue it for the next race. At the Haskell Stakes, Mage finished just 1 3/4 lengths behind the winner Geaux Rocket Ride. Remembering it Gustavo Delgado Jr. said, “

Everything went according to plan“. The horse came out of the race after giving tough competition and securing the second position.

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The jockey of the horse is Hall of Famer Javier Castellano. But there seems to be a little problem. Castellano also rides another horse that is too participating in the same race. It is

Arcangelo who is the winner of Belmont Stakes. Castellano has not confirmed yet which horse will he ride.

Mage race track records

The three-year-old colt started its race in 2023. Born in 2020 is the son of Good Magic and Puca. The colt was bred in Kentucky, United States by Grandview Equine. He started in six races and got a first position in two races, a second position in two races, and third position in one race. His first three races were at Gulf Stream Park. Where he won the first position in January, the fourth position in March, and the second position in April. He won his next at the Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, at the beginning of May. Then at the end of May, he again raced at the Pimlico Racecourse, where he finished in third place. His last race was at Monmouth.

The performance of the Mage has been competitive throughout his six races, which gives the stakeholders hope for the Travers.

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