As I'm beginning to research and handicap tomorrow's El Camino Real Derby, I finally got the chance to watch amazing Mohaymen's win in the January 30 Holy Bull. My original plan was to handicap it since the field was projected to be pretty small, but unfortunately I missed it. Buuut, let's just take a moment to admire this performance: So in case you missed that, Junior Alvarado never even needed to touch his crop. You get the sense that for Mohaymen, this was essentially a more competitive workout. Watching this race is reminiscent of American Pharoah's run in the 2015 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn, with the obvious differences being the much larger margin Pharoah won by and the fact that he held the lead the whole time. But going into the Derby, whether Pharoah would be able to handle a duel with Dortmund, another standard frontrunner, for the lead was a pressing question. Here, we know that Mohaymen can handle starting out toward the back of the pack, fight his way to the lead with hardly any urging, and then romp away home.
At four for four, Mohaymen certainly appears to be living up to his name, Arabic for "dominant." Plus, he seems to be on the track to live up to his $2.2 million purchase price at the 2014 Keeneland September sale, with over half a million in race earnings already. Once again, very much looking forward to what's next for this boy! ~Gallant Vixen
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