Majestic City, the one to look out for in the CashCall Futurity
Uncharacteristic in his last start in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf where he finished a dismal, non-threatening 13th at Churchill Downs on 5 November, 2011, at about 1 1/16 miles, the pretty boy of Peter Miller’s barn, Majestic City,
will be looking to bounce back from his defeat to win the lion’s share in the Grade 1, $750,000 CashCall Futurity.
The race will be held on 17 December, 2011, at Hollywood Park over its cushion track, exclusive for 2-year-olds. It will be a tough job to outlast, out finish and outhustle the baker’s dozen in the CashCall Futurity, but the race itself will open so many
doors to so many possibilities for Majestic City next year in his sophomore season, if he goes on to win it.
By all standards, the CashCall Futurity is the biggest race Majestic City will run in his young life, and he will certainly have to run the best race of his juvenile, debut season.
If it wasn’t for the squishy course at Churchill Downs on 5 November, we wouldn’t be saying that he has to win it and to prove himself as to fall in that top of the line 2-year-olds by the end of the year.
However, a lot was expected from Majestic City in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, but the colt had so much trouble over that track that his rider, Garrett Gomez, had no choice but to hold him up a bit as he couldn’t get a grip over the track.
“He’s got a ton of ability and a lot of heart,” Miller said Thursday morning at Hollywood. “The way he looks, John Wayne should be riding him. I never go looking for excuses, so as far as I’m concerned he just got beat at the Breeders’ Cup and that’s it.
He will have no excuses for the Futurity.”
Win in the CashCall Futurity tends owners and trainers to steer down the Derby trail and wind up at Churchill Downs, and the winner of the race without a doubt would meet the same fate, and how Miller would want that from Majestic City.
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