Ultimate Eagle out of nothing but with good conditioning elevated to new heights
It’s amazing how the cheap horses turn out to be the overachievers. Similar is the story of the 3-year-old Ultimate Eagle who is coming off a victory in the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby at Hollywood Park was bought by B. J. Wright for the cost of just $70,000
at a 2-year-old in training sale in Ocala, Fla., in April 2010.
B. J. Wright landed Ultimate Eagle to trainer Michael Pender’s string, who has impressed everyone with what he has done with such a cheap horse. Ultimate Eagle is unbeaten in four races on the trot.
Right after breaking his maiden, Ultimate Eagle never looked back and with a blink of an eye, the horse how was struggling to break his maiden landed a grade 2 race followed by a grade 1 race.
Talk about adding value, Ultimate Eagle’s victory in the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby was his fourth straight win. Shifting the colt to turf was an amazing decision from synthetic surface.
Ultimate Eagle struggled to break his maiden in his first two attempts over the synthetic surface, but the switch brought back the smiles as Ultimate Eagle is 4 of 4 on turf.
Under Martin Pedroza, Ultimate Eagle has enjoyed 4 wins out of 4 starts and the colt has proved adding blinkers always works when nothing else seems to click.
With the ultimate combination of turf, Martin Pedroza and blinkers, Ultimate Eagle seem invincible. “This is undoubtedly the best horse I’ve ever ridden,” said Pedroza. “I thought Martial Law was, but this horse is better. He’s a younger version.”
With the prominence of turf going so well, trainer Michael Pender will look to switch surfaces again and run Ultimate Eagle on dirt because the colt has trained exceptionally well on dirt as well.
“He’s actually training so much better on dirt,” said Pender. “The first chance I’ve had to train him on dirt has been at Santa Anita over the past couple of months, and he’s been something spectacular.”
Prior to the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby, Ultimate Eagle landed the Grade 2 Oak Tree Derby at Santa Anita, defeating a formidable lineup.
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