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Royal Ship, trained by Richard Mandella, came from off the pace in the San Diego to score a 2 ¼-length win over 2-1 favorite Country Grammer.
Life Is Good and Olympiad are set to battle for sovereignty amongst the older horse division in Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Whitney
Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher will have three chances to win his fourth Whitney (G1) Saturday when he saddles Life Is Good, Americanrevolution, and Happy Saver the $1 million nine-furlong test for older horses.
Pletcher said he was more than pleased with the work from Life Is Good, who registered a career-best 112 Beyer Speed Figure in the Grade 2 John A. Nerud on July 2 at Belmont last out.
Following the third week of voting, Flightline remains at No. 1 in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings