Dunbar Road, Chad Brown Trainees Reported in Good Order

Chad Brown's dominating Saturday at the races wasn't dampened by soggy weather at Saratoga Race Course. Peter Brant's Dunbar Road came out of her win in the Alabama Stakes (G1) in good order Aug. 18.

Brown, whose 25 wins lead all trainers at the Saratoga meet, was pleased with how the Quality Road  filly looked Sunday morning. 

"So far, she looks great. She came out of the race in good order," he said.

"She didn't have the cleanest of trips, but Jose (Ortiz) was able to get her out of some trouble turning for home and clear. She ran super," Brown added. "We were expecting her to run really well at a mile and a quarter. We thought she'd been looking for this distance for a long time."

Just one race after Dunbar Road's victory, Regal Glory shared the winner's circle with the Graham Motion-trained Varenka after the 3-year-old fillies finished in a dead heat in the Lake Placid Stakes (G2T).

Paul Pompa Jr.'s Regal Glory, a chestnut daughter of Animal Kingdom , won her third consecutive stakes in the Lake Placid.

Brown said he was impressed with her ability to find the wire.

"The pace was slow, but she was able to close into it and ran really well," Brown said. "She's come out of the race in good order."

As the sun set at Saratoga Saturday, across the country at Del Mar, Brown had another winner with Cambier Parc when the daughter of Medaglia d'Oro  out of Canada's 2007 Horse of the Year Sealy Hill rallied to an impressive 1 1/4-length score in the Del Mar Oaks (G1T) to bookend the day for the conditioner.

Brown said Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez engineered a perfect trip for Cambier Parc, owned by Larry Best's OXO Equine.

"She ran super. She's a filly that really appreciates firm ground, and she got it yesterday," Brown said. "She got a great ride from John Velazquez. She had been training really well of late. We'd always liked her, but I think, in particular, her last two workouts have been the best I've seen."

Brown said the third leg of the Turf Tiara—the Sept. 7 Jockey Club Oaks at Belmont Park—is not likely for the improving Cambier Parc.

"I'll talk to Larry Best about that, but it's not in my plans for her," Brown said. "I think the sky is the limit for her. I think she'll continue to develop and get better. I'm really pleased with her development throughout the year."

Varenka was also in good order Sunday morning, according to Motion. The conditioner said the Ghostzapper  filly could make her next start in the Oct. 12 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Presented by Lane's End (G1T) at Keeneland.

"I thought she looked good (Sunday) morning. She was a little tired, as most horses are after they run up here," Motion said. "I thought Javier (Castellano) gave a great ride and was patient with her. I was surprised he was able to close into those kind of fractions. Credit to Javier, credit to the filly. She was very, very game."