Will Uncle Mo Make An Incredible Comeback Now After His Saratoga Sweep?

By Author: Lee Lane-Edgar
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Uncle Mo was probably one of the top favourites for the Kentucky Derby as the season started and had he given it his obvious best shot, he would go on to take away the Triple Crown, but then that is if he had.

Uncle Mo got scraped off the season just as the countdown began for the most spectacular display of horse racing, the Kentucky Derby. Owing a gastrointestinal infection, Uncle Mo had to be shelved for recovery before he came back to the race tracks. Once on the Winstar Farm where he was supposed to stay put till he completely recovered, he was diagnosed with a rare liver disease. Now that was costing him time but owner Mike Repole and trainer Todd Pletcher had to wait for Uncle Mo to completely get back on his foot before any further runs.

Fortunately recuperating in time, Uncle Mo seems to be making express improvements in his health as well as racing performance. Having made his comeback on the race tracks long after his 2 year old championship, Uncle Mo made a ‘breezy’ half mile run in ‘good energy’. Looks like the star is back.

As a two year old, Uncle Mo made quite a remarkable ...
... debut with his Grade 1 Champagne Stakes which he led and won in an incredible time of 1:34 2/5 creating a record of second fastest after Secretariat did late back in 1972. His next race was the Breeder’s Cup Juvenile which he won by 4 lengths keeping the difference comfortably consistent with the then undefeated Boys at Toscanova. This incredible performance won him the Eclipse Award for American Champion Two Year Old Colt.

Uncle Mo’s racing season this year started with the 1 mile Timely Writer at GulfStream Park where he stormed to success pushing him instantly toward an early favourite for the approaching Triple Crown races. However Wood Memorial Stakes witnessed the same star now decelerating and closing a third having been tamed down by Toby’s Corner upsetting his 1-10 odds for the Derby.

After a considerably substantial layoff, the young colt is all set to set the racetracks on fire with his comeback in the Travers Stakes on August 27th. While he may just be the showstopper for the event, trainer Todd Pletcher has expressed hopes about his contention for King’s Bishop on August 27th.

Uncle Mo is an incredible horse, with his own conscience that pushes his limits to win. If only he got back in his previous form, nothing could even remotely come in his way to go on and win the Breeder’s. And if you take a look at the overmatched field he could possibly have to contend, he still has that one winning ingredient that no one else has irrespective of their pedigree.

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