CAMDEN, S.C. (AP) — Alajmal surged at the end, pulling away in the final yards to win the Carolina Cup steeplechase Saturday.
The 5-year-old gelding, ridden by Ross Geraghty, won the 2 1/8-mile steeplechase in 4:04.2. Fog Island was 1 12 lengths back in second, while Forgotten Man was an additional 5 3/4-lengths back in third.
After starting mid-pack in the field of seven starters, Geraghty asked Alajmal to go to the front at the 10th of 11 fences as the pair tracked down Fog Island. From there, the gelding kicked on over the final sixteenth of a mile and went on for his first win since carrying the Irish-born Geraghty to a victory in a $30,000 allowance chase at Saratoga last August.
