US Triple
Crown hero American Pharoah (USA) has posted his fifth first crop winner in the
US with an impressive turf win at Saratoga for talented filly Sweet Melania.
Placed at her two previous outings, the Todd Pletcher trained filly stalked the
pace and lengthened stride down the running to win the 1 and 1/16thmile contest by a length and a quarter.
A $600,000 Keeneland September purchase raced by Robert and Lawana Low, she is
the second winner from stakes-winner Sweet N Discreet, a sibling to Grade II
winners Travelin Man and Discreet Dancer.
She is the fifth winner (all of them so far on turf) for American Pharoah, who
also sired a new stakes horse on Sunday with the Godolphin owned Saqqara King placed in the Listed
Prix Romand de Chambure at Longchamp in France.
American Pharoah will have yearlings at the Australasian sales in 2020 and
returns to Coolmore Australia this spring at a fee of $66,000.