WinStar Farm homebred American Patriot (War Front), winner of the GI Maker's 46 Mile at Keeneland on Apr. 14, will travel to Royal Ascot for his next start in the June 20 G1 Queen Anne S. The 4-year-old, who will travel to England on June 13, worked a bullet five furlongs in 1:00 2/5 at Belmont Park in New York on Saturday and will be ridden by Frankie Dettori at Ascot.
“American Patriot breezed exceptionally well on Saturday, and came out of the work good,” said trainer Todd Pletcher. “He's doing really well, so it's all systems go. It's an honor to have a horse good enough to compete in one of the biggest races in the world like the Queen Anne, and on a stage like Royal Ascot. We are very much looking forward to it.”
While American Patriot will be making his first trip outside the U.S., he comes from a family well accustomed to international success, his dam, Life Well Lived (Tiznow), being a full-sister to WinStar's 2009 G1 Dubai World Cup winner Well Armed.
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