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As he watched the Jerome unfold on television from his home in south Florida and saw Justin Phillip range outside of his 3-year-old Adios Charlie, trainer and part-owner Stanley Hough was going to be happy if his horse could hang on for second.
On this day, in the sloppy stretch of Aqueduct's main track, Adios Charlie would have none of that. Re-breaking under Rajiv Maragh after surrendering the lead to Justin Phillip, Adios Charlie powered past Justin Phillip at the sixteenth pole and drew clear to a 2 1/2-length victory in the Grade 2, $150,000 Jerome. Astrology rallied to nip Justin Phillip for second by a neck.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown2011/news/story?id=6416555
On this day, in the sloppy stretch of Aqueduct's main track, Adios Charlie would have none of that. Re-breaking under Rajiv Maragh after surrendering the lead to Justin Phillip, Adios Charlie powered past Justin Phillip at the sixteenth pole and drew clear to a 2 1/2-length victory in the Grade 2, $150,000 Jerome. Astrology rallied to nip Justin Phillip for second by a neck.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown2011/news/story?id=6416555
