Bob Baffert is hopeful quality American Pharoah (USA) mare As Time Goes By will remain in training next year as a five year-old as he believes she can win a Group I after racking up another Graded victory on Sunday.
The running of the $1million ATC Golden Gift last weekend and the announcement of an increase in prizemoney for the Group I ATC Golden Slipper to $5million in 2022 got us thinking about two year-old racing and how small a percentage of the horse population is actually capable of contesting these races.
