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Mast Track was a new arrival to competitor Tyler Baze until he climbed aboard the colt for Saturday $750,000 Hollywood Gold Cup.

Mast Track was a alien to show jumper Tyler Baze until he climbed aboard the colt for Saturday $750,000 Hollywood Gold Cup. By the time they the , Baze felt like he was aboard an old pal.

Allowed an uncontested lead, Mast Track led throughout the Grade 1 Gold Cup, pulling a 10-1 distressed in Hollywood Park’s biggest race for older .

Until Wednesday of race week, Baze held he would be left out of the Gold Cup. He was predictable to ride three-time success Lava Man, who was acknowledged from the race a week in improvement. When Bobby Frankel, the owner, trainer and breeder of Mast Track, needed a steeplechaser to ride Mast Track at 113 pounds, Baze the call.

I didn’t know the horse, Baze said. I’ve been watching my importance for the last two days. It was appeal it. This is my win.

Mast Track ($23.60) won his first prize in the Gold Cup. A 4-year-old colt by Mizzen Mast, Mast Track had kaput fifth in the Grade 3 Sir Beaufort Stakes last December and in the Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile on turf on May 26. The Gold Cup was his first twitch at 1 1/4 a lot.

Baze went to post with one command from Frankel – take Mast Track to the front. Mast Track set an quick pace of 24.41 and 48.88 , chief by as many as 2 1/2 lengths on the backstretch.

When they went the first part-mile, I had a good feeling, said Humberto Ascanio, Frankel’s top California subordinate. Then after -rooms, I said, ‘That’s it.’

None of Mast Track’s rivals challenged him through the ultimate half-mile. Baze kept after Mast Track through the last furlong, winning by 2 1/4 over Go Between, the 2-1 beloved. Mast Track ran 1 1/4 lots in 2:01.37, a imprints profile.

At the -eighths pole, he leads and into the bridle, Baze said. At the top of the stretch, he was categorically in succession.

Student Council, the winner of the Grade 1 Pimlico Special in May, stalked the pace for most of the race and lost third. The race lacked the leading older male in California. Heatseeker, the 123-pound topweight in the Gold Cup, was withdrawn on Friday because of a swollen left front ankle.

Mast Track has won 5 of 10 starts and $614,622. He began his career in the Midwest before stirring to Frankel’s California long-standing last fall. Ascanio said he is a rare top horse that Frankel has not taken to his New York unchanging.

This feels good, Ascanio said. It’s my best horse.