American Pharoah VS Justify: Daughters of Triple Crown Legends Meet on the Track

For the first time, children of American Pharoah and Justify met on the racetrack. We never got to see the two matchup against themselves, but this will be the first of many times we get to watch their children compete!
June 17, 2022 @ Churchill Downs
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Chapters:
0:00 Just Cindy
1:10 American Apple
1:56 Daughters of the Triple Crown
3:11 Riders Up
4:03 Post Parade
4:54 Stretch
5:33 Just Cindy
5:58 American Apple
6:09 Winners' Circle
7:29 Leaving a Winner
8:11 Thanks for Watching
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[@SHENworks]

I very much enjoy your paddock and post parade videos and appreciate your pedigree and race history labeling. Thank you.

[@abbythecat01]

Thank you so much for filming this. For the past 10 minutes I've been looking for Just Cindy's MSW footage with no luck! Thank you so much- this is exactly what I wanted to see!

[@elizabethferguson7002]

Hi Alan you can go on equibase pull up the horse by name, pay a small fee and under "results" click on the video camera and you can watch nearly any race. You can reference any TB for free but to see the videos of past performances(?) You pay a small fee. Take care Be well

[@leawise7919]

All of my Hunters have been Ex. Race Horse TB,s. They deserve a second chance. Mine were winners in The Hunter Ring and Eq. classes.., I was lucky to had such wonderful horses.... 🐴

[@marlakay]

Love your footage! Thanks for sharing! 😁

[@apharoah12]

Thanks for watching!

[@joannleichliter4308]

The distaff side is actually usually more significant in outcome than the sire. At least that is the result of an extensive Japanese study done a few years ago.

[@KatJ3st]

Excellent camera work and editing

[@abbyarnold4477]

A daughter of a true triple crown horse .

[@abbythecat01]

Both horses are daughters of true triple crown winning sires. Arguably, when it comes down to whether Justify or American Pharoah was the better racehorse, American Pharoah was the better racehorse.

[@erikjohnson9533]

@@abbythecat01 definitely. Proof; 2018 Preakness. Bravazzo had him measured. Mis-timed stretch run. Pharoah won all 3 convincingly.

[@apharoah12]

Pharaoh was by far the better horse, but I do believe Justify will be the better sire.

[@lunaish3254]

​@@erikjohnson9533 I remember that race so well. I thought for sure that other horse had Justify, but he won just by the skin of his teeth. If the race had been any longer, he would have lost it.

[@OfficialMuffiin]

@@apharoah12 Justify definitely has the advantage being by the great Scat Daddy.

[@kwgrid]

Haven't watched the whole thing but American Apple is gorgeous!

[@erynd2524]

I had a sneaking suspicion that Just Cindy was gonna take that race with more where that came from. I saw it in her.

[@loyciecasey5944]

Nothing more beautiful

[@kwgrid]

Wow! Just Cindy ran great! She has a lot more going for her on the dam's side than American Apple. imo

[@rosewetzel8284]

I knew that Triple Crown Winner Justify’s filly’s and colts would beat American Pharaoh's colts and fillies and a future great name for any future Justify colts and fillies is Just Beautiful or Just Gracefull

[@zipchtkdn7804]

Justify's babies are built like brick horse barns.

[@davidray4793]

He is big his arrival at Churchchill Downs before the Kentucky Derby tells you all you need to know his legs especially I didn't pick Justify to win the Kentucky Derby but I wasn't surprised that he did.

[@michaeljohanson9504]

That one filly in the black jeans looked really good!

[@littlesister7021]

American Apple and Just Cindy are both Beautiful! I always root for American Pharaoh's Colts and Fillies. This just wasn't American Apple's race. Still love her.

[@apharoah12]

Apple ran respectable in the BC today!

[@joycee5493]

What are they running over the horses necks as they enter the paddock?

[@MaryBethMcCoy]

I am pretty sure they are scanning the microchip to confirm the identity of each horse.

[@joycee5493]

@@MaryBethMcCoy ..I was wondering if they were chipped. Maybe my OTTB has a chip I don’t even know about. Thanks!

[@apharoah12]

@@joycee5493 The chips are new, started being used for horses born in 2017. Prior, they were tattooed underneath their lip. Depending how old your OTTB is, they probably have the tattoo and not the chip.

[@joycee5493]

@@apharoah12 Thanks so much for the clarification. I didn’t know they weren’t tattooing racehorses anymore. My horse is now 16 and does have a tattoo. I appreciate your response.

[@MaryBethMcCoy]

@@joycee5493 Could be, depending on how long ago your OTTB came off the track.

[@jollyjokerpansy]

Great video but hate them racing such young horses

[@CajunA79]

American Apple has a nice conformation about her. Would make a beautiful English show horse! Fancy looking girl.

[@jameshenderson3989]

Justify are winning at about 50% clip, almost all have hit the board first out

[@lbarbados38]

American Apple has terrible conformation, long body, high in the rear- hopefully she can find another career. Just Cindy, impressive looking filly.

[@jollyjokerpansy]

Look how short her tail is! She’s high ended because she’s still growing ☹️

[@joannleichliter4308]

On the other hand, she is only two, and these problems can correct themselves as the horse grows up.

[@OfficialMuffiin]

Horses grow faster in the hip than in the withers, she's only two she has time to grow into herself. And a long body isn't a bad thing as long as the back isn't too long, and she has a nice short back which is a good thing. Her conformation is good for a growing 2yo, stop nitpicking.

[@sienna5083]

I agree, her conformation concerned me too. It's not the high rear as that is expected from a young horse, but it's her weak back. I see a lot of horses and my family usually got young horses, and some that we knew were conformationally incorrect, but my family would never ever have chosen a horse like American Apple because of what I saw in her back. That is something that can not be fixed, especially since thoroughbreds, even some that are put together well, have back issues. I understand when people say that she is still growing and some things will fix themselves, but her back will not. Now for example, my QH we bought 20 years ago for my 7th bday when he was a year had issues, my mom didn't want to buy him, but I wanted him and he was purposely cheap because of his problems; Front legs turned in 45 degrees, back legs turned out 45 degrees and hocks are not straight (hind legs should form a 90-degree angle with the ground and they don't) with his pasterns nearly touching the ground. my horse was also too big for his legs. As he grew his front legs straightened, and his pasterns got better. So yes, horses can improve to an extent.

[@apharoah12]

American Apple is now a graded stakes winner who just participated in the Breeders’ Cup. I’d say she’s doing okay.

[@dovilemaciulyte1099]

While I absolutely love American pharaoh, I do not think American apple will be a good recehorse. Just comparing her walk to Just cindy, you can see she has a weak build and a bad back. I think she'd be great for a hacking horse or or even a teaser mare, but unfortunately racing is not in her future. Beautiful mare, but this is not her career. I hope American Pharaoh will have his other beautiful progeny race against Justify's babies in the future.

[@montanawarren8462]

I noticed that about her too plus the American Pharoah's seem to be smaller, narrower behind more like Turf horses....

[@apharoah12]

American Apple just ran very respectable in the Breeders’ Cup today!

[@dr3271]

Who's the girl though? ❤😍

[@jameshenderson3989]

why are all these horses bred for 1 1/4 running at 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 furlongs, this is why they dont last as long as they used to

[@OfficialMuffiin]

Because they're only 2 years old. You don't race a 2yo at a mile and 1/4.

[@nightmyst855]

Apple will never make a decent racer. I knew that when I saw that back end on her. She's got an awful back end on her.

[@mimicri326]

Just what I thought! Seems to have a lazy end. Have seen many better out there.

[@nightmyst855]

@@mimicri326 I'd retire, spay and give her to someone that just wants a horse to hack around on. She'll never be a racer. Not with that back end.

[@spirituallifecoachinginsti7207]

GOOD REAL REPORT......SHE IS STILL..... THE CHAMPS DAUGHTER.......OTHER SKILLS MUST BE DISCOVERED.......!!!

[@tatorkator9901]

@@nightmyst855 you don't really spay mares, you end up with more problems than solutions Removing the ovaries can make a mare think she is in heat 24/7. Removing the uterus can cause constant bleeding that may never fully heal. Mares have a lot of large blood vessels going threw thier reproductive tract.

[@theravagedgrapefruit8190]

She has too good of a bloodline just to throw in the pasture. Breed her

[@rezotydnic]

Wish they'd have shown whole race

[@apharoah12]

You wouldn’t have been able to see anything on the backside from where I was on the track, which is why I don’t film those parts

[@rezotydnic]

@@apharoah12 thank you for explaining. I do enjoy watching the videos.