Animal Kingdom Comes From Behind To Win Again! [Video]

In his first start since being injured in the Belmont Stakes last June, Animal Kingdom won by an impressive two lengths, the New York Daily News reports.

Animal Kingdom, owned in part by Madison's Tom and Julie Furey, is set to run in the world's richest horse race, The Dubai World Cup, on March 31st.

"Racing with protective front bandages over the turf course labeled firm, Animal Kingdom trailed the field early on in the six-horse field before making a four-wide move under jockey John Velazquez to move into third along the backstretch. The chestnut colt kept gaining on the leaders while racing three-wide on the turn for home before grabbing the lead at the top of the stretch," the New York Daily news story says. "From there his stride kept lengthening like it did last year in the stretch of the Derby, and Animal Kingdom easily drew off to score by two lengths, running the mile-and-a-sixteenth in 1:41.72."

"This horse has come a long way since October," his trainer Graham Motion told the Daily News. "Nothing was more heartbreaking than to see this horse stuck in a stall a week after the Belmont. He went from being the fittest horse in the country to not being able to get out of his stall. That was tough. To see him today, back to himself, obviously I'm elated."

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