Seven Share Fastest Furlong in Timonium

TIMONIUM, MD – Seven juveniles shared the fastest furlong time of :10 flat and four tied for the fastest quarter-mile time of :21 2/5 when action resumed for the second session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training under-tack preview in Timonium Wednesday. The session began with temperatures in the mid-60s, but escalated quickly and topped out around 90 degrees as the fifth and final set took to the track shortly after noon. All 10 of the bullet workers were on the track with the first or second set.

A colt by Mineshaft (hip 255) was the first horse to work Wednesday and got the preview off to a quick start when working in :10 flat for Kings Equine. Out of Aurora Prospect (Arch), the dark bay RNA'd for $190,000 at OBS March after working in furlong in

:9 4/5. He was purchased by Robert Meier for $55,000 at last year's Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

The second set also started with a bullet as hip 264, a filly from the first crop of multiple Grade I winner Flat Out sailed through a furlong in :10 flat. The dark bay, who was purchased for $60,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton October Yearling Sale, is consigned by Paul Sharp on behalf of a pinhooking partnership led by Sharp and bloodstock agent Liz Crow.

“She had the right shape and the right shoulder and hip,” Crow said of the filly's appeal as a yearling. “Everything was there, but she hadn't filled out. And she's really filled out now. She's a strong filly and almost looks like a colt–she looks a lot like her sire.”

Crow and Sharp's pinhooking venture, in its first year, enjoyed a banner success at last month's OBS April Sale when selling a Union Rags colt for $1 million. The juvenile was acquired by the 11-partner group for $60,000 as a Keeneland September yearling.

Crow was quick to give Sharp credit for picking out the speedy Flat Out filly.

“Paul really liked her,” Crow said. “This was one of his favorite horses in the sale and she was one he was not going to go home without.”

The juvenile is out of multiple stakes winner Beau Watch (Beau Genius).

Crupi's New Castle Farm sent out a pair of furlong bullet workers in hip 199, a son of Paynter (:10 flat), and hip 373, a colt from the first crop of 2013 GI Kentucky Derby winner Orb (:10 flat).

Ciaran Dunne's Wavertree Stables, which had one of two furlong bullet workers during Tuesday's first session of the preview, sent out three of the fastest workers Wednesday. Hip 236, a colt by Quality Road, was second on the day to hit the

:10 flat mark. He was followed by stablemates hip 198, a colt by Majestic Warrior (:10 flat) and hip 349, a colt from the first crop of GI Haskell Invitational winner Paynter who went a quarter in :21 2/5 during the day's second set.

Also working a furlong in :10 flat Wednesday was hip 317, a filly by Forefathers. Consigned by SBM Training and Sales LLC, agent, the juvenile RNA'd for $27,000 after working a furlong in :10 3/5 at the OBS March sale. She is out of Cofresi Tesoro (Successful Appeal) and from the family of Valid Expectations and Jersey Girl.

Kip Elser's Kirkwood Stables sent out hip 220, a filly by GI Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver to earn the co-bullet quarter-mile time of :21 2/5. The bay, a $90,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearling purchase by Walnut Green, is out of multiple stakes winner Wish It Were (Is It True) and is a half-sister to stakes winner Ancient Rome (Roman Ruler) and stakes placed Little Hitman (Wildcat Heir).

“I knew she would be right up with the fastest horses today,” Elser said of the filly. “She's always been a very nice filly. She's not a really tall filly, but she's beautifully balanced and just a very efficient mover.”

Elser admitted he's a big fan of the Timonium track.

“These guys do a great job with the track,” he said. “No matter the weather, this is always a safe surface to work on.”

A filly by Gio Ponti (hip 241) shared the quarter-mile bullet when covering the distance in :21 2/5 for Eisaman Equine, which purchased her for $50,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale. She is out of stakes winner America's Friend (Unusual Heat), a full-sister to Grade I placed Bel Air Sizzle. She RNA'd for $70,000 after working a furlong in :10 2/5 at OBS March.

Hip 227 was the final horse on the day to reach the bullet quarter-mile time of :21 2/5. By Pioneerof the Nile, the dark bay filly is consigned by Old South Farm. She is out of Yong Musician (Yonaguska), a half to Canadian champion Kimchi (Langfuhr), and she is a half-sister to graded stakes placed Co Cola (Candy Ride {Arg}) and to Peruvian Group 1 placed Kingdom Road (Bellamy Road). Bred by Machmer Hall, the filly RNA'd for $105,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale.

The under-tack show's final session begins Thursday at 8 a.m. The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale will be held next Monday and Tuesday beginning daily at 11 a.m.