Caspar Netscher on top in Nearctic

Caspar Netscher was looking for his first victory since returning to the racetrack after proving subfertile at stud in 2013. The bay won the 2012 G2 Mehl-Mulhens-Rennen and G3 Greenham S. and was retired to Morristown Lattin Stud in Kildare off a fourth-place effort in that year’s G1 Prix du Moulin. After failing at stud, he was bought back by owner Charles Wentworth and he returned to the track to be a narrowly beaten runner-up in the G2 Lennox S. in July of 2013. Caspar Netscher had made four previous starts this term, with his best finish a fifth in the G3 John Guest Bengough S. last time out. Caspar Netscher settled into midpack as Black Hornet was loose on the lead. The pacesetter was still in front by open lengths in upper stretch and Caspar Netscher had plenty to do while back in sixth, but the pacesetter began to tire with three-sixteenths left to run and Caspar Netscher, who was angled to the inside for running room, found a seam between foes and surged to the lead in the shadow of the wire. “My hands were absolutely dripping sweat and I actually felt physically sick before the race I was so nervous,” Wentworth admitted. “It was a long way to come and it’s a relief to have him back. I sold him to stud at the end of his 3-year-old season and he covered 54 mares and only got three in foal. So the insurers paid out the infertility insurance and I bought him back in a sale bid, which was a gamble but it’s paid off.” Of his runner’s first win in more than two years, Wentworth said. “That was amazing. That was reminiscent of how he was at his best as a 2-year-old. It’s great to have him back. It really is.” The winner will be represented by two foals at the upcoming Goffs November sale. His dam Bella Cantata, also bred by Meon Valley Stud, sold for 22,000gns at the 2010 Tattersalls July sale while in foal to Manduro (Ger). 

Sunday, Woodbine 
NEARCTIC S.-GII, $279,428, WOX, 10-19, 3yo/up, 6fT, 1:08 4/5, gd. 
1–CASPAR NETSCHER (GB), 117, h, 5, by Dutch Art (GB) 
     1st Dam: Bella Cantata (GB), by Singspiel (Ire) 
     2nd Dam: Bella Colora (GB), by Bellypha (Ire) 
     3rd Dam: Reprocolor (GB), by Jimmy Reppin (GB) 
(25,000gns yrl ’10 TATOCT; 65,000gns 2yo ‘11 
TATAPR). O-Charles Wentworth; B-Meon Valley Stud 
(GB); T-David Simcock; J-Andrew Mullen. $159,570. 
Lifetime Record: MGSW-Eng, GSW-Ger, 26-6-4-2, 
$706,762. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*. 
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 
2–Black Hornet, 117, g, 4, Pioneering–Start Stinging, 
by Siphon (Brz). ($4,500 yrl ’11 ONTSEP). 
O-Winview Racing Stable; B-Jus Luk Stables (ON); 
T-Pat Parente. $63,828. 
3–Calgary Cat, 119, g, 4, Cowtown Cat–Big Sink Star, 
by A.P. Indy. ($40,000 yrl ’11 FTKOCT). O-Stephen 
Chesney & Cory S Hoffman; B-WinStar Farm LLC 
(ON); T-Kevin Attard. $26,595. 
Margins: 3/4, NK, 1. Odds: 4.80, 9.00, 3.15. 
Also Ran: Excaper, Paso Doble, Lockout, Big Blue Spirit (GB), Dreamsgonewild, Langstaff, Upgrade. Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO.