Two-Turn Test for Klimt

California's leading 2-year-old colt Klimt (Quality Road) gets a two-turn test Saturday in Santa Anita's GI FrontRunner S., which holds an automatic berth to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile. The Bob Baffert-trained 'TDN Rising Star' donned cap and gown emphatically sprinting here second out July 10, and validated that performance with a victory in Del Mar's GII Best Pal S. Aug. 13. He was backed at 5-2 in the Sept. 5 GI Del Mar Futurity with fellow 'Rising Star' Straight Fire (Dominus) taking the bulk of support off a 10 1/2-length jaw-dropping second-out success, but wore down that pacesetting foe in midstretch before pulling clear a convincing 4 1/4-length victor. Midnight Pleasure (Midnight Lute) was third. A couple of fresh faces might possess the upside to have a say in the outcome. Spendthrift Farm's $500,000 KEESEP purchase Plum Dandy (Medaglia d'Oro) made little impact sprinting at Del Mar Aug. 6, but looked like a new horse 19 days later, dueling and drawing off at a flat mile. Out of a multiple stakes-winning A.P. Indy mare, Plum Dandy is a half to ill-fated juvenile graded stakes winner Millionreasonswhy (Grand Slam). Gormley (Malibu Moon) was a clear debut winner sprinting at Del Mar Sept. 4 for conditioner John Shirreffs, whose runners rarely fire their best shot right out of the box. The colt's dam was a stakes winner routing on the grass, so more real estate should prove no issue.