4th-KEE, $48,920, Msw, 4-27, 2yo, 4 1/2f, :51.70, ft.
+CAPT. GRIDER (c, 2, Astrology–Majestic Dy {MSW & GSP, $285,731}, by Dynaformer) posted three consecutive works over the local strip earlier this month and sharpened up for this career debut with a bullet three-furlong drill in :34.40 last Friday. Sent postward at odds of 5-2, the bay was away without incident as heavy favorite Price too High (Scat Daddy) lunged at the start one stall to his inside. Capt. Grider was out-footed in the early stages as Jersey Street (Maimonides) zipped through a quarter-mile in :22.51 and began to make mild headway on the far turn. Just when it appeared that the pacesetter was home free in midstretch, Capt. Grider kicked it in to high gear and got up to score by a head. Price to High could do no better than fourth. Capt. Grider, the first domestic winner for his freshman sire (by A.P. Indy), is a half to Al Qasr (Aptitude), Ch. Horse of the Year, Older Horse & Imported Stayer & G1SW-Per., $190,118; and Delicate Dynamite (Old Trieste), MSW & GSP, $368,404. Capt. Grider's dam is a half-sister to GSW Boston Bull (Boston Harbor) and MSW Forest Park (Forest Wildcat). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $30,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Horse International; B-Kings & Queens Farm (KY); T-Dante Zanelli, Jr.
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