The once-raced Third Day had to work for it, but managed to remain unbeaten in two career appearances with a hard-fought success in Wednesday's Just One More S. at Gulfstream Park. A good-looking winner of a sloppy Monmouth maiden at first asking on the Haskell Day undercard July 31, the dark bay opened at 3-5 for this first run since, touched 6-5 on the drift, yielding favoritism for a few clicks to Basha, but was ultimately off at even money to 6-5 Basha. Third Day settled in fourth on the inside early on and began to warm up to the task while being asked for run entering the far turn. Still having to be ridden along nearing the stretch, he loomed up three deep under a right-handed stick, joined Barry Karafin Bets inside the final furlong and fought his way to a neck success. A $150,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase, Third Day breezed a quarter-mile in a slick :21 flat and was knocked down to Town and Country and Spendthrift Farm for $575,000 at last year's OBS March sale. Third Day's stakes-winning dam produced an Into Mischief filly in 2016 and has already foaled a filly by Carpe Diem this year. The Just One More did not qualify for black-type for this running. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
JUST ONE MORE S., (NB) $60,000, GP, 2-8, (R), (NW1SL), 3yo, 1m, 1:36.96, ft.
1–THIRD DAY, 118, c, 3, by Bernardini
1st Dam: Onebadkitty (SW, $171,708), by Street Cry (Ire)
2nd Dam: Denali Cat, by Sir Cat
3rd Dam: In Special Form, by Yukon
($150,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP; $575,000 2yo '16 OBSMAR). O-Spendthrift Farm LLC & Town and Country Racing, LLC; B-Janet Lyons & James Atwell (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher; J-John R Velazquez. $37,200. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $62,850.[bullet ad=”nick-de-meric-consigned-by-de-meric-sales”][bullet ad=”de-meric-broke-and-trained-wvalerie”][bullet ad=”equix-optimatch”][bullet ad=”schumer-dam-purchased”][bullet ad=”taylor-made-tm-for-you”]2–Barry Karafin Bets, 118, c, 3, First Defence–Ruby's Big Band, by Bowman's Band. ($27,000 RNA Ylg '15 FTKOCT; $35,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR). O-Steven Dwoskin; B-Terry L Propps & Charles E Smith (TX); T-Steven Dwoskin. $12,000.
3–Basha, 120, c, 3, Uncle Mo–Lemonette, by Lemon Drop Kid. ($49,000 RNA Ylg '15 FTKJUL; $130,000 Ylg '15 FTKOCT; $230,000 2yo '16 OBSMAR). O-Gelfenstein Farm; B-Normandy Farm LLC (KY); T-Gilberto Zerpa. $6,000.
Margins: NK, 3HF, 5. Odds: 1.10, 3.60, 1.30.
Also Ran: Quinientos, Woodrow. Scratched: Wait.
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