5th-Keeneland, $100,000, Msw, 10-17, 2yo, 7f, 1:28.92, ft, 3 lengths.
UNCLE JIM (c, 2, City of Light–Now Now, by Tiznow), the 6-5 favorite, was unhurried and rated off the pace while racing along the rail through a quarter in :22.46 and a half in :45.71. Behind a wall of horses as the field bunched up nearing the stretch, the dark bay colt found clear sailing along the rail and closed powerfully to win going away by three lengths. Copp (Blame) was second. Uncle Jim, a $240,000 KEESEP yearling, has a weanling half-brother by Mandaloun. Now Now, who sold carrying the Mandaloun colt for $25,000 at the 2023 Keeneland November sale, was bred to Maxfield this year. The mare is a half-sister to multiple graded winner Listen Here (Gulch), as well as to the dam of Grade I winner La Coronel (Colonel John). Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $57,350.
O-Robert LaPenta & Madaket Stables LLC; B-Kim & Rodney Nardelli & William Werner (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.
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