Flatter Colt Another First-Out Winner for Brown

3rd-SAR, $83,000, Msw, 8-8, 2yo, 6f, 1:11.01, ft.
+ECONOMIC MODEL (c, 2, Flatter–Queen of America, by Quiet American) took play from a 4-1 morning line to be off as the actual 5-2 favorite in Saturday’s third race at the Spa and came with a determined rally to send the chalk players home happy. Despite an immediate female family sharply tilted towards the grass–he is a half-brother to turf MSW & GSP Jimmy Simms (Lost Soldier), $635,616; and GSW & MGISP Well Monied (Maria’s Mon), $393,729–the $150,000 KEESEP purchased trained with promise over the local main track, capping his worktab with a strong five-furlong move from the gate in 1:00 3/5 (2/37) Aug. 1. Outsprinted, but in touch from the opening bell, bay bided his time beneath Irad Ortiz Jr. as fellow 5-2 chance Set the Trappe (Trappe Shot) shaded the rail-drawn Toughest ‘Ombre (Tale of the Cat). Set the Trappe kicked clear in upper stretch and looked like he’d scamper home an easy winner, but Economic Model took aim in the final sixteenth of a mile and worked clear to score by 2 1/4 lengths. Star Hill (Elusive Quality) rallied for third. The winner is bred on the rich A.P. Indy/Quiet American cross responsible for the likes of Bernardini. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $49,800. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Klaravich Stables, Inc. & William H. Lawrence; B-Claiborne Farm (KY); T-Chad C. Brown.