Garamond Gate To Wire At The Big A, Cornucopian Second Best

7th-Aqueduct, $71,340, Alw (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($100,000), 4-27, 3yo, 1m, 1:36.58, ft, 3 1/4 lengths.
GARAMOND (c, 3, Uncle Mo–Blue Watch, by Tapit) broke his maiden by 1 3/4 lengths on debut at Tampa Bay Jan. 25. The colt ran third to Flood Zone (Frosted) in the GIII Gotham Stakes Mar. 1 before going off as the 5-2 second choice here in a field that scratched down from eight to three. The homebred rolled from the word 'go' and gave 'TDN Rising Star' Cornucopian (Into Mischief) a dose of his own medicine. The 3-year-old continued to carve out the fractions up the backstretch and around the far turn. Every time Cornucopian would get close before the quarter pole, Garamond kept finding. Down the lane the bay extended his margin and got his picture taken by 3 1/4 lengths over the favorite. The winner's dam is responsible for 2-year-old filly Padisha (Kitten's Joy), who was sent to Kazakhstan in 2024. Blue Watch was bred back-to-back to Munnings, which so far has yielded a filly in 2024. Garamond's extended female family includes SW Lambeth (Arrogate) and current sire Expert Eye (GB) (Acclimation {GB}). Lifetime Record: GSP, 3-2-0-1, $99,980. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O/B-Juddmonte (KY); T-Chad C. Brown.

#3 GARAMOND ($7.70) defeats Cornucopian in the 7th race at Aqueduct. The three-year-old @JuddmonteFarms homebred colt by Uncle Mo was last seen finishing 3rd in the Gotham Stakes (G3). Flavien Prat was aboard for trainer Chad Brown. pic.twitter.com/1BLhwvlGUw

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