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Despite the Odds, a $300,000 FTMMAY juvenile purchase, had good bottom to him after training at Fair Hill before posting a local five-furlong gate work in 1:02 1/5 Feb. 24. Breaking alertly, the 3-2 chalk held a narrow advantage after a :22.31 first quarter, but that was as close as they got to him. The...
ZENSATIONAL, c, 3, Unbridled's Song–Joke {MSW, $121,674}, by Phone Trick) was favored at 2-1 in his Aug. 6 Saratoga debut for trainer Bill Mott, but faded to finish a well-beaten fourth after setting quick fractions of :21 4/5 and :45 1/5. Transferred to Bob Baffert and shipped to Southern California, the $700,000 FTFFEB juvenile was...
A strapping grey son of GI Kentucky Oaks heroine Secret Status, Dunkirk entered the ring at the 2007 Keeneland September sale with plenty of fanfare and lived up to advanced billing, sparking a bidding duel between Coolmore representative Demi O'Byrne and Clarence Scharbauer, Jr. O'Byrne won the battle that day on a sale-topping $3.7-million bid,...
Pinckney Hill, a homebred of Will Farish and Martha Gerry's Lazy F Ranch, looks like a horse with a future after this sharp effort. A son of Group 2 winner Jemima (GB) and a brother to dual Listed winner English Colony (GB) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), Pinckney Hill revealed little in his morning works leading...
Checklist, the first foal out of 2004 GII Black-Eyed Susan S. and Delaware Oaks heroine Yearly Report, made a sparkling debut at the races here. In steady training at Palm Meadows since mid-November, the $400,000 KEESEP yearling purchase worked four furlongs from the gate in :48.65 Dec. 28. Let go at 5-1, he vied for...
Seeking the Gold had seven juveniles go through the ring in 2008 and, as a $575,000 FTFFEB purchase, this filly was by far the most expensive of the six that sold. The bay RNA'd as a $340,000 KEENOV weanling and a $140,000 KEESEP yearling, but dashed off a furlong in :10 flat at the Fasig-Tipton...
Point Encounter, a 3/4-brother to 2005 Anoakia S. and Moccasin S. heroine Private World (Thunder Gulch), MSW, $166,058, had two sharp six-furlong drills over this surface and was bet down to 6-5. Breaking alertly from post six with Mike Smith in the irons, the big chestnut held a narrow advantage through splits of :21.80 and...
Well Positioned, a $340,000 ADNMAR juvenile, faded to sixth going a mile at Belmont in his Oct. 19 debut. He was adding blinkers here, but was ignored at the windows at 31-1. Up to challenge for the lead through an opening half in :48.30, the Canadian-bred started to open up on the field as they...
Song of Solomon, a full-sister to Fox Hill Farms's Rockport Harbor, MGSW, $324,800, showed early speed in her six-furlong Delaware debut Nov. 2 before tiring late to finish a close third. Adding Lasix and stretching out to two turns here, the $525,000 KEESEP yearling purchase stalked Chattertown (Speightstown) in second, took over when ready on...
Indygo Mountain was one of two yearlings purchased by Clarence Scharbauer, Jr. at the 2007 Keeneland September Sale. Scharbauer, whose family campaigned Horse of the Year Alysheba, paid $600,000 for the colt, the produce of a stakes-winning half-sister to the good Grade I hero Siphonic (Siphon {Brz}). Indygo Mountain debuted over Keeneland's Polytrack Oct. 15,...
A $200,000 FTKJUL yearling, Rail Trip was no secret in his debut and was sent off the 2-1 chalk. The bay broke sharply and had company as he pulled his way through an opening quarter in :22.34. He opened up under mild urging from jockey Jose Valdivia Jr. through a half in :44.51 and was...
Noble Sound, backed down to 8-5 favoritism with stablemate Noble Lad (Officer), was content to track the early leaders through early splits of :22.34 and :46.10. Ready to launch turning for home, the dark bay proved best late to score by 4 3/4 lengths over Excess Capital (Distorted Humor), while Bet the Limit (Storm Cat-Educated...
