Chance It Looks to Fountain of Youth

When Saffie Joseph Jr. came to America from Barbados, he did so with the dream of running in races like the Kentucky Derby. Just a few short years later, his colt, Chance It, looks to pick up some Derby points in the Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth.

Chance It was a dominant force in state-bred races all last year and capped off the season with a win in the $400,000 FTBOA Florida Sire In Reality S. Joseph knew that the next step had to be a race against open company, a race that would tell him whether or not he had a legitimate contender for the Triple Crown races. Joseph picked the Jan. 4 Mucho Macho Man S. and while Chance It was not dominant, he did show that he's a fighter. He was passed by As Seen On TV (Lookin At Lucky) in the stretch, but battled back to win by a head.

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