1st-KEE, $70,000, Msw, 4-15, 3yo, 1 1/8m, 1:51.94, ft.
TAKE YOUR GUNS (c, 3, Blame">Blame–Saratoga Cat, by Sir Cat), backed at even-money off a distant third-place finish as the 2-1 favorite to 'TDN Rising Star' and subsequent GII Louisiana Derby runner-up Patch (Union Rags) going a one-turn mile at Gulfstream Feb. 18, got the job done here over an additional furlong and stamped himself as one to keep an eye on over longer distances going forward. Sitting midpack along the rail behind opening splits of :23.95 and :48.95, the sleek Gunther homebred appeared to be idling a bit as they rounded the far turn. He found another gear when tipped out into the clear hitting the quarter pole, however, and catapulted past longshot Leading Cause (Creative Cause) to don cap and gown by 2 1/2 lengths. Take Your Guns–a half-brother to Last Gunfighter (First Samurai), MGSW, $1,219,205; and Tiger Moth (Street Sense), GSP, $224,907–was highlighted in TDN's 'Second Chances' feature in February along with GI Santa Anita Oaks romper and 'TDN Rising Star' Paradise Woods (Union Rags). Take Your Guns is the final foal from the late Saratoga Cat, a $50,000 KEENOV weanling purchase by Gunther in 1999 and a five-time winner of $186,153. Sales history: $220,000 RNA Ylg '15 KEESEP. LifetimeRecord: 2-1-0-1, $45,040. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-John D. Gunther (KY); T-Chad C. Brown.[bullet ad=”glennwood-bredraisedconsigned”][bullet ad=”hidden-brook-south-grad”]
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