Reeves Thoroughbred Racing’s Gold Dakota top 10 in the $150,000 Cab Calloway competition August 17, a division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series, a one-mile inner-field test available to qualified sophomores state conditions, at Racecourse Saratoga.
Coached by Danny Gargan, Dakota Gold will make her fourth career trip to the winners’ circle and her second in Saratoga.
The son of Freud started his first with a win last summer at Spa and was followed by a win in Nownownow Stakes in September at Monmouth Park. He ended his junior season with a close fifth as the most popular player at the 2021 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) at Del Mar November 5th.
Most recently, Dakota Gold was seen finishing second, with one shot, in the Rick Violette Stakes match in Saratoga on July 21, a performance that made his nurse proud of the progress he made. his pony achieved while also acknowledging the wide ride his foal had endured during the race. .
“We are really pleased with him,” said Gargan. “Unfortunately, the other day he didn’t get the best rides.”
After welcoming winter and nearly all of spring, Dakota Gold is back fresh and wins a spectacular $150,000 NYSSS Bid Amount at Belmont Park June 19 before his last attempt.
“This year he is bigger and stronger than last year,” said Gargan. “You can’t really fault the season he’s had this year. He won and was beaten the day before.”
The foal made $492,500 on his connections and was 3-1-0 in 5 starts. Bred in New York by Sequel Thoroughbreds and Ron Bowden, the Dakota Gold was purchased for $83,000 at weaning from the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Mixed Sale of 2019.
Set to a high of 124 pounds, six pounds more than each of his nine rivals, Dakota will once again have the service of top Saratoga racer Irad Ortiz, Jr. from lesson 8.
Also entered as Marinara Saised who will be looking to get back on his winning path after finishing fifth in the state-developed pension company on July 16 at Spa, Tetragrammaton who would instantly rise to a joint stock company through a winning effort by walking a mile on the lawn in a gate-to-wire style, and Stop the difference The most experienced horse in the field with nine starts.
Rounding this field is Cagney , Shinsun , Born Dancer , Go light , He understood and Quest Box .
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