Via Alan Carasso
The curtain fell on the 40-day Saratoga meeting Monday afternoon with a field of six people set to sign up for GI Hopeful S. And a legal case could be made for all but one of them. the number of juvenile ponies signed.
Half of Hope School has been licensed ‘Rising star TDN’ honor and Gulfport (Uncle Mo) can also be advocated for Steve Asmussen and Heiligbrodts. The $275,000 Fasig-Tipton bought in July couldn’t have looked better on the first two outings of his career – a seven-time debut that went 1-2 at Churchill on the same day. June 10, followed by tour-de-de-force 12 1/4 for 20 cents. dollar at Bashford Manor July 4 Odds to happen again in GII Saratoga Special S. August 13, bay sees enough trouble 2 1/2 stretch out to allow fellow ‘Rising Star’ ‘ Damon’s Mound (Girvin) gets the jump and is forced to settle second.
Mo Strike (Uncle Mo) is not a ‘Rising Star’ but has the distinction of being the only pre-ranked winner in the field, snooping and winning the 3 1/2 length vote count in GIII Sanford S. July 16. Andiamo a Firenze (Sightstown), the third home that day, has since returned to hybrid status in Funny Cide S.
“He is doing very well. He is feeling very well and coming out of Sanford in good shape,” said coach Brad Cox. “He works every seven days.”
A fourth sub in Sanford is Forte (Violence), who went home almost eight hours in his downstairs debut on May 27 to earn money ‘Rising Star’, but had never been in control before, finishing in fourth place. Coach Todd Pletcher is willing to give his curator the benefit of the doubt.
“The song is probably a bit deep for his liking [in the Sanford]. Pletcher said. “I think he should appreciate the added gap.”
Blazing Sevens (Good magic). Bourbon Bash (City of light) is 6 1/4 of the length.
Coach Chad Brown said: “The form looked good in his last race. “He had his last wind [on Sunday] for Hopeful, so we’ll see. “
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