Promising 2-year-old Red Oak Stable Forbidden Secrets raised his potential when he won an optional 1 1/16 mile stipend of $109,550 for claimants. October 12 at Keeneland seven lengths.
The son of Machining According to coach Todd Pletcher, After Market’s daughter Market Buzz won the race for the second consecutive time by opening length and stamping her ticket to the stake race in the next start.
“Today’s performance definitely puts him in a position to come back,” Pletcher said. “I’ll talk to Rick Sacco (Red Oak track manager) and we’ll come up with a plan.” “In the meantime, the foal will stay in Kentucky until we execute that plan together.”
Bred in Kentucky by Dr. Sherry Lee Talowsky, Red Oak acquired the foal for $47,000 from Mulholland Springs consignment at the Keeneland All Ages Sale in January 2021. Forbidden Secret launches the race. race on July 21 at Racecourse Saratoga where he finished fifth on the muddy track. He hit the mark in his second start on August 18 in Saratoga when he finished second half length.
In a special weight of seven-feathered maiden in Aqueduct race track September 18, Forbidden Secret put it all together and won from gate to wire with 9 3/4 length.
At Keeneland, Forbidden Secret and cyclist Irad Ortiz Jr are right back to the book of girlhood triumphs. They took the lead for a few strides and then stayed there through opening fractions of: 23.54, :47.74 and 1:12.59. When they rounded the second round into the tension, he was 7 1/2 ahead of his nine opponents. Ortiz goes down the ramp and stops the timer at 1:45.62. Don’t tell my wife the stable’ Confident Game second, ahead of John Oxley’s Traffic Master .
Forbidden Secret has now won or placed three out of four starts and earned $123,458.
Pletcher said: “He was the pony we always liked. “I was actually even more surprised that it took him until his third start to win.”
Amelia Green, Pletcher’s assistant and gymnast at Keeneland, said Forbidden Secret is such a big pony he always gives the impression he’s going to enjoy two turns.
“In the paddock, he was completely professional,” she said. “As he matures and develops physically, it will be interesting to see what he will do next year.”
Forbidden Secret comes from a family of runners that improve with age. Market Buzz has no 3rd place winner Crafty Oak (Scrutiny Checker) who raced 2 to 5 and won the Sixty Sails (G3) Handicap at 5. Market Buzz is also a half-sister with multiple tier 1 winners. Giant oak tree who earned his 1st score at 4 and 5; Apple Martini , who won bets on 3 and 4; and, Oak Brook who won the bet and is in 3rd grade with a score of 5. All these winners are from Giant’s Causeway.
Market Buzz, who generated four winners from five starters, delivered a pony with Cacaro this year and bred again Beau Liam .
Video: Race No. 7 (AOC) at KEE on 10/12/22
