Friday, August 31, 2012
Jon Forbes
RACE 7, ALL TWO-YEAR-OLDS, SEVEN FURLONGS, DIRT, 4:07 P.M.
PUGET SOUND (2yo chestnut colt, A.P. Indy—Balletto, by Timber Country) is the third foal and second to race out of his dam, who won the Grade 1 Frizette and was second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies as a 2-year-old and placed in five Grade 1 races as a 4-year-old. Her lone foal to race, Villanesca, was fifth in a maiden special weight at Saratoga on Thursday in her lone start to date.
Owner: Darley Stable
Trainer: Thomas Albertrani
Jockey: Irad Ortiz, Jr.
MICROMANAGE (2yo bay colt, Medaglia d’Oro—Catnip, by Flying Paster) is a half-brother to Indescribable, who won a trio of Grade 3 races on the all-weather, captured a single Grade 3 on turf, and was third in the Grade 1 Go for Wand Handicap on dirt; and Elaflaak, who took a listed stakes in England as a 2-year-old. Another half-sibling, unraced Catchofthecentury, produced Spring Awakening, winner of the listed Moccasin and second in the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante; and minor stakes winner Cat’s Cat. Their dam, Catnip, won a pair of stakes as a 4-year-old and is a half-sister to European Champion Two-Year-Old Colt Hold That Tiger and Belmont Stakes winner Editor’s Note.
Owner: Repole Stable
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
Jockey: Javier Castellano