Faustin at OBS last April | Sandra Madison
Things don’t look so good for Michael Lund Petersen lovers FAUSTIN (c, 2, make for curly–Hard not to like, because Spin hard) to 90 cents per dollar for the first juvenile test of the new encounter at Santa Anita, but the gray pony tried his best to break through the long queue to graduate and become a become a new person ‘TDN’s Rising Star.’ The March pony didn’t have the most alert start and was no better in midfield and under the very busy management of Ramon Vazquez when the half went on with odds: 21.67. Still tricked in the first leg, but able to make some progress, Faustin moved up to fourth behind a wall of three as they hit the top of lane. Widely connected, with stable friend Sonoran (Ride On make for curly) to catch up to the extended final, he ran a bluish run while rallying the man and striding home to score by three wide. Leading with an unsold price of $285,000 during last September’s Keeneland sale, Faustin crossed an eighth of a mile in :10 flat and was delivered to Petersen’s agent Donato Lanni for $800,000 at OBS this past April. Three-time First Place winner Hard Not to Like was sold to DATTT Farms for $2.2 million in Keeneland in November 2015. Faustin was the 23rd. ‘Rising Star’ Because make for curly. Sales history: $285,000 RNA Ylg ’21; $800,000 2 years ’22 OBSMAR. O-Michael Lund Petersen; B-DATTT Farm (KỲ); T-Bob Baffert.
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