During due | Lauren King
9-Gulfstream, $54,000, Alw (NW1 $X) / Select. Clm ($75,000), length 2-4, 3yo, 1m, 1:35.97, ft, 5 3/4.
IN THE RIGHT TIME (c, 3, Not this time–Sweet Sweet Annie, by Curlin)winner of his Monmouth mud debut on July 18, coming back from the bench to finish third, passing 4 and a half in length, following Dean’s two-two (Sightstown) fired six rounds at Gulfstream on January 8th. In due time fired a five-round bullet at 1:00/1/19 (January 19) at Palm Meadows on January 28th and mean is business at 10-1 is ignored here.
Drawn on the rails, he travels nicely inside in third place below Paco Lopez as the much-popular American Icon ‘TDN Rising Star’ (Gunman) are listed through the opening fractions: 23.27 and: 45.78. In due time curl the four widths to nearly the 1/4 pole when the American Icon was in all. Chestnuts took off with authority as they straightened and won by a stunning 5 3/4 length. The Todd Pletcher-trained American icon took second place at 4-5 x 1 1/2 against his stablemate and his impressive debut winner Iron Works (Funny Distortion). ).
“We couldn’t ask for a better setup, Paco [Lopez] Riding a good race and we have a nice horse,” said trainer Kelly Breen. “I don’t know if he is the Fountain of Youth, Florida Derby [horse] or what we will do with him. All options are open”.
Breen continued, “Our game plan after Monmouth Park was to give him some time. He had a very difficult race in his first race. And with time, if he was as good as this, we would have talked about going on the Derby track. But in the first race back, he didn’t win, but he needed the race. We’ll see how he comes out of this race, but it’s very professional. He did everything right.”
Winner’s dam creates a pony of West Bank in 2020 and a pony of American Freedom in 2021. She was bred as West Bank for 2022. Sales history: $9,500 Wlg ’19 KEENOV; $35,000 Ylg ’20 HOLD; 95,000 USD 2 years 21 OBSAPR. Lifetime record: 3-2-0-1, $73,380. Click to view Equibase.com chart or VIDEO sponsored by TVG.
Racing O-Edge; B-Gary & Mary West Stables Inc. (KY); T-Kelly J. Breen.
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