No decision yet on Breeders’ next Cup race for Tami Bobo and Lugamo Racing Stable’s Congruent Laurel Futurity’s impressive winner October 1 at Laurel Park.
The contacts are looking at both the $2 million FanDuel Breeders ‘Cup Juvenile (G1) on dirt and the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) on November 4 at Keeneland for Congruent, a teenage son who won the 2003 Laurel Futurity (G3) Prize Tapit out of the mare won the level 2 Part the Seas .
Lugamo Luis Gavignano said on Friday that Congruent is expected to premiere on Saturday at Racing Parxwhere the pony has been since last month and prepares for his final work against Laurel Futurity, and leaves early on Sunday with his stable friend trained by Antonio Sano Simplify on a truck to Keeneland.
Pre-registrations for the Breeders’ Cup close on Monday, October 24 with the final entries closing on Monday, October 31.
“The plan is for him to show off this weekend at Parx, then the horse will be transported to Keeneland and we will try to show him off on the lawn just to make the final decision,” said Gavignano. . “We’re going to import horses first for both races and we’ll make that decision maybe next week.”
Juvenile Lawn competes for 1/16 of a mile on the main track, while Juvenile Lawn goes one mile. Laurel Futurity was originally scheduled to run 1/16 of a mile across the lawn until the remnants of Hurricane Ian caused it to be moved to a sloppy and sealed main track and run at one mile.
“The horse is doing well, very well,” said Sano. “He ran the last race well. He loved the sloppy track.”
Sano purchased Congruent for $350,000 on behalf of Bobo and Gavignano at the OBS 2-Year-In-Training Sale in March after the horse raked in $200,000 as an aspiration in March. 7 years ago. His dam won the 2013 Bessarabian Stakes (G2) on Woodbine’s all-weather surface, while big man Stormy Atlantic’s dam was a two-time winner on land. Tapit is a Level 1 winner and has become one of the most influential males of his generation.
All four of Congruent’s races went awry. He finished fifth in his debut on July 16 before graduating with a special weight seven feathers on August 13, both at Gulfstream Park. He stretched to a mile in the optional claim grant on September 10 at Delaware Parkthird, ahead of Laurel Futurity.
“These 2-year-olds, sometimes they grow almost overnight, so we want to see the breezes through his dirt tomorrow. If the normal wind is like the way he is. He’s been gliding before, we’ll bounce on the pitch and we’ll decide which race,” said Gavignano. “If he’s gliding really well on the ground, then maybe we’ll keep him on the ground for that race. There’s a lot of moving pieces right now.”
Sano, based at Gulfstream Park in South Florida, has attended Breeders ‘Cup with Bon Accord fourth place in the 2013 Juvenile Turf Award, and Gunnevera in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) in 2017 and 2018, placing fifth and second respectively. Bobo and Gavignano have never owned a Breeders’ Cup starter.
“We’re delighted. It’s any owner’s dream, any trainer, any breeder’s dream,” said Gavignano. “It’s a dream, really. Whatever race you’re running is a dream.”
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