Pink Oak Secure’s 2-year-old Make It Big overcame a slow start and traffic to capture $60,000 Ocala Stud Juvenile Sprint Stakes at Gulfstream Park Oct. 30, capping a four-win day there for each coach Saffie Joseph Jr. and jockey Edgard Zayas.
Make it Massive additionally supplied his sire, Neolithic , with his first black-type stakes winner. Neolithic stands at Pleasant Acres Stallions in Florida and was advertised for a $5,000 fee in 2021.
Make It Massive ($3.60), coming off an 8 1/2-length front-running debut victory at Gulfstream three weeks in the past, rated in third earlier than out ending Lightening Larry , who had surged from fourth to take command in midstretch. The winner drew clear late by 2 1/4 lengths to complete seven furlongs on a fast track in 1:25.
“Last time he broke on the lead, and I didn’t expect him to be on the lead. Today was much different,” Joseph said. “He broke; he was behind; he had a tough trip; and he was able to overcome it. I think he’s a horse that’s going to progress. As the distances get longer, I think he’s going to get better.”
An 8-year-old son of Harlan’s Holiday , Neolithic earned over $2.2 million in winning three of 12 starts, his earnings buoyed by third-place finishes in the Dubai World Cup Sponsored By Emirates Airline (G1) and Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) in 2017. His first crop of runners are 2-year-olds this year and includes the stakes-placed Cattin , third in the FTBOA Florida Sire In Reality Stakes.
Video: Ocala Stud Juvenile Dash S. (BT)
