The person is aptly named Scaling up scorched his opponent on April 23 with $299,375 Ben Ali Stakes (G3) at Keenelandmaintained a four-match winning streak and confirmed the real confidence he has felt since the beginning of his career.
Continued steady promotion with March 12 score in Michelob Ultra Challenger Staking (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs‘s 4-year-old son Nyquist pass a jump at the start and take command in the ramp, then overcome the challenge of Move one equal to 1 1/4 of the length.
Scalding, coached by Claude McGaughey and owned by Grandview Equine, Cheyenne Stable, and LNJ Foxwoods, kept his undefeated 2022 season intact and opened a big year.
Grandview co-owner Robert Clay noted, “It’s always a big day to win at Keeneland,” and said he was pleased with the foal’s performance.
“He showed us today that he has a lot of class and that he is capable of running with a group of salty horses,” Clay said. “We thought we’d come try this one to test him and see how good he is, so we’ll probably raise him now. It’s a good progression.”
Assistant coach Anthony Hamilton said the foal was always patient and showed it in the race under the leadership of Javier Castellano.
“(At) halftime, I said ‘Oh, that’s not great,’ but after that, I think he tackled it great,” Hamilton said. “He’s always been a horse that Javier can start from. When he wants to, he waits for Javier’s signal all the time, everything he does, which is great, especially walking on the ground. That’s what he did and he finished strong.”
“We had hoped the whole time that he was this kind of horse. He showed us a lot in the morning and he was excellent at everything he did. He took everything. what we threw at him and dealt with it plus so much more. It was nice to see what he did today.”
The foal has four wins and a second win after six starts, with an income of $306,150. He was sent off at 5-1 odds and returned $12.20 with the $2 winning ticket.
Student Todd Pletcher Dynamic One, got off to a slow start and fought to get back on the field. Owned by a partnership of Repole Stable, Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stable, he regrouped the lane and moved quickly, taking the leads to finish as runner-up.
Godolphin’s Authority track the pace early, run fourth in the set and stay in that position until overtaking Warranties finished third for coach Michael Stidham.
Scaling is no longer available Medaglia d’Oro mare Hot Water, with five starting ponies produced four winners. She is also the dam of the winner of the black type Tracker , who won the Frisk Me Now Stakes and runner-up in the Commonwealth Turf Stakes (G3T). The mare has a 2 year old foal Runhappy colt named Runhappy d’Oro and a yearning Omaha . Beach dirty. She was booked to War of Wills for the 2022 season.
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