Time will tell, but there may have been a future star or two that didn’t make it to the Future Stars’ Cup Breeders’ Cup race on Friday at the World Championships.
Fourth race on the 10 race card on November 4 at Keeneland is an optional ownership race that allows 2-year-olds and it features an intense battle between the first two winners from the big skins who separate themselves from the rest of the field 10 horses and can appear in the joint stock company before too long.
Giant naughty the son of Into Mischief trained by Brad Cox, dominated by 3/4 length vs favorite 3-5 trained by Bob Baffert, Arabian Lion in a race that saw the top two separate themselves by a Flight route -like 17 1/2 lengths from third-place finisher, Old Alliance .
“I didn’t expect this. The funny thing is that I’m a crazy bettor and I didn’t bet on him,” said Martin S. Schwartz, who says he is one of three main partners along with him. with Spendthrift Farm and Steve Landers. Race in the big ownership group. “It’s been a long time between drinking for me to win a race like this, but Brad is the real deal. He knows his stuff.”
Schwartz may have missed the winning price of $14 but there will be more opportunities in the not too distant future based on how Giant Mischief overcame the Arabian Lions in the final and crossed the finish line in 1:22 ,30 for seven stages. under the equestrian Florent Geroux.
The victory came after the 2-year-old’s 1/2-long win on his September 22 debut at Indianapolis horseshoe.
“We hope he becomes a star in the future,” said Ned Toffey, general manager of Spendthrift Farm. “It took a while for him to show up but he’s gone so fast today. It’s not always the best thing to come early. A 2-year-old starting now can be a big one. good thing coming to age 3 – winter So fingers crossed He’s taken a big step today and he certainly has the pedigree, look and shape of a baby horses can stretch. That will be the next step on the road.”
Toffey said he was directed by Brad Weisbord and Liz Crow of BSW/Crow towards Giant Mischief, who bought his son. Giant oak tree mare Vertical oak for $475,000 of their purchases at Keeneland’s September 2021 Hot Sale.
“That’s where Brad Weisbord and Liz Crow approached us,” Toffey said of buying a stake in the flying pony bred by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings, which retained a portion of him when the group owned 12. child was established. “One of the goals of (Spendthrift owner) Eric Gustavson since he took over at Spendthrift has been to get the stallions at the end of the day. So we tried to disperse and partner with many ponies After all, this is a numbers game. You have to spread it out. If you buy two or three, even if you think they are good ones, you will probably be disappointed. So, this gave us the opportunity to spread things around more and give us a few more bullets. This is a horse we like and Brad and Liz both like.”
Giant Mischief was the first of two ponies from Vertical Oak, a sprinter who won 2nd place. She was also weaned. Curlin dirty.
Zedan Racing Stables’ Arabian Lion, son of Evenly achieved three points in its October 9 debut at Santa Anita . Park. He was purchased for $600,000 from a Hidden Brook shipment at the OBS Spring Training 2-year-old Sales Program.
Video: Race 4 (AOC) at KEE on 11/22
