Brant ‘s professionalism within the Sept. 7 Del Mar Futurity (G1) made the bounce from a maiden race to a grade 1 look a lot simpler than it’s. However then Bob Baffert is aware of the right way to put together a horse for this race. In any case, the coach has now gained it 19 occasions.
That checklist contains Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Yr American Pharoah  and champions Silver Allure , Lookin At Fortunate , Sport Winner  , and Midshipman  . So it is exhausting to know simply the place Brant will rank in that 19. Given how properly he has answered any query put to him, something is feasible.Brant, gr/ro, 2/c
Gun Runner — Tynan, by Liam’s Map
Proprietor: Zedan Racing Stables, Inc.
Breeder: PTK, LLC (KY)
Coach: Bob Baffert
Jockey: Flavien Prat
Info supplied by Equibase at time of entry.
Pedigree Notes
Gun Runner stands at Three Chimneys Farm for $250,000 (2025).
Sale Historical past
OBSMAR2025 • $3,000,000 • Consignor: Eddie Woods • Purchaser: Donato Lanni, agent for Zedan Racing.
KEESEP2024 • $200,000 • Consignor: Taylor Made Gross sales Company • Purchaser: St. Clair Stables.
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Hey Nay Nay (IRE), dk b/br, 2/c
No Nay By no means — Journey, by Avenue Cry (IRE)
Proprietor: Hronis Racing LLC or Iapetus Racing LLC
Breeder: Lynch Bages, Camas Park & Summerhill B/S (IRE)
Coach: John W. Sadler
Jockey: Hector Isaac Berrios
Info supplied by Equibase at time of entry.
Pedigree Notes
No Nay By no means stands at Coolmore Stud for 150,000 Euros (2024).
Sale Historical past
KEESEP2024 • $300,000 • Consignor: Eaton Gross sales • Purchaser: Martin Anthony.
Even with the extra seasoned Desert Gate , winner of the Finest Pal Stakes (G3), within the six-horse discipline, bettors hammered Brant all the way down to 1-10 favoritism within the seven-furlong Futurity. They weren’t improper.
When the gate opened, Brant broke inward from publish #2, bumping with Brigante barely. It by no means threw him off stride. Jockey Flavien Prat was capable of straighten Brant out instantly, and the colt willingly shot to the lead.Â
In his solely different outing, Brant had laid third early earlier than scoring by 5 1/4 lengths. Jimmy Barnes, Baffert’s assistant, attributed the change in techniques to publish place.Join BloodHorse Every day
“I believe with being pushed down towards the within of the rail, he was going to be positioned forwardly,” Barnes stated.
Everybody knew Brant had pace—in spite of everything, he had breezed a furlong in :9 3/5 on the Ocala Breeders’ Gross sales Firm March 2-year-old sale, the quickest time of any within the catalog. And his pace appears easy, as his Futurity fractions demonstrated. He zipped the primary quarter-mile in :21.88, 1 1/2 lengths forward of second-place Balboa .
“I let him get snug on the lead,” Prat stated. “I used to be touring very properly, and I by no means felt like I used to be doing an excessive amount of for him. He took a pleasant breather across the flip, sufficient to re-engage when that horse got here outdoors of him.”
“That horse” was Desert Gate, one other of the 4 Baffert entries. Desert Gate was two-for-two, his complete profitable margins 11 lengths, and he had Del Mar main rider Juan Hernandez aboard.Â
Desert Gate put in a valiant effort in an try to catch Brant. He closed to a size, however may get no nearer to Brant, who swept below the wire in 1:21.92. Civil Liberty completed third, 3 1/4 lengths behind Desert Gate.
The Futurity is a part of the Breeders’ Cup Filth Dozen, which gives a sliding scale of credit towards entry charges for the Breeders’ Cup for the primary, second, and third finishers. In contrast to the Win and You are In races, Brant would not obtain a assured entry into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), however after that efficiency, he definitely will not want one. Plus, with Brant and the likes of New York rising stars Ted Noffey and It is Our Time , an oversubscribed Juvenile discipline could not happen.
Zedan Racing Stables owns Brant, shopping for him at this 12 months’s Ocala Breeders’ Gross sales Firm’s March Sale of 2-Yr-Olds in Coaching for the highest worth of $3 million from Eddie Woods’ consignment. The colt beforehand went via the 2024 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, consigned by Taylor Made Gross sales Company and promoting to St. Clair Stables for $200,000.
PTK LLC bred Brant in Kentucky from the Liam’s Map  mare Tynan . PTK had bought Tynan for $225,000 on the 2018 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Tynan gained two of 13 races earlier than being retired. Brant is the primary foal for Tynan, who’s a half sister to stakes winners Pappacap  and Boppy O . Brant is bred alongside the strains of Pappacap: Each are by Gun Runner  .
Brant, Sierra Leone , Locked , Vahva , Operating Away , Mercante , and Pink Route One are 2025 graded stakes winners sired by champion and Corridor of Famer Gun Runner. An earner of almost $16 million on the monitor, Gun Runner stood for a 2025 stud charge of $250,000 at Three Chimneys Farm close to Halfway, Ky.
Video: Del Mar Futurity (G1)
Hey Nay Nay Stays Undefeated
Favored Hey Nay Nay fended off challenges early and late en path to enhancing his document to 3-for-3 when taking the Del Mar Juvenile Turf Dash (G3T).
Now coach John Sadler has his eyes set on the Breeders’ Cup.
“The thought was to get a race over right here to get him prepared for the Breeders’ Cup,” stated Sadler.Â
Hey Nay Nay went straight to the entrance, however Soiled Wealthy shortly snatched away the lead. Settling in simply off the lead, the colt and jockey Hector Berrios bided their time. Coming across the far flip within the two-path, Hey Nay Nay pulled even after which to the entrance on the high of the stretch.
Pulling away from the sphere, it was solely a late-charging Plutarch who left the end result in query. However the son of No Nay By no means padded his lead within the ultimate strides to cease the clock in 1:35.57, 1 1/2 lengths in entrance.Â
Plutarch, Proletariat , and Caro Bueno spherical out the highest 4.  Hey Nay Nay paid $4 for the win.
Video: Del Mar Juvenile Turf S. (G3T)
