Keep in mind Mamba powered dwelling within the stretch of the $589,500 Transylvania Stakes (G3T) at Keeneland to maintain his excellent document intact for his connections.
Going 1 1/16 miles, the 3-year-old son of Kitten’s Pleasure was bumped firstly below jockey Jose Ortiz and settled towards the again of the sector. The tempo was set by the Ben Colebrook trainee Road Beast , who posted fractions of :23.20, :48.28, and 1:13.72. He traveled in hand down the backstretch and, as the sector hit the highest of the stretch, he remained in fifth place, 1 1/2 lengths off the chief. Coming below a drive within the stretch on the grandstand aspect, he ran down new chief Honey Dutch to win by a half-length on the wire. Keep in mind Mamba, b, 3/c
Kitten’s Pleasure — Gizmo, by Uncle Mo
Proprietor: C R Ok Steady, LLC (Lee Searing)
Breeder: Burning Daylight Farms, Inc & November Hill, Inc. (KY)
Coach: Cherie DeVaux
Jockey: Jose L. Ortiz
Data offered by Equibase at time of entry.
Sale Historical past
KEESEP2024 • $270,000 • Consignor: Runnymede Farm • Purchaser: Mayberry Farm.
“The important thing (to being 3-for-3 and now a stakes winner) is the horse retains getting higher and higher. I had a very good journey,” Ortiz stated. “I used to be in a position to observe Flavien (Prat aboard Vasy) each step of the best way round there. He did all the pieces excellent. He retains getting higher and higher and he confronted higher firm. We predict the farther he goes, the higher he’ll get, so hopefully he’ll hold enhancing.”
Coach Cherie DeVaux and her crew have been affected person with Keep in mind Mamba, making his first begin Oct. 25 on the Keeneland fall meet final yr, and having only one begin since then, an allowance non-obligatory claiming race Jan. 22 at Truthful Grounds Race Course & Slots. He accomplished the race in a last time of 1:44.49 and paid $6.88 for the win.
DeVaux stated any added distance for the colt is welcome.Join BloodHorse Every day
“We had this race focused,” she stated. “He is a colt that acts just like the extra distance, the higher, so actually larger races for him are in the summertime. Most undoubtedly (we’ll be searching for longer floor).”
Honey Dutch was a hard-fought second in back-to-back races, having misplaced the Feb. 28 Colonel Liam Stakes at Gulfstream Park by solely a neck and now dropping the Transylvania by a half-length. The Brendan Walsh trainee Vasy was third. The pacesetter, Road Beast, light to fourth.
As an avid Los Angeles sports activities fan, the colt owned by Lee and Susan Searing’s C R Ok Steady is known as after the late NBA participant Kobe Bryant.
“Out of highschool, I adopted Kobe and when he signed with the Lakers, we began going to each Lakers sport,” Lee Searing stated. “We adopted that for 10 years or so, noticed his huge video games, noticed his final sport. This one appears to be like like a very nice horse, and what an ideal identify for the horse.”
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