Short piece on Saturday's impressive maiden winner Affirmatif
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from the Gulfstream website:
The dust wasnt completely settled from the Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Stakes (gr. II) at Gulfstream Park Feb. 28 when trainer Todd Pletcher threw another 3-year-old on to the stage in a big way as the Wertheimer Brothers Affirmatif rolled to a nine-length victory in his career debut.
The Kentucky homebred son of Unbridled's Song won the one-mile maiden turf contest in 1:34.27 faster by .04 than the time run by 5-year-old Pletcher-trained stablemate Twilight Meteor, who won the Canadian Turf Stakes (gr. IIIT) two races earlier.
That was very impressive, said Pletcher immediately after the race. He had been training really well and we were optimistic, but you can never really know with a first-timer going long. He was bred to run long and he was training like he was going to run long. I wouldnt have any problem running back in a stakes after that.
The win was also the first at Gulfstream for jockey Chris DeCarlo since his return from shoulder surgery.
Pletcher also saw Starlight Racing Partners Take the Points finish second to The Pamplemouse in the Sham Stakes (gr. III) at Santa Anita Feb. 28. And he is expected to send another Unbridleds Song colt, Dunkirk, into the $750,000 Florida Derby (gr. I) March 28.
The dust wasnt completely settled from the Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Stakes (gr. II) at Gulfstream Park Feb. 28 when trainer Todd Pletcher threw another 3-year-old on to the stage in a big way as the Wertheimer Brothers Affirmatif rolled to a nine-length victory in his career debut.
The Kentucky homebred son of Unbridled's Song won the one-mile maiden turf contest in 1:34.27 faster by .04 than the time run by 5-year-old Pletcher-trained stablemate Twilight Meteor, who won the Canadian Turf Stakes (gr. IIIT) two races earlier.
That was very impressive, said Pletcher immediately after the race. He had been training really well and we were optimistic, but you can never really know with a first-timer going long. He was bred to run long and he was training like he was going to run long. I wouldnt have any problem running back in a stakes after that.
The win was also the first at Gulfstream for jockey Chris DeCarlo since his return from shoulder surgery.
Pletcher also saw Starlight Racing Partners Take the Points finish second to The Pamplemouse in the Sham Stakes (gr. III) at Santa Anita Feb. 28. And he is expected to send another Unbridleds Song colt, Dunkirk, into the $750,000 Florida Derby (gr. I) March 28.
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FB
I agree, I was watching the race and said this one could be a black type winner and added him straight to my stable mail. Then on Sunday I was watching and saw Florentino run a strong time and said it might of been how hard the surface was.