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Graded Stakes Earnings: $475,600

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Breeding: Smoke Glacken - Baydon Belle (Al Nasr)
Breeder: Lawrence Goichman
State: New York
Owner: Klaravich Stables
Trainer: Rick Violette
Jockey: Robby Albarado
2004 Record: 2 1-0-0 $210,000
Career Record: 7 5-0-0 $450,660
3-year-old wins: Fountain of Youth-G2 (Gulfstream).
2-year-old wins: Remsen-G2 (Aqueduct); Nashua-G3 (Aqueduct); AllowNW1X (Belmont); MSW (Saratoga).
Best Beyer: 113
Most Recent Races: 3/13 - 4th in Florida Derby-G1 (Gulfstream); 2/14 - 1st in Fountain of Youth-G2 (Gulfstream); 11/29 - 1st in Remsen-G2 (Aqueduct).
Next Race: 5/1 - Kentucky Derby-G1 (Churchill Downs).
Dosage Profile: 8-2-12-0-2
Dosage Index: 2.00
Center of Distribution: 0.58
$320,000 2-year-old

The Skinny
You would think that he would have problems in route races as he is by champion sprinter Smoke Glacken, but he won the nine furlong Remsen as a juvenile, and earned a huge 113 Beyer Speed Figure when a very game winner of the Fountain of Youth in his three-year-old debut. It’s possible he “bounced” in the Florida Derby, but he also may not have appreciated the deep surface at Gulfstream that day, and he did make a premature move to the lead. The long layoff is a concern, but he won fresh as a first-time starter, and also won the Fountain of Youth off a two-and-a-half month layoff. Loses Bailey to Wimbledon, but you have to respect his tactical speed, and that huge Beyer is hard to ignore. Should make his presence felt.

- Dan Illman

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