Versatile See Through It takes to Tapeta in El Dorado Shooter Stakes
In turf sprints at Del Mar and Santa Anita and 1,000-yard races at Los Alamitos, See Through It was unbeatable in his final five starts of 2022.
It turns out the versatile 6-year-old gelding can handle the synthetic main track at Golden Gate Fields just fine, too.
In his debut on the surface, See Through It closed from sixth in a field of eight to win his Thoroughbred stakes debut in Saturday’s $76,350 El Dorado Shooter Stakes for California-breds at six furlongs.
Ridden by Brayan Pena, See Through It ($21) caught 8-5 favorite Top Harbor in the final sixteenth to win by three-quarters of a length in 1:09.18. Top Harbor led in the stretch and held second, finishing 2 1/4 lengths in front of Highland Ghost.
Highland Ghost stalked pacesetter Burnin Turf, but was not a factor late. Psycho Dar finished fourth, followed by Bobby’s Alibi, Ultimate Bango, Jimmy Blue Jeans, and Burnin Turf.
Burnin Turf set early fractions of 22.22 seconds for the opening quarter-mile and 44.86 for a half-mile before fading.
The El Dorado Shooter Stakes was the first stakes win at Golden Gate Fields for trainer Milton Pineda, who is based at Los Alamitos.
See Through It won the $50,000 Winter Championship Stakes at 1,000 yards at Los Alamitos on Dec. 4. The race was open to Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses, but the field of eight consisted entirely of Thoroughbreds, which is commonplace in 1,000-yard races at that track.
See Through It, by Curlin to Mischief, has won 11 of 30 starts. The current six-race winning streak began with two $25,000 claimers for turf sprinters at Del Mar in September and Santa Anita in October and included two allowance races at 1,000 yards in October and November prior to the Winter Championship Stakes.
Pineda claimed See Through It from trainer Doug O’Neill at Santa Anita in October on behalf of Belico Racing and Lizbeth Medina. See Through It has earned $92,840 since being claimed.
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