Mark Your Calendar!
Saturday, Jul 13, 2024
Track: Saratoga Race Course
The Date That A 'Star In The Making' Is
Expected To Put On A Show!
Yes, That Is Right: A Star Is In The Making !!!
That 'Star In The Making' is Mentee, a 2yo colt full-brother to 2023 champion 2-year-old male Fierceness, who debuted in a five-furlong maiden special weight on Saturday June 15, 2024, at Belmont at the Big A.
MENTEE, the 2YO son of City of Light, and full brother to FIERCENESS broke his maiden while in doing so also broke the previous track record of 57 seconds set all the way back in 1963.
His reward was an 88 Beyer Speed Figure from Daily Racing Form, solid for a juvenile this time of year, so Mentee may have a bright future against stakes competition.
Mark your calendar: Saturday, July 13, 2024, the Sanford Grade III $175,000 for 2YO colts on dirt at 6 furlongs at Saratoga is the most likely his next race.
After that, his most likely next race is Saturday Aug 10, 2024, at Saratoga (the Saratoga Special Grade II $200,000 for 2YO colts on dirt at 6 1/2 furlongs).
The 2-year-old Todd Pletcher trainee opened up a daylight lead through swift fractions of 22.37 and 44.80 seconds, then held on to beat stretch-running Colloquial by a nose in the track-record time of 56.97 seconds.
Yes, that is right: 5 furlongs in 56.97 seconds.
Are you kidding me a 2yo running 5 furlongs in 56.97 seconds, breaking a track record set by an older horse who held it since 1963?
1963?
ARE YOU DIDDING ME?
Unreal!!!
As you can tell: I'M PUMPED UP !!!