Brant (Benoit photo)
From the Mar Press
Del Mar, Calif. – Zedan Racing Stables’ BrantA purchase of $ 3 million that was 1/9 against five rivals in the 78th active of the $ 300,000 del Mar Futurity Sunday in del Mar, was put to the test in the Zeven-Furlong Headliner, but in the end he succeeded with the proverbial flag colors.
The son of Champion Gun Runner made the lead out of the gate, retained his position around the bend and then met a solid enemy in Stablemate Desert Gate through the track. But Eclipse Award Rider Flavin Prat insisted on his gray favorite right -handed and the Colt would not let the challenger pass.
In the end, Brant, who covered the seven panels in 1: 21.92, turned out to be the best in the class I -headliner and the at least $ 2.20 back to his backers for a win of $ 2. Win deploying was the only thing allowed in the race.
Desert Gate is owned by the trio of Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman and he proved three and a quarter length better than third place Finisher Civil Liberty, who racet in the side of amazing friends stables and Mark Davis.
The victory for Hall of Famer trainer Bob Baffert was his unprecedented 19th in Futurity. It was also his 186th in Del Mar, by far the most absorbed by a conditioner in the Ovaal aan Zee.
“It started a bit anxious. He broke inside, but he recovered quickly. Is pushed to the rail, you have to be placed forward. He is a real talented horse. Actually they are all very happy,” said Jimmy Barnes, the assistant coach of Baffert.
The count for Rider Prat was his fourth in Futurity, the last three in a row for Baffert. Prat now has 102 deployment victories on del Mar, the most fourth of all time by a rider.
“I think he was ready for the day. When we broke, he was very fast, he was very comfortable. He took a nice breathing break around the turn and we reached the finish line,” said Prat.
The Del Mar Futurity is a Dirt boxes Race from Breeders ‘Cup, which means that in this case it offers a bonus for the $ 2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Brant has therefore delivered a credit of $ 30,000 for admission prices in the Juvenile Championship Race, which will be performed in Del Mar on Friday 31 October.
Brant won a first prize of $ 180,000 for his second victory in his second start and now has a total win of $ 228,000.
The winning owner is AMR F. Zedan, a Saudi Arabic businessman.
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