Jumping with the gun shoots on blue chicken win * the racing biz

Jumping on the gun held her perfect record intact on Thursday in Delaware Park, so he would let the $ 75,000 Blue win for 2-year-old mares in just her second career art.

The blue chicken was one of the two -year -old posts on the map, accompanied by the Dover.

The bay daughter of Waporloper, quality-placed quality away mare that breaking bread, broke sharp under Julio Hernandez, but was satisfied to settle the pace in the Vijfpad early.

“When she went beyond the five-year-old … I was a bit worried,” said winning trainer Andy Simoff. “But when I saw Julio standing up a bit, it means he has a lot of horse. I said, okay, we are in good condition.”

The gun jump smoothly through the bend to Duel briefly with the Mike Maker-trained Lelies n Paradise before he seized the command in the last furlong and clearly with 4 1/4 lengths in 1: 12.00 for six Furlongs about a good job.

Simoff usually doesn’t get any horses through high-end sires- “I am not a understanding,” he said so he appreciates the chance with this miss. He said he knew from the start that jumping the gun was special.

“She never did anything wrong. Come from the truck from the farm and you can just see, you know, she had it all together,” Simoff remembered. “Like when I walked out of the paddock … I said, looks like a man among boys.”

Bred in Kentucky by the imaginary stables of owner John Guarnere, the Delaware-certified jumping The gun is now 2-out-2, and the share of the winner pushed her income to more than $ 88,000. Simoff has credited Guarnere’s dedication to building quality stock.

“He’s upgrading [his stock]And he puts a lot of money into the game, “the trainer said.” He is a great guy … He keeps coming back. He loves the company. So he is the kind of man you need. “

Sassy Fox came for second place, with Lilies n Paradise fading to third place. Jumping with the gun paid $ 3.60 to win as a favorite in post -time. The Exacta with a longshot in second returned $ 16.60 for a deployment of one dollar.

For Simoff, the victory was both validation and a touch of larger goals ahead.

“At a certain point you have a armor, you have to go somewhere,” he said.