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Wanderin Boy wires Brooklyn
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Wanderin Boy knew exactly where the wire was
in Saturday's Brooklyn
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Arthur Hancock III's homebred WANDERIN BOY (Seeking the Gold) took the lead
out of the gate and never looked back en route to a 1 1/2-length tally in the
$158,500 Brooklyn
Breeders' Cup H. (G2) at Belmont Park on Saturday. The Nick Zito pupil set solid splits of :23 2/5, :46 2/5 and 1:10 1/5 for the
opening six furlongs, with the 9-1 Reverberate (Thunder Gulch) on his flank. As
the front runner turned for home, Reverberate could not keep up, and Wanderin Boy
opened up an insurmountable lead under Javier Castellano. The winner completed
the nine furlongs in 1:47 4/5 on the fast track while keeping the late-charging
Awesome Twist (Awesome Again) at bay. As the even-money favorite, Wanderin Boy paid $4, $3.30 and $2.40 while
keying the $29.60 exacta and $131 trifecta (7-3-5).Awesome Twist moved in midpack along the rail before dipping outside in the
stretch and closing well to earn the place. The 9-1 shot was good for $7.20 and
$4.10. Reverberate dug deep in the latter stages to earn the show spot, paying
$4.20. Funny Cide (Distorted Humor) was next
and trailed by 2-1 second choice Good Reward (Storm Cat) and We Can Seek (Chi)
(Seeker's Reward), while expected pace factor Take the Bluff (Pine Bluff) was scratched.
"My horse (Wanderin Boy) likes to be nice and easy on the lead," Castellano
said. "The first quarter and second quarter were kind of slow. I was happy when
I saw the scratch of Take the Bluff. It worked out good. I went to the lead and
set a slow pace."
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Wanderin Boy earned his third graded win in moving his career line to
13-7-3-1, $498,259. The chestnut had taken the 2005 Mineshaft H. (G3) at the
Fair Grounds and this year's Ben Ali S. (G3) at Keeneland. His resume also
includes a game runner-up effort in the Pimlico Special H. (G1) in May.
Bred in the Bluegrass State, the winner is out of the multiple stakes-winning
Pleasant Colony mare Vid Kid, and was preceded in stakes glory by his
half-brother, multiple Grade 3 hero Early Warning (Summer Squall). Vid Kid has
also produced Grade 2-placed Vivid Sunset (Mt. Livermore) as well as an unnamed
2006 colt by Menifee.
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