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Sandbar pulls away late in Maryland Sprint
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| Sandbar was claimed for $30,000 by the Ramseys last year
(Jessie Holmes/EquiSport Photos) |
The four-year-old gelding Sandbar (War Pass) recorded his first stakes
victory on Saturday in the $150,000
Maryland
Sprint H. (G3) at Pimlico, the first graded stakes on the Preakness (G1)
undercard.
Pressing 2014 Maryland Sprint winner Happy My Way (Wilko) from second through
splits of :23 and :45 1/5, Sandbar reached the leader inside the final eighth
and edged clear late to win by three-quarters of a length in a time of 1:09 4/5
for six furlongs on a fast track.
"He broke sharp, but it looked like (Happy My Way) wanted the lead," Rosario
said. "Around the turn, I could feel the horses coming up on the outside and I
asked him for a little run and he responded well."
Owned by Ken and Sarah Ramsey and trained by Joe Sharp, Sandbar returned
$10.80 as the 4-1 third choice.
Service for Ten (Service Stripe), a 12-1 chance, rallied up the inside to
beat Happy My Way by a nose for second. It was 4 3/4 lengths back to Souper
Knight (Midnight Lute), who was followed by 9-5 favorite Coup de Grace,
Warrioroftheroses (A. P. Warrior), Jack's in the Deck (Love of Money), and
Picko's Pride (Cactus Ridge).
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Sandbar was bred in Kentucky by Will Farish and Gasparilla Stable and was
produced by the multiple stakes-winning Summer Cruise (Vicar).
Originally owned by his breeders, for whom he placed in a small stakes at
Delaware Park as a two-year-old, Sandbar was claimed by the Ramseys for $30,000
last September at Churchill Downs. He subsequently defeated $20,000 claimers
over the same track, finished second against allowance company at Fair Grounds,
and then recorded a 7 1/2-length, second-level allowance win at the New Orleans
track.
Seventh in the $100,000 King Cotton at Oaklawn in his next start, Sandbar
preceded this win with two placings at Fair Grounds and Keeneland, both times
against allowance company. His record now stands at 19-5-3-4, $230,869.
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