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Rock Lobster hard to crack in Saranac
 | | Rock Lobster earned his second stakes victory in the Saranac on Sunday
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Flatbird Stable's ROCK LOBSTER (Mt. Livermore) made his move in the stretch
to emerge victorious by a neck in Sunday's $113,900
Saranac S.
(G3) at Saratoga. The chestnut colt rated in midpack as Sadler's Trick
(Favorite Trick) set soft fractions of :23 1/5, :48 1/5 and
1:12 4/5. After steadily moving forward on the rail under jockey Eibar Coa, Rock
Lobster was then switched wide coming into the lane and overhauled Devil's Preacher
(Pulpit) in deep stretch. Murch (Mr. Greeley) began making up ground
quickly on the leading pair late, but had to settle for third. Rock Lobster was
able to cross the wire a decisive
winner, wrapping up the 1 3/16-mile affair in 1:57 1/5 over the good
turf.An outsider in the wagering, the Michael Dickinson trainee was sent off at
8-1 and rewarded his backers with payouts of $19, $9.50 and $7 while leading
lucrative exotics of $167 (exacta), $1,626 (trifecta) and $26,943 for the
2-12-5-11 superfecta. Devil's Preacher gave back $8.40 and $6.80 at 6-1 while Murch paid $7.90 for the show at 21-1.
Crested (GB) (Fantastic Light) was three parts
of a length back in fourth and followed under the wire by Desert Wheat
(Wheaton), Sadler's Trick, Classic Pack (Regal Classic), Amigoni (Ire) (Danehill)
and French Beret (Broad Brush). Green Lemon (Lemon Drop Kid), Outperformance
(Aptitude) and Spider Power (Ire) (Royal Applause [GB]) were scratched, along
with main track only entrants Congo King (Horse Chestnut [SAf]) and Thundering
Success (Successful Appeal).
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Bred in Florida by Luis de Hechavarria, Rock Lobster is out of the Irish
Group 3 winner Tadwiga (Ire) (Fairy King) and counts himself as a half-brother
to Canadian stakes-placed Faswiga (Fasliyev) as well as an unraced two-year-old
colt named My Super Bird (Gulch).
Rock Lobster RNA'd at the 2004 Keeneland September Yearling Sale for $47,000,
but was purchased for $49,000 the next year at the Ocala Breeders' Sales
Company's March Two-Year-Olds in Training sale. The winner annexed the Woodlawn
S. earlier this year and was second by only a nose in the Jersey Derby in his
most recent start. His victory on Sunday improved his record to 8-3-1-2 with a
bankroll of $180,704.
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