Concealed Identity reveals himself in Campbell

"He broke good," said Junior Alvarado, the rider of Norman Asbjornson. "I had

a pretty good trip behind the four horse (Service for Ten) the whole way. I

shifted to the outside from the rail close to home and started coming with the

outside horse. The inside horse then came out and bumped me. The outside horse

came in and bumped me and I lost everything right there. I'm not saying I would

have won but it sure cost me the race."

"He ran a tough race," said Julian Pimentel, who was aboard

Service for Ten. "I think the distance was a bit of an issue but they were

gunning for me. We were going comfortable on the backside but then the six (longshot

Peasant) moved and then the three (Adirondack King) moved. It seemed like that

took a lot out of him and he got tired."

Concealed Identity tracked Service for Ten throughout before

ranging up to engage and pass the front runner. He finished fourth in the

Campbell Handicap last season, but completed 1 1/8 miles in 1:52 1/5 on the

muddy track to take this year's edition with jockey Trevor McCarthy aboard for

trainer Gaudet.

It turned out to be the first stakes win for both trainer and jockey.

"I can't believe it," said McCarthy, who scored his eighth win of

the week and third on the Saturday card. "This is such a great

experience. Concealed Identity is a quality horse and I am grateful to get a

mount like this so early in my career.

"This week has been incredible," added the 18-year-old, who is a son of

former rider Mike McCarthy and ranks second in the riding standings during the

Laurel winter meeting. "I was

concerned about coming down but I stuck to my lane to try to ride a clean race

to get the win. He broke really nice. I saved as much ground as I could, brought

him out down the backside, kept the dirt out of his face. Coming into the turn

we were just kind of running with them, good momentum, and really dug in that

last eighth of a mile."

"I'm so excited," Gaudet smiled. "This is Trevor's first stakes win, too.

That's kind of a Gaudet tradition. We (Linda and her retired trainer

husband, Eddie Gaudet) gave Rosie Napravnik a leg up on her first stakes winner as well

as Ryan Fogelsonger and Michael Luzzi. Today me and Trevor got the double."

"I knew this horse would run

well today," she continued. "He'd been training better than ever since his last race. A mile is

just a little too short for this horse but he impressed us enough that we

thought we were going to go with this no matter what. Trevor had gotten along

with him very well in his last race so we went with him again. It couldn't have

turned out better.

"I was worried with the bumping in the stretch but Trevor

assured me we were OK when he came back to the winners' circle. This horse is

truly a two turn horse and does his best at a mile and an eighth here or at Pimlico. He likes both those courses."

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