Divine Oath excelling on turf for Let's Go partnership

When Kevin Scatuorchio and Bryan Sullivan founded Let's Go Stable, it was

with the classic races in mind, and while Divine Oath missed this year's Triple

Crown, he could make his mark at the classic distances on turf.

Divine Oath stretched out to 1 3/16 miles to win the American Derby on July

12 at Arlington, and

now the son of Broken Vow will try 1 1/4 miles in the $500,000 Secretariat on

Saturday during the International Festival of Racing.

"We were really happy with the (American Derby) performance," Scatuorchio

said. "It was a bit of a clever ride for (Florent) Geroux getting through. The

margin was a half-length, but he did well past the wire, so we think the added

distance will be in his favor."

Let's Go Stable purchased Divine Oath for $200,000 at the 2012 Keeneland

September yearling sale, and the colt debuted for trainer Todd Pletcher in

January at Gulfstream Park, winning his first two races. Let's Go Stable

nominated Divine Oath to the Triple Crown and entered him in the Kentucky Derby

points races on Polytrack -- the Spiral at Turfway Park and the Blue Grass at

Keeneland Race Course -- but did not draw in.

So instead Divine Oath returned off a two-month layoff in the Lexington,

finishing second to eventual Belmont Derby winner Mr Speaker. He then finished

fourth in the Penn Mile before stretching out for the American Derby victory.

"Mr. Speaker that day was pretty impressive, and the Penn Mile did not pan

out to our advantage," Scatuorchio said. "That race was only a mile, and we had

a lot to do with a lot of ground to make up. He was running hard at the end, so

after that race we knew we'd want some added ground."

Scatuorchio said that Let's Go Stable will be at Arlington on Saturday "in

full force" with about 20 people attending to cheer on Divine Oath. The stable

began buying horses in 2006 and has enjoyed success with three-year-olds in each

of the past two seasons with El Padrino in 2012 and multiple Grade 1 winner

Verrazano last year.

Divine Oath has won three of five starts and has earned $232.950.

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