
Excelsior: Inherit the Gold Looks to Stay Hot
New York-bred Inherit the Gold was pegged as the 9-5 morning line favorite for the $100,000 Excelsior (gr. III) April 2 at Aqueduct.
Randi Persaud
Rajiv Maragh
Anthony Calabrese
Ron Kirby & Tom Kirby
More Than a Reason |
More Than Ready | Southern Halo |
Woodman's Girl | ||
Sab's Reason | Sabona | |
Reasoning |
Sale / Hip / Type | Buyer / Consignor | Price |
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KEESEP2006Hip 3790 | Yearling |
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($9,500) |
New York-bred Inherit the Gold was pegged as the 9-5 morning line favorite for the $100,000 Excelsior (gr. III) April 2 at Aqueduct.
Sent off at 19-1 in a six-horse field, More Than a Reason came from off the pace and ran down Stormy's Majesty in the final strides to win the $100,000 Queens County (gr. III) Dec. 11 and notch his first stakes victory.
Barry Schwartz's Rodman took advantage of an unexpectedly easy lead and was never seriously challenged while romping to a 5 3/4-length score in the $107,500 Queens County Handicap (gr. III) at Aqueduct Dec. 12.