FORBES' FIRSTERS FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 18

Thursday, June 17, 2010

 

Contact: Jon Forbes

 (718) 659-2240

 

FORBES’ FIRSTERS FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 18

 

ELMONT, N.Y. - Forbes’ Firsters is a series that takes a glance at the pedigrees and sales histories of select 2-year-olds who are making their debuts in maiden special weight races at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, or Saratoga Race Course. You can view Forbes’ Firsters online at http://www.nyra.com/firsters/index.shtml.

 

RACE 2, ALL 2-YEAR-OLDS, 5 FURLONGS, DIRT, 3:30 P.M.

 

BIDDY (2yo dark bay or brown colt) is a close relative of What a Song, who won a pair of graded races as a juvenile. A homebred, Biddy is out of Miraculous Knight, who is a half-sister to What a Song. Like What a Song, Biddy is a son of Songandaprayer.

 

Owner: Zayat Stables LLC

Trainer: Todd Pletcher

Jockey: Garrett Gomez

 

SUNDAY SPLITSVILLE (2yo bay colt), by the 1997 Grade 1 Champagne winner Grand Slam, is a half-brother to three-time Aqueduct Stakes winner Barrier Reef, who was third in the 2009 Grade 3 Excelsior Handicap at the Big A. Also a half to stakes-placed Artic Party and Kissin Party, Sunday Splitsville was purchased for $110,000 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

 

Owner: Repole Stable 

Trainer: Todd Pletcher 

Jockey: John Velazquez

 

PRETEND AND EXTEND (2yo bay colt) has worked in company with Bail Out the Cat, who debuted a 2 1/4-length winner at Belmont Park on June 10. Out of stakes winner Conectis, Pretend and Extend is by Wildcat Heir, who was last year’s leading 2-year-old sire by total winners with 39.

 

Owner: Klaravich Stables & William H. Lawrence 

Trainer: Richard A. Violette 

Jockey: Alan Garcia

 

HE AIN’T BLUFFING (2yo dark bay or brown colt) is out of Grade 1 winner I Ain’t Bluffing and is a half-sister to this year’s Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Winner Acting Happy, who also races for Jay Em Ess Stable and trainer Rick Dutrow.

 

Owner: Jay Em Ess Stable 

Trainer: Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. 

Jockey: Ramon Dominguez

 

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