Boisterous took it to the rest of the field with a brilliant stretch run to win the Fort Marcy Stakes
The 5-year-old Phipps Stable owned horse, Boisterous was squared with Turbo Compressor in his 2012 seasonal debut, a Gulfstream Park allowance/optional claimer at 1 1/16 mile over the venue’s turf course, but Turbo Compressor wasn’t his only worry, as he
dropped back after a troubled trip to finish fourth on the day.
Sent as the narrow seven to five favourite in a small field of six runner in the Grade 3, $150,000 Fort Marcy Stakes at Belmont Park on 5 May, 2012, the turf horse resolutely gave his all to bag the race by a distance of a length going 1 1/16 miles on 5
May, 2012.
Bred in Kentucky by Cynthia Phipps, Boisterous under jockey Alan Garcia had a ground saving trip that allowed him to right behind fractions of 25.68 seconds for the opening quarter mile and 50.89 seconds for the half mile marker.
Rider Alan Garcia, who has ridden Boisterous twice and won twice, knows how his horse works, and he knew that Boisterous can come well off the pace but has the ability to make it up in the final furlongs to win the race.
That is exactly what happened; as Alan Garcia kept the horse pegged back and unleashed him with 110 yards to go. Boisterous found his stride as he cruised past Desert Blanc in second and Top Surprize in third, while topping the 1 1/16 mile distance in 1
minute and 44.89 seconds.
In 2011, the Claude R. McGaughey III trained colt notched the Three Coins Up Stakes at Belmont Park going 1 ¼ miles, and at the backend of the season he won at Belmont Park in the Grade 3 Knickerbocker Handicap where he got some class relief, and closed
things out on a winning note at Aqueduct in the Red Smith Handicap.
Regarding his seasonal debut trainer McGaughey said:
“We originally were disappointed in his last race because he didn’t finish, but looking further at it, he made an early move and then flattened out,” said Robbie Medina, assistant to Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey. “That type of turf course with the
short stretch doesn’t suit him; he prefers making that one run through the stretch.”
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