Comma to the Top wins an allowance race at Hollywood Park, his first after a year
The 3-year-old gelded son of Bwana Charlie, out of mare Maggie’s Storm by Stormy Atlantic, Comma to the Top, finally visited the winner’s circle after a year’s time when he posted a win after five starts at Hollywood Park in an allowance test on 11 December, 2011.
The last time he won a race was on 18 December, 2010, and it was also at Hollywood Park where he downed his opponents as a 2-year-old in the Grade 1 CashCall Futurity. He defeated J.P’s Gusto in second and Clubhouse Ride in third while he covered the 1 1/16 mile race in 1 minute and 44.72 seconds.
Bred in Florida by Linda Thompson and Richard Thompson, Comma to the Top ended the year 2010 with a win in the CashCall Futurity which was the last of the 5 race win streak he had in 2010.
In the process, he bagged the Real Quiet Stakes at Hollywood Park on 6 November, 2010 at about 1 1/16 miles and covered the distance in 1 minute and 43.56 seconds. Bob Baffert trained Prayer for Relief finished as the runner up followed up by Clearance Clarence in third.
The five win streak also included another graded stakes win, and that for a change came at Hollywood Park’s turf course after landing most of his win on cushion tracks.
The Grade 3 Generous was run on turn at about a mile on 27 November, 2010. Comma to the Top was successful once again as he powered home to win the race in 1 minute and 34.77 seconds, while Moment of Weakness finished a distant second to him.
In the allowance test at Hollywood Park on 11 December, 2011, Comma to the Top made his second start since returning from an injury last month. Comma to the Top looked in fluent form, as he easily dispatched the 9 to 10 favoured, Indian Firewater, in the mid stretch en route to a 3 ¼ length victory.
Canonize finished third behind Indian Water, as the competition didn’t threat Comma to the Top much and he successfully downed the 7 furlong distance in 1 minute and 21.62 seconds.
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