Redeemed with blinkers on lands the Discovery Handicap at Aqueduct racecourse
The 3-year-old colt Redeemed, who has never finished worse than 3rd keeps on riding his luck and continues to impress many after registering a win in a graded stakes race at Aqueduct racecourse for the first time when he landed the Grade 3, $100,000 Discovery Handicap at about 1 1/8 miles on 19 November, 2011.
In a field of 8 three-year-old males, Redeemed kept it real throughout the race as he romped past Socialsaul and Raison d’Etat, who finished second and third, respectively, in the final strides to cover the 1 1/8 mile distance in 1 minute and 49.22 seconds.
Trained by Richard Dutrow for Jay Em Ess Stable, the Virginia bred son of Include, out of mare Early Mass by Pleasant Tap, Redeemed followed a modest pace while stalking the leader under jockey E Prado, only to break the sequence at the end where he decided to make a move and win the Discovery Handicap by 2 ¼ lengths over Socialsaul.
It was a routine stalking approach for Redeemed, as he tracked fractions of 24.06 seconds for the opening quarter mile and 48.49 seconds for the half mile marker and it was all over midway on the far turn.
“He got a beautiful trip today,” said winning jockey Edgar Prado, a Hall of Famer. “He broke well, was right there, he was pretty handy all the way around.”
Dutrow decided to send Redeemed in blinker in his last start after back to back second place finishes in the Grade 2 Amsterdam Stakes at Saratoga over at six and a half furlongs to winner Caleb’s Posse on 1 August, 2011.
Smarty Jones Stakes was his next second place finish of his career, when he threw away his chances of winning to Wilburn in the 1 mile 70 yard long race at Parx Racing.
The switch to blinkers paid dividends to Richard Dutrow as Redeemed with them on won the Oklahoma Derby defeating the likes of Alternation in second and Prayer for Relief in third at about 1 1/8 miles.
“The last time he ran, he was behind horses and split horses; today, he stalked them,” said Rick Dutrow. “He’s run on every single different racetrack. I keep throwing scenarios at him, and he keeps answering the bell.”
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