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San Pablo could be Pletcher’s first choice from now on

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San Pablo could be Pletcher’s first choice from now on
Trainer Todd Pletcher had a modest string of older male horses, and for the past couple of year couldn’t really dominate the division, but now with those veterans out of the picture, as Stay Thirsty, Mission Impazible, and Rule getting retired, Todd Pletcher,
has a void to fill.
San Pablo is currently pointed toward the $75,000 Queens County Stakes at Aqueduct, and his entry appears to be a tough for the rest.
The space left by these horses can be filled by Burning Sands Stable owned 4-year-old colt, San Pablo, who has seldom got the nod over other stable mates in bigger races, but it is time for San Pablo to shine and with the space available, he can find room
in Pletcher’s first string.
The 4-year-old colt by Jump Start, San Pablo hasn’t disappointed Pletcher much, because where he has raced him the colt has responded positively by winning more often than not, and the time is upon him to now keep doing the same in the grade 1’s and 2’s.
In 14 starts, San Pablo has seldom finished off the board, once he finished fourth in the Grade 2 Monmouth Cup Stakes in July this year, and in his penultimate start he finished a dismal ninth in the Grade 1 TVG Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational Stakes at
Belmont Park in September. Other than that, he has never finished worse than third, and with 8 victories in 14 starts, San Pablo is not too shabby.
San Pablo was having a fine winter, but because of some physical issues he had to lay off from racing, but returned in July and posted three victories from five starts up till now. He earned back-to-back a Beyer Speed Figure of 102, when he won the Birdstone
Stakes at Saratoga and then his first graded stakes victory in the Grade3 Philip H. Iselin Stakes at Monmouth Park.
“He’s hinted at being better than what we’ve seen,” Pletcher said. “The Birdstone and Iselin were two very good races. His Jockey Club Gold Cup was disappointing; we thought he had a legitimate chance even though he was a longshot. Maybe he chased the pace
a little too much that day and didn’t fire. I don’t know if it was a class issue or if he was used a little more than he needed to be.”

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