Shared Property, Take Charge Indy and Motor City, the Arlington-Washington top three are pointed to Breeders’ Futurity Stakes at Keeneland
The Breeders’ Futurity Stakes is a Grade 1 thoroughbred horse race which will be held on 8 October, 2011, at the Keeneland race course, and it is open for two-year-old juvenile runners with a purse of $500,000.
Another advantage of participating in the Breeders’ Futurity Stakes is that the race itself is part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge series “Win and You’re In” program, and the winner of the race will automatically qualify for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.
The race is run over a distance of 1 1/16 miles, and the Breeders’ Futurity Stakes have attracted the top three finishers of the Grade 3 Arlington-Washington Futurity.
The winner of the Grade 3 Arlington-Washington Futurity, Shared Property, is aiming at the Breeders’ Futurity.
Trainer Tom Amoss, who saddled the 2-year-old gelding to his first graded stakes win in only his second start, was understandably upbeat.
Now, owner Jerry Namy’s gelding, Shared Property, will be the first of three protagonists to enter the race.
Shared Property is the son of Scat Daddy, out of Yoursmineours by Belong to Me, broke his maiden over at 6 furlongs at Ellis Park, and he did it in his first attempt, covering the distance in 1 minute and 11.26 seconds.
The Arlington-Washington Futurity runner up at Arlington Park on 10 September was the Patrick Byrne trained Take Charge Indy. Son of the awesome A. P. Indy, Take Charge Indy was valiant in defeat and given another opportunity, he can without a doubt trot
to the winning circle next time.
Out of Take Charge Lady by Dehere, the 2-year-old colt broke his maiden at 6 furlongs as well at Arlington Park, and will be bidding to win the Breeders’ Futurity to earn a spot in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.
Last but not the least, Motor City, this Street Sense colt was the third one to follow Shared Property and Take Charge Indy in the Arlington-Washington Futurity, and he earned it by rolling from mid field to go past a few, and finish third.
Trained by Ian Wilkes, Motor City is also going to take his chance in the Breeders’ Futurity Stakes next month, but unlike the other two, Motor City broke his maiden in the second attempt over a distance of 5 ½ furlongs at Ellis Park.
It seems as if the second and third finishers will have a lot to say in the Breeders’ Futurity Stakes come 8 October at Keeneland.
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