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With an assist from his speedy stablemate Have You Ever, Calibrachoa came flying from well off the pace in the stretch to score an authoritative 4 1/2-length victory in Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Tom Fool Handicap at Aqueduct.
Fastus Cactus, a 54-1 longshot, was a shocking off-the-pace second, four lengths ahead of pace,setting Deputy Daney. Dahlgren Chapel, Flat Bold, and Have You Ever completed the order of finish.
It was the third consecutive stakes win for Calibrachoa since owner Mike Repole and trainer Todd Pletcher claimed him for $40,000 last November from owner Nelson Bunker Hunt and trainer Steve Asmussen. It was the 12th stakes win of the inner track meet for Pletcher, who one race earlier won the Fred "Cappy'' Capossela with the 3-year-old sprinter Sensational Slam.
Calibrachoa had help from Have You Ever, who was used as a rabbit to keep Deputy Daney honest. Under Victor Santiago, Have You Ever pressed Deputy Daney through fractions of 21.63 seconds and 44.03 for a half-mile. Meanwhile, Ramon Dominguez had Calibrachoa in third, about seven lengths off the pace.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=6185664
Fastus Cactus, a 54-1 longshot, was a shocking off-the-pace second, four lengths ahead of pace,setting Deputy Daney. Dahlgren Chapel, Flat Bold, and Have You Ever completed the order of finish.
It was the third consecutive stakes win for Calibrachoa since owner Mike Repole and trainer Todd Pletcher claimed him for $40,000 last November from owner Nelson Bunker Hunt and trainer Steve Asmussen. It was the 12th stakes win of the inner track meet for Pletcher, who one race earlier won the Fred "Cappy'' Capossela with the 3-year-old sprinter Sensational Slam.
Calibrachoa had help from Have You Ever, who was used as a rabbit to keep Deputy Daney honest. Under Victor Santiago, Have You Ever pressed Deputy Daney through fractions of 21.63 seconds and 44.03 for a half-mile. Meanwhile, Ramon Dominguez had Calibrachoa in third, about seven lengths off the pace.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=6185664
