Avie's Flatter

AVIE'S FLATTER (c, Flatter–Avie's Empire, by Empire Maker)
O-Ivan Dalos. B-Tall Oaks Farm (ON). T-Josie Carroll. Lifetime Record: MSW, 4-3-0-0, $251,834.
Jan. 8 TDN Top 12 Ranking: 11
Last Start: 1st Coronation Futurity, WO, Nov. 18
Accomplishments Include: 1st, Cup and Saucer S., WO, Oct. 7
Next Start: Aiming for GII Tampa Bay Derby, TAM, Mar. 9
Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 0.

Avie's Flatter is the presumptive favorite to win the Sovereign Award for 2-year-old champion colt in Canada, and this Flatter homebred (from the breeder who produced 1998 GI Belmont S. winner Victory Gallop) is aiming for a prep or two at Tampa Bay Downs followed by a start in the Florida Derby if all goes well. Although he's unraced on dirt, Avie's Flatter ran a much-better-than-it-looks fourth on grass against a deep field in the GI Summer S. right off his maiden score, (finishing close behind this week's No. 4-ranked War of Will). He then won two stakes against Canadian-breds on both dirt and Tapeta at Woodbine. After a brief break, Avie's Flatter had his first published work of 2019 last Friday, breezing three furlongs in :38.45 (6/9) at Palm Meadows.

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