Mitole ran to the money with his third straight dominant victory in the Chick Lang. Hustling out to the early lead, the bay zipped through a first quarter in :21.67. Showing the way into the lane, he instantly bounded away from his foes to register yet another daylight victory.
“He's fast. Wow,” winning trainer Steve Asmussen said. “He's a special horse, he really is. His confidence level has gotten better, just the way he comes into a race, and acts during it, has been spectacular the past two or three races.”
The Hall of Famer continued, “We thought the off-track caused him his trouble away from the gates. We really worked on him in the gates and being a little quieter in there. Ricardo [Santana] has done a wonderful job with him away from the gate. He was in hand and traveling well today. That's made the difference. Going fast easily, but still being within himself. I am hoping for the [GII] Woody Stephens [June 9 at Belmont] off this. I felt he's a horse that does not work that impressively; we needed this race today to get to the seven-eighths of the Woody Stephens.”
Romping by 10 lengths to earn his diploma at third asking at Oaklawn Feb. 3, Mitole checked in second in a sloppy renewal of that venue's Gazebo S. three weeks later. Romping by seven lengths in a Hot Spring optional claimer on St. Patrick's Day, he made a mockery of the Bachelor S., going from gate-to-wire for a nine-length success.
Mitole is the second foal out of Indian Miss, a half-sister to ill-fated GSW Live Lively (Medaglia d'Oro). The 9-year-old mare is also responsible for a juvenile colt by Violence; a yearling filly by Creative Cause; and a 2018 colt by Oxbow. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
CHICK LANG S., $200,000, Pimlico, 5-19, 3yo, 6f, 1:09.29, sy.
1–MITOLE, 120, c, 3, by Eskendereya
1st Dam: Indian Miss, by Indian Charlie
2nd Dam: Glacken's Gal, by Smoke Glacken
3rd Dam: Lady Diplomat, by Silver Deputy
($20,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP; $140,000 2yo '17 OBSAPR).
O-William & Corinne Heiligbrodt; B-Edward A. Cox (KY);
T-Steven M. Asmussen; J-Ricardo Santana, Jr. $120,000.
Lifetime Record: 7-4-2-1, $348,710.[bullet ad=”hermitage-e-a-cox”][bullet ad=”eaton-sold”]2–Still Having Fun, 122, c, 3, Old Fashioned–Casual Kiss, by
Dehere. ($12,000 Ylg '16 EASOCT). O-Gary Barber, Wachtel
Stable and Terp Racing LLC; B-Mr. & Mrs. Charles McGinnes &
Tim Keefe (MD); T-Timothy L. Keefe. $40,000.[bullet ad=”maryland-shell”]3–Clouded Judgement, 116, g, 3, Awesome Patriot–Indian Cee,
by Indian Charlie. O/B-Roddy Harrison (KY); T-Lacey Gaudet.
$20,000.
Margins: 6 1/4, 2 1/4, 3/4. Odds: 0.40, 9.40, 27.50.
Also Ran: Pure Shot, Soutache, Run Away, Aqua Bel Sar, Old Time Revival, Curly's Rocket.
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