MAXIMUS MISCHIEF (c, Into Mischief—Reina Maria, by Songandaprayer)
'TDN Rising Star'. O-Cash is King LLC & LC Racing. B-Martha Jane Mullholland (KY). T-Robert E Reid, Jr. Sales History: $165,000 Wlg '16 KEENOV; $170,000 RNA '17 FTNAUG; $245,000 RNA 2yo '18 FTFMAR; $340,000 2yo '18 FTIMAY. Lifetime Record: GSW, 3-3-0-0, $192,100.
Jan. 8 TDN Top 12 Ranking: 9
Last Start: 1st GII Remsen S., AQU, Dec. 1
Next Start: GII Holy Bull S., GP, Feb. 2
Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 10.
In the interim since the last Top 12 rankings, 'TDN Rising Star' Maximus Mischief got a jockey change and had plans solidified for his two-prep path to the Kentucky Derby. TDN's Bill Finley reported last Friday that Jose Ortiz will replace Parx-based jockey Frankie Pennington (who had ridden in all three starts), and that the game plan for this $340,000 EASMAY Into Mischief colt will now include starts in the Feb. 2 GII Holy Bull S. and the Mar. 30 GI Florida Derby. Although the score by Maximus Mischief in the GII Remsen S. gives him the theoretical advantage of a win over nine furlongs at a time when few other Derby contenders have even attempted that distance, history has not been kind to winners of that stakes: Only three horses in the last 55 years–Thunder Gulch, Go For Gin and Pleasant Colony–have parlayed wins in the Remsen into a blanket of roses at Churchill Downs. A :58.02 five-furlong bullet breeze (1/57) at Gulfstream on Saturday has Maximus Mischief heading in the right direction, though.
VIDEO PPS
| FINISH | RACE |
|---|---|
| 1st | GII Remsen S. |
| 1st | Allowance |
| 1st | Maiden |
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