RUNAWAY GHOST (c, Ghostzapper&log=">Ghostzapper—Rose's Desert, by Desert Gold)
O/B-Joe Peacock. T-Todd W. Fincher. Sales history: $240,000 RNA yrl KEESEP '16. Lifetime Record: GSW, 7-4-2-0, $563,510.
Apr. 3 TDN Top 12 Rank: N/A
Last Start: 1st, GIII Sunland Derby, SUN, Mar. 25.
Next Start: GI Kentucky Derby, CD, May 5.
Equineline PPs.
KY Derby Points: 50
Whenever a horse qualifies for the Derby via the New Mexico prep-race series, a “lovable long shot” story seems destined to follow (think Mine That Bird at 50-1 in 2009). How can you not root for a one-horse stable headed by an octogenarian owner/breeder whose Ghostzapper homebred got bid up just shy of a $250,000 RNA at KEESEP and the gent refused all subsequent offers to sell? Runaway Ghost is now four-for-seven lifetime and has more than doubled his auction asking price in earnings, with his GIII Sunland Derby score amassing him 50 qualifying points, currently good for a 13th-place eligibility ranking.
VIDEO PPS
| FINISH | RACE |
|---|---|
| 1st | GIII Sunland Debry |
| 2nd | Mine That Bird Derby |
| 1st | Riley Allison S. |
| 5th | GI Los Alamitos Futurity |
| 1st | Golden Nugget S. |
| 1st | Maiden |
| 2nd | Maiden |
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