Yes I Am Free was sent off as the second-choice in this black-type bow despite besting favored Standup (Into Mischief) by 3/4 of a length on debut over this course and distance Jan. 17. The chestnut kept a watchful eye on the leaders from a close-up third through a sharp first quarter in :21.41. Ranging up three wide in the lane, he surged clear in the final sixteenth to take his record to a perfect two-for-two and become the fourth black-type winner from the first crop of Uncaptured (by Lion Heart). Jackson closed from well back for second and Gladiator King rounded out the trifecta. Standup never lifted a hoof, finishing second last. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
TEXAS GLITTER S., $75,000, Gulfstream, 2-23, 3yo, 5fT, :56.21, fm.
1–YES I AM FREE, 116, c, 3, by Uncaptured
1st Dam: Yes It's Valid, by Yes It's True
2nd Dam: Valid Forbes, by Valid Appeal
3rd Dam: Lightning Forbes, by Bold Forbes
($135,000 2yo '18 OBSOPN). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Gary
Barber; B-Sherry R. Mansfield & Kenneth H. Davis (FL); T-Mark
E. Casse; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $44,640. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0,
$75,340.
2–Jackson, 120, c, 3, Kantharos–Deposit Only, by Put It Back.
O/B-Tracy Pinchin (FL); T-Jose Pinchin. $14,400.
3–Gladiator King, 121, c, 3, Curlin–Golden Dawn, by Hennessy.
($65,000 RNA Ylg '17 KEESEP; $195,000 RNA 2yo '18 OBSOPN).
O-Thoroughbred Champions Training Center LLC;
B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Jaime Mejia.
$7,200.
Margins: HF, HF, NK. Odds: 2.20, 6.60, 16.60.
Also Ran: R Boy Bode, Never Have I Ever (Ire), Running for Riz, Crosstown Shootout, Standup, Half Shot.
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