7th-Colonial Downs, $100,000, (R), Hcp, 3-14, 4yo/up, 7f, 1:20.03, ft, 2 1/2 lengths.
BOOK'EM DANNO (g, 4, Bucchero–Adorabella, by Ghostzapper) was clearly the showstopper here as the field scratched down to just three from 11 horses, and he made his 2025 bow a winning one.
Last seen running fifth in a salty GII Cigar Mile Handicap Dec. 7, he'd been winless since claiming the Listed Jersey Shore Stakes by a nose in mid-July at Monmouth Park. He'd hit the board in the GIII Perryville and GI H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes in between, and claimed the GI Woody Stephens Stakes in early June.
Away well as Celtic Contender (Irish War Cry) set the pace through :22.65, :45.14, and 1:07.92 fractions, the pair locked horns entering the lane with the heavy favorite overhauling that one nearing the three sixteenths. Edging away as his challenger faded, the victor was 2 1/2 lengths in front of Repo Rocks (Tapiture) at the line when that one claimed second from the pacesetter.
#6 BOOK'EM DANNO ($2.60) made his 2025 debut a winning one by taking the $150,000 Boston Handicap at Colonial Downs. The 4yo son of Bucchero has now won 7 of his 12 career starts. @PacoLopez1018 was in the irons for Derek Ryan. pic.twitter.com/aNFgEb7r7H
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Book'em Danno is a half-brother to Girl Trouble (Fast Anna), MSW, $288,540, the first for their dam to make the races and to claim black-type. Adorabella has since produced an unraced 3-year-old half-brother to that pair named Coach Bennett (Classic Empire) and is due to Medaglia d'Oro for 2025 after aborting her 2024 covering to the stallion. Sales history: $475,000 RNA 3yo '24 KEECHA. Lifetime Record: GISW-US, GSP-KSA, 12-7-3-1, $1,098,125. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Atlantic Six Racing, LLC; B-Gregory J Kilka & Bright View Farm (NJ); T-Derek S. Ryan.
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