Gold Square's Throckmorton, the even-money favorite, went wire-to-wire to take the Awad Stakes at Aqueduct Sunday. Making his first start on the turf, the bay colt easily took the early lead and was under a snug hold through an opening quarter in :23.26. Let loose at the top of the lane as the half went up in :45.93, he scampered clear with a furlong to run and maintained his advantage to the wire.
“When he broke out of there, he was kind of lost because he had the one hole and the starter was right next to him,” said winning rider Samuel Marin. “So, when he broke out of there…I asked him a little bit, and he went forward. When he took the lead, I tried to slow the pace down and they did let me, so I was happy with the way he was travelling out there. He was just galloping out there. He was doing his own thing. I didn't force him to do nothing until down the stretch when he switched. I asked him a little bit, and he took off. He did his own thing.”
Throckmorton was third over a sloppy Saratoga oval in his July 12 unveiling and was third again in an off-turfer at the Spa Aug. 14 before graduating over the synthetics at Gulfstream Sept. 14 last time out. Purchased by Global Racing for $8,000 at the 2023 Keeneland November sale, the colt sold at the OBS April sale earlier this year for $250,000. He is the third stakes winner for sophomore sire Caracaro (Uncle Mo). Whatarocket has a yearling colt by Basin who sold for $40,000 at last month's Fasig-Tipton October sale. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
AWAD S., $139,500, Aqueduct, 11-9, 2yo, 6fT, 1:08.91, fm.
1–THROCKMORTON, 120, c, 2, by Caracaro
1st Dam: Whatarocket, by Goldencents
2nd Dam: Rocket's Lady, by Whywhywhy
3rd Dam: Bella Bella Bella, by Soft Gold (Brz)
($8,000 Wlg '23 KEENOV; $250,000 2yo '25 OBSAPR).
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Gold Square LLC; B-Sierra Fria Farm
LLC (KY); T-Jose Francisco D'Angelo; J-Samuel Marin. $82,500.
Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-2, $130,500.
2–Glorious Boy, 120, g, 2, Independence Hall–Love Co, by Not
For Love. ($19,000 Wlg '23 KEENOV; $90,000 Ylg '24 FTKOCT).
1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Centurion Thoroughbred Club; B-Vossfeld
Bloodstock LLC (KY); T-Carlos F. Martin. $30,000.
3–Zuby, 117, f, 2, Vekoma–I Love Shopping, by Violence.
($37,000 RNA Ylg '24 KEEJAN; $75,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP).
1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Cronin, Jr., John J., RAP Racing, Weaver,
George and Watson, Richard A.; B-Ballyfair Farm (KY);
T-George Weaver. $18,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, NK, NK. Odds: 1.12, 4.44, 2.81.
Also Ran: Squad Goals. Scratched: Gypsy Art, Hong Kong Phooey, Should've, Uncle Aldo.
THROCKMORTON gets his first stakes win in the Awad Stakes under Samuel Marin for trainer Jose D'Angelo. pic.twitter.com/jVUiBinWqm
— NYRA (🗽) (@TheNYRA) November 9, 2025
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