5th-Gulfstream, $54,000, (S), Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 3-27, 3yo, 6f, 1:09.29, ft, 7 lengths.
SORCERER'S SILVER (c, 3, Good Magic–Money Or Love {SW, $211,840}, by J Be K) ran off to score by 8 1/4 lengths while facing fellow Florida-breds going seven furlongs here Feb. 1 and was installed the heavy 1-5 choice to repeat this time. Sent to the front after a fast start, the $130,000 Fasig-Tipton May graduate allowed Aero Star (Cajun Breeze) to assume the helm through a :22.50 quarter. Re-taking the advantage through a :45.41 half, the favorite drew off down the lane to score by seven lengths. Aero Star was second. “It was great to hear Irad after getting off the horse say, 'We're ready to take on the big boys,'” West Point Thoroughbreds founder and president Terry Finley said. “We'll probably go to the [GIII Stonestreet] Lexington [Stakes at Keeneland Apr. 12]. I've always wanted to win the [GI] Preakness [Stakes]. I know that's a long, long way down the road. I don't want to sound like an amateur, but if you can't dream with a horse like this, you probably don't belong owning horses.” The second leg of the Triple Crown comes up on Saturday, May 17. Winning jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. added, “He's a Florida-bred, and he's really nice. I think they should take a shot at open company. He's one of those kind that he's different. Everything he's doing right now he's doing so easy. He went in 1:09 and I didn't even lean on him. It's impressive.” Thursday's winner has a year-younger full-brother named Magic Art, who was ultimately sent abroad, and a yearling sister by Charlatan. Sales history: $45,000 Ylg '23 OBSOCT; $130,000 2yo '24 EASMAY. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $62,400. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-West Point Thoroughbreds and Domeyko Taylor; B-Good Magic Syndicate & Darsan Inc. (FL); T-Dale L. Romans.
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