Derby Status: Going
Graded Earnings: $180,000
Future Odds: 42/1
Owner: Jeff Harmon and Tim Kasparoff
Trainer: James M. Kasparoff
Pretty cool to see this $4,500 yearling purchase turn into a $442,925 earner after just seven starts and come a furious Colonel John rally away from winning the G1 SA Derby. The colt clearly has tons of early gas in a field with plenty of it, but it's encouraging that he calmly sat a length off of Coast Guard on Saturday and still had something left for the drive. What's discouraging is how he bore out at the top of the stretch and didn't look at all like a horse who wanted another furlong. Migliore also had to get after him quite a bit, making it seem as though they squeezed him hard to get that Derby-securing first or second money. While he may be getting the hang of this routing thing yet, his running style, the potentially taxing SA Derby effort and the extra furlong make the case for staying away.
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