Abreu Hopes for Pilgrim Score with Shawdyshawdyshawdy
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Public Sector won at first asking Aug. 15 at Saratoga Racecourse
Lawrence and Jennifer Goichman's Shawdyshawdyshawdy will make his second career stakes start in the $100,000 Pilgrim Stakes (G2T), a 1 1/16-mile turf test for juveniles at Belmont Park.
Trained by Jorge Abreu, the Summer Front bay graduated impressively on debut in a 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight race Aug. 1 on the turf at Saratoga Race Course. He followed with a deceptively good fourth Sept. 7 in the one-mile More Than Ready Juvenile Stakes at Kentucky Downs.
"He didn't run badly at Kentucky Downs. A horse went down right next to him so it probably cost him finishing second," said Abreu. "I think he's stakes caliber. He trains like a horse who is promising."
Jose Lezcano, who entered the week leading all riders at the Belmont fall meet with 11 wins, will guide Shawdyshawdyshawdy from the inside post.
Klaravich Stables' Public Sector will attempt to give four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown his fourth score in the Pilgrim following winning efforts by Noble Tune (2012), Bobby's Kitten (2013) and Structor, who parlayed last year's Pilgrim score to an impressive win in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) at Santa Anita Park.
A bay son of Kingman out of the Montjeu mare Parle Moi, Public Sector closed from seventh to secure a two-length win in a 1 1/16-mile turf maiden at first asking Aug. 15 at the Spa. Public Sector will exit post 3 under Hall of Famer Javier Castellano.
Mr. Amore Stable's It's a Gamble, a homebred for Ron Lombardi trained by Kelly Breen, will stretch out in distance following a last-to-first debut score Aug. 13 in a 5 1/2-furlong maiden turf sprint at Saratoga for New York-breds.
The English Channel bay is out of the winning Yes It's True mare Yes It's Pink. He breezed five-eighths in 1:01 1/5 Sept. 26 on the Belmont inner turf in his final prep for his stakes debut, in which he will leave post 2 under Eric Cancel.
Mike Rutherford's American Monarch won his debut at 1 1/16-miles on the Saratoga turf Aug. 8. The American Pharoah bay followed with a game fourth in the Summer Stakes (G1T), a one-turn mile on the expansive E.P. Taylor Turf Course at Woodbine. Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, American Monarch will be piloted by Junior Alvarado from Post 4.
Hayward and Donna Pressman and Diamond M Stable's Step Dancer posted a visually impressive winning debut over good Saratoga turf at 1 1/16-miles on Sept. 4 for trainer Barclay Tagg. Bred in the Empire State by Sugar Plum Farm and Richard Pressman, the War Dancer colt was eighth, 11 lengths off the pace before rallying to an emphatic 3 1/2-length win under Dylan Davis.
Glenn Del Russo's Zippy Baby, trained by Dermot Magner, graduated at third asking in an open 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight July 18 on the Saratoga green. The Cairo Prince gray enters off a third in the off-the-turf With Anticipation Stakes contested on a sloppy Saratoga strip Sept. 2.
Belmont Park, Saturday, October 03, 2020, Race 6Entries: Pilgrim S. (G2T)
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Horse
Jockey
Wgt
Trainer
M/L
1
1Shawdyshawdyshawdy (KY)
Jose Lezcano
120
Jorge R. Abreu
4/1
2
2It's a Gamble (NY)
Eric Cancel
120
Kelly J. Breen
8/1
3
3Public Sector (GB)
Javier Castellano
120
Chad C. Brown
5/2
4
4American Monarch (KY)
Junior Alvarado
120
William I. Mott
7/2
5
5Nathan Detroit (KY)
Manuel Franco
120
J. Reeve McGaughey
8/1
6
6Fire At Will (KY)
Kendrick Carmouche
120
Michael J. Maker
6/1
7
7Step Dancer (NY)
Dylan Davis
120
Barclay Tagg
8/1
8
8Zippy Baby (KY)
Jose L. Ortiz
120
Dermot Magner
10/1
