Funtastic Again First Winner for Funtastic

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Photo: Coglianese Photos
Funtastic Again breaks his maiden at Saratoga Race Course

First crop sire Funtastic  , a grade 1 winner by the late More Than Ready, was represented by his first winner Aug. 27 when his son Funtastic Again  scored in the sixth race at Saratoga Race Course.

Funtastic Again, unsuccessful first time out when sprinting six furlongs July 1 at Belmont Park, relished two turns Saturday with a 6 1/2-length romp for Three Chimneys Farm. Trained by Wesley Ward, the colt bobbled at the start of the mile off-the-turf maiden special weight before zipping to the front and established fractions of :24.56 , :48.48, and 1:13.18 on a track rated as fast. He was geared down by jockey John Velazquez down the lane to stop the timer in 1:38.44.

Bred in Kentucky by BHMFR, Funtastic Again sold to Three Chimneys for $60,000 as a weanling at the 2020 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale from the Hunter Valley Farm consignment. He is out of the Broken Vow mare Repeta , who is also responsible for stakes winner Mucho Del Oro  and graded stakes-placed Lady Glamour . The dam of four winners from six foals to race, Repeta delivered a filly by Volatile   this year.

The regally-bred Funtastic is a half brother to Horse of the Year and Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Saint Liam  as well as to Quiet Dance, the dam of red-hot sire Gun Runner  . Funtastic stood the 2022 breeding season at Three Chimneys for an advertised fee of $5,000.

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