Augustin Stables' Homebred Victorious at Keeneland

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Augustin Stables' Homebred Victorious at Keeneland
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Photo: Coady Media/John Gallagher
Geometry breaks his maiden at Keeneland

This column highlights the performances of maidens who have made no more than five starts and who either sold for more than $500,000 at public auction, have siblings that are graded/group winners, or have dams that are graded/group winners. BloodHorse research shows maiden winners, in particular, who meet these criteria are more likely to go on to be graded stakes winners.

Keeneland

Fifth in his debut at Kentucky Downs, Geometry  configured the winning formula second time out for Augustin Stables with a decisive victory over the Keeneland turf Oct. 12. Trained by Jonathan Thomas, the burly son of Twirling Candy   solidly defeated a well-bred bunch of juveniles in a 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight.

Sent to post as the second choice behind Executive , a $900,000 son of Gun Runner   for trainer Bill Mott, Geometry sat the perfect stalking trip under Frankie Dettori. Forwardly placed behind sprightly early fractions of :22.33 and :47.11, Dettori guided the big bay three-wide turning for home and he pounced on the leaders. Asked for his best, Geometry leveled down and extended powerfully for the wire to finish two lengths clear of his rivals.

He was clocked in 1:43.45 over a firm course.

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Geometry is a fifth-generation homebred for Augustin Stables, owned by George Strawbridge Jr., who took over the reins of the prolific breeding and racing operation with the death of his father, George Sr., in 1990. Geometry's dam, the Lemon Drop Kid mare Vanishing, hails from a family of black-type performers on the lawn. Stakes-placed herself, she is a half sibling to millionaire and multiple graded stakes winner Smart Bid.

With Geometry, Vanishing has produced four winners from six foals to race. Her best progeny to date is the Liam's Map   gelding Starting Over , who captured the Mac Diarmida Stakes (G2T) at Gulfstream Park this season at the age of 7. The Mike Maker trainee has banked $537,145.









BloodHorse Maiden Watch
Notable 2-year-old maiden winners for the week of Oct. 7-Oct. 13
Date Track Race Horse Sire Dam Start Maiden Watch Eligibility Criteria
10/10 DED 6 Contrabandist Gun Runner Summertime Green 3 Half Sibling to G2SW Gigante
10/12 BAQ 11 Davy Crockett Constitution America's Tale 3 Dam is a G2SW
10/12 DED 1 Aledean Game Winner Toni's Hollyday 3 $600K Yearling; Half Sibling to G1SW Chi Town Lady
10/12 KEE 2 Geometry Twirling Candy Vanishing 2 Half Sibling to G2SW Starting Over
10/12 SA 6 Howin Gun Runner Flora Dora 1 $550K Yearling
10/13 KEE 4 Smart Union Union Rags Smart Mission 2 Half Sibling to G3SW Mission of Joy