First U.S. Winner for Algorithms
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Photo: Jim McCue/Maryland Jockey Club
Recruiting Ready is an easy winner at Pimlico Race Course
Impressive Pimlico Race Course maiden special weight race winner Recruiting Ready has become the first North American winner for Claiborne Farm’s first-season stallion Algorithms .
Jockey Edgar Prado took the 2-year-old colt directly to the front in the 4 1/2-furlong race and he never looked in danger. He had an eight-length lead at the top of the stretch and wasn’t ridden out to win by 10 1/4 lengths. He is the second winner for his sire following Storm of Race, a winner in Russia earlier in May.
Bred by Claiborne Farm, Recruiting Ready is out of Need (Strong Hope), a daughter of the multiple grade III-winning mare Trip (Lord At War).
Recruiting Ready was bought by agent Jack Hester at the 2015 Keeneland September yearling sale for $110,000, and was a $240,000 RNA at the Fasig-Tipton Florida sale in March.
Algorithms, a son of Bernardini , was undefeated in three starts. He was considered a colt of classic potential after winning the Holy Bull Stakes (gr. III) by five lengths, but his career was ended by injury.
A brother to grade I winner Greenpointcrusader and a half brother to four other stakes winners, including grade I winner Justin Phillip , Algorithms stands for a 2016 fee of $5,000.