Recruiting Ready Signs on for Bashford Manor

After winning his maiden debut by 10 1/4 lengths May 28 at Pimlico Race Course, Recruiting Ready is scheduled to ship west for the $100,000 Bashford Manor Stakes (gr. III) July 2 at Churchill Downs.

Sagamore Farm's Recruiting Ready will break from the outside post in the expected field of nine juveniles entered in the six-furlong test. The colt is the first winner for his Claiborne Farm-based freshman sire Algorithms  . 

Since his debut, Recruiting Ready has registered three timed workouts, earning the bullet in his two most recent moves at Laurel Park for trainer Horacio DePaz.

"He really ran lights out last time," DePaz said. "He's been training real well since his last effort and he's proven himself."

In those recent works, Recruiting Ready went five furlongs in 1:00 2/5 June 18 and a half-mile in :47 3/5 June 25. 

"He's definitely matured after that last effort," DePaz said. "He just does things so easily and he's really put it together. He came out of his race in such good order that we figured that we would run him here since it's a good spot for him. He gets to ship, he'll be running up against some nice horses and we'll get a good idea of what he can really do."

Recruiting Ready is one of eight horses entered in the Bashford Manor off a career debut victory, a group that includes a trio of juveniles who won their debuts at Churchill: John Oxley's Classic Empire, by Pioneerof the Nile  ; Whispering Oaks Farm's Tip Tap Tapizar, by Tapizar  ; and, Tom Durant homebred Raising Rumors, by Sing Baby Sing.

The other four first-out winners include two trained by Danny Pish who won their debuts at Lone Star Park in Keene Thoroughbreds' My Golden Aura, by My Golden Song  ; and Jerry Durant and Bill Jordan's U S Officer, by U S Ranger  . Patricia Hope's Riv won his debut on the Arlington International Racecourse Polytrack while Horse International's Capt. Grider will be making his first start since winning at Keeneland.

Rounding out the field is Boys From Boston, who placed in each of his first two efforts.

Saturday's card also will spotlight 2-year-old fillies in the $100,000 Debutante Stakes, at six furlongs. The field of 10 includes Winchell Thoroughbreds homebred Tricky One, a daughter of Unbridled's Song, who scored by 4 1/2 lengths in her maiden debut June 3 at Churchill.