Brethren Better than Big Brother?
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Zipse’s Kentucky Derby Daily - Day 84
Last year the A.P. Indy mare Supercharger claimed her fame as the dam of Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver. This year the full sister to three graded stakes winners, might be on the verge of joining the rarified air of the best broodmares in recent history. Four years ago the broodmare Better than Honour completed an amazing double by producing consecutive Belmont winners in Jazil and Rags to Riches. An amazing feat, but it would not be nearly as big as producing two straight victors of the Kentucky Derby. Today, Supercharger’s son Brethren made the seemingly unthinkable, suddenly possible.
Tampa Bay Downs’ Sam F. Davis Stakes proved easy as could be for Brethren. After bobbling outward at the break from his outside post position, he quickly moved up to sit just off the early pace. From there it was just a matter of when rider Ramon Dominguez would choose to pull the trigger. Brethren assumed command quickly on the turn and drew away under only modest urging to register a four length victory over longshot Too Experience. The win kept the good looking son of Distorted Humor perfect in three calls to the post, following a fast maiden win at Belmont, and a convincing allowance win at Churchill Downs.
Brethren is trained by Todd Pletcher, also the conditioner of the current Derby favorite Uncle Mo, and owned by WinStar Farm. That is the same trainer-owner team that campaigned Super Saver. Elliott Walden of WinStar Farm said of Brethren’s race, “I was very pleased. The thing I was most pleased about was that he didn’t break well. He broke out, which typically happens on the outside post with a very young horse; and yet, he gathered himself and got into the race very quickly and settled down and got into a really nice rhythm. I’m hopeful (that he’ll have no trouble going further.) I mean, he’s got the pedigree for it. Super Saver did it, and we hope he does, too.”
The next logical step for the undefeated Brethren normally would be the Tampa Bay Derby, but with Uncle Mo already penciled in for that race, it is likely that Pletcher will send Super Saver’s little brother elsewhere. Wherever they decide to go today’s impressive win takes a little pressure off, as it raises his Graded Stakes earnings into the Top 10 of current candidates.
In other Derby doings, Boys at Tosconova, arguably the second best juvenile in the nation last year, has been taken out of training and is off the Derby trail. Trainer Rick Dutrow said that the colt is just not right, and is hoping a rest will do him well for later in the season.
Notable works today from Horse Racing Nation’s list of 2011 Kentucky Derby Contenders include three colts pointing for next week’s Risen Star Stakes at the Fair Grounds:
#5 Santiva – Bullet 5f in 1:00.40 (1/35) at Palm Meadows Training Center.
#9 Rogue Romance – Breezed 5f in 1:02.05 (14/39) at Gulfstream Park.
#13 Mucho Macho Man – Breezed 5f in 1:04.35 (34/39) at Gulfstream Park.
Tampa Bay Downs’ Sam F. Davis Stakes proved easy as could be for Brethren. After bobbling outward at the break from his outside post position, he quickly moved up to sit just off the early pace. From there it was just a matter of when rider Ramon Dominguez would choose to pull the trigger. Brethren assumed command quickly on the turn and drew away under only modest urging to register a four length victory over longshot Too Experience. The win kept the good looking son of Distorted Humor perfect in three calls to the post, following a fast maiden win at Belmont, and a convincing allowance win at Churchill Downs.
Brethren is trained by Todd Pletcher, also the conditioner of the current Derby favorite Uncle Mo, and owned by WinStar Farm. That is the same trainer-owner team that campaigned Super Saver. Elliott Walden of WinStar Farm said of Brethren’s race, “I was very pleased. The thing I was most pleased about was that he didn’t break well. He broke out, which typically happens on the outside post with a very young horse; and yet, he gathered himself and got into the race very quickly and settled down and got into a really nice rhythm. I’m hopeful (that he’ll have no trouble going further.) I mean, he’s got the pedigree for it. Super Saver did it, and we hope he does, too.”
The next logical step for the undefeated Brethren normally would be the Tampa Bay Derby, but with Uncle Mo already penciled in for that race, it is likely that Pletcher will send Super Saver’s little brother elsewhere. Wherever they decide to go today’s impressive win takes a little pressure off, as it raises his Graded Stakes earnings into the Top 10 of current candidates.
In other Derby doings, Boys at Tosconova, arguably the second best juvenile in the nation last year, has been taken out of training and is off the Derby trail. Trainer Rick Dutrow said that the colt is just not right, and is hoping a rest will do him well for later in the season.
Notable works today from Horse Racing Nation’s list of 2011 Kentucky Derby Contenders include three colts pointing for next week’s Risen Star Stakes at the Fair Grounds:
#5 Santiva – Bullet 5f in 1:00.40 (1/35) at Palm Meadows Training Center.
#9 Rogue Romance – Breezed 5f in 1:02.05 (14/39) at Gulfstream Park.
#13 Mucho Macho Man – Breezed 5f in 1:04.35 (34/39) at Gulfstream Park.
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