Pure Silver under serious consideration for Spinaway

Pure Silver came out of her graded stakes debut in good order, trainer Todd Pletcher said a day after the juvenile filly romped to a 9 ½-length victory in the Grade 2 Adirondack.

The Mission Impazible filly was fractious in the gate but steadied under Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez, opening up a sizable lead in the stretch against an eight-horse field for the 6 ½-furlong sprint. Pletcher said the Twin Creeks Farm homebred could target the Grade 1, $350,000 Spinaway on September 2.

"Pure Silver came back very well. She seemed bright, alert and happy," Pletcher said. "We'll evaluate how she trains and I think based on how well she ran yesterday, we'll have to give the Spinaway some serious consideration."

The Spinaway, contested at seven furlongs, earns the winner a guaranteed entry into the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies in November at Del Mar.

Stainless stumbled badly at the break and fell behind by almost eight lengths at the start. Under jockey Manny Franco, Stainless chased off the inside and rallied to finish fourth in her first start since a third-place effort in the Grade 3 Schuylerville on Saratoga's Opening Day, July 21.

"Overall, she's in good shape except for a few scratches, scrapes and grabs, but they're all pretty superficial," Pletcher said. "She is fine; it's just what you would expect when she got off to a start like she did. I thought that despite that she ran very well."

Pletcher also reported that American Patriot came out of his sixth-place finish in the Grade 1 Fourstardave in good order. The 4-year-old son of War Front struggled with the yielding inner turf track as heavy rain preceded the race.

"He came back fine; unfortunately, he hated the ground and he slipped behind leaving there and just couldn't get on track," Pletcher said. "The whole thing went awry when the skies opened." 

Clipthecouponannie will be entered in the $100,000 Union Avenue for state-bred fillies and mares 3-years-old and up at 6 ½ furlongs on August 17.

"She's good, she's training well and we decided to wait for the New York-bred race," Pletcher said.

Source: NYRA Communications