American Pharoah Firster Zips on Aqueduct Turf

This column highlights the performances of maidens who’ve made not more than 5 begins and who both offered for greater than $500,000 at public public sale, have siblings which can be graded/group winners, or have dams which can be graded/group winners. BloodHorse analysis exhibits maiden winners, specifically, who meet these standards usually tend to go on to be graded stakes winners.

Belmont on the Huge A

One week after Mentee  broke his maiden on the Belmont on the Huge A gathering, one other full sibling to a Breeders’ Cup winner took the stage on the Queens, N.Y., oval. This time it was Pharoah’s Dynasty , the 2-year-old brother to Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Dash (G2T) victor 4 Wheel Drive , who made a formidable debut rating on the Aqueduct turf June 23 for coach Wesley Ward.

Pharoah’s Dynasty, 2YO son of @coolmoreamerica stallion American Pharoah, breaks his maiden within the fourth race with @ljlmvel up for Wesley Ward! pic.twitter.com/HzkgIvdk2Z

— NYRA (🌳) (@TheNYRA) June 23, 2024

Pharoah’s Dynasty, a son of 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah  , a stallion rapidly turning into often called a outstanding sire of turf runners, made his first outing in a six-furlong maiden particular weight. Blasting from the gate beneath Corridor of Fame jockey John Velazquez, the blinkered bay outsprinted the sphere and remained on prime all through fractions of :22.71 and :46.07.

Co-owner Trevor Smith bought Pharoah’s Dynasty for $330,000 out of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale from the Paramount Gross sales consignment. Pharoah’s Dynasty races for the partnership of Billy Smith, Trevor Smith, Patrick Guthrie, and Chris Lykins.

If there was any household made for turf pace, it was this one. Funfair, the dam of Pharoah’s Dynasty, was simply as precocious as her two sons, graduating first outing sprinting six furlongs on the turf at Belmont Park for coach Christophe Clement. The daughter of Extra Than Prepared added black sort to her resume with a victory within the Colleen Stakes at Monmouth Park as a 2-year-old, the place she scorched 5 furlongs on the grass in :56.68, a time later bettered by 4 Wheel Drive within the Breeders’ Cup.

4 Wheel Drive, additionally skilled by Ward, gained his first three begins, all in stakes firm. The dash specialist showcased his pace in a scintillating show within the 2019 Juvenile Turf Dash, rocketing gate to wire in :55.66, solely three ticks off the Santa Anita Park course file. He was offered to face at stud in Japan after making just one begin at 3 and retired with earnings of $693,385.

Funfair can be liable for one other stakes winner in Born Nice (Scat Daddy), who took the Kentucky Downs TVG Preview Turf Dash Stakes at Ellis Park in 2021.