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 are graded/group winners, or have dams which are graded/group winners. BloodHorse analysis reveals maiden winners, specifically, who meet these standards usually tend to go on to be graded stakes winners.
Keeneland
Fifth in his debut at Kentucky Downs, Geometry configured the profitable method second day out for Augustin Stables with a decisive victory over the Keeneland turf Oct. 12. Educated by Jonathan Thomas, the burly son of Twirling Sweet  solidly defeated a well-bred bunch of juveniles in a 1 1/16-mile maiden particular weight.
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Despatched to publish because the second selection behind Government , a $900,000 son of Gun Runner  for coach Invoice Mott, Geometry sat the proper stalking journey beneath Frankie Dettori. Forwardly positioned behind sprightly early fractions of :22.33 and :47.11, Dettori guided the large bay three-wide turning for residence and he pounced on the leaders. Requested for his greatest, Geometry leveled down and prolonged powerfully for the wire to complete two lengths away from his rivals.
He was clocked in 1:43.45 over a agency course.
Geometry is a fifth-generation homebred for Augustin Stables, owned by George Strawbridge Jr., who took over the reins of the prolific breeding and racing operation with the loss of life of his father, George Sr., in 1990. Geometry’s dam, the Lemon Drop Child mare Vanishing, hails from a household of black-type performers on the garden. Stakes-placed herself, she is a half sibling to millionaire and a number of graded stakes winner Good Bid.
With Geometry, Vanishing has produced 4 winners from six foals to race. Her greatest progeny to this point is the Liam’s Map  gelding Beginning Over , who captured the Mac Diarmida Stakes (G2T) at Gulfstream Park this season on the age of seven. The Mike Maker trainee has banked $537,145.
BloodHorse Maiden Watch | |||||||
Notable 2-year-old maiden winners for the week of Oct. 7-Oct. 13 | |||||||
Date | Observe | Race | Horse | Sire | Dam | Begin | Maiden Watch Eligibility Standards |
10/10 | DED | 6 | Contrabandist | Gun Runner | Summertime Inexperienced | 3 | Half Sibling to G2SW Gigante |
10/12 | BAQ | 11 | Davy Crockett | Structure | America’s Story | 3 | Dam is a G2SW |
10/12 | DED | 1 | Aledean | Sport Winner | Toni’s Hollyday | 3 | $600K Yearling; Half Sibling to G1SW Chi City Girl |
10/12 | KEE | 2 | Geometry | Twirling Sweet | Vanishing | 2 | Half Sibling to G2SW Beginning Over |
10/12 | SA | 6 | Howin | Gun Runner | Flora Dora | 1 | $550K Yearling |
10/13 | KEE | 4 | Good Union | Union Rags | Good Mission | 2 | Half Sibling to G3SW Mission of Pleasure |