There isn't a 'return clause' per se, KRA won't give him back if Winstar wants him. However, there is an, "option for WinStar to buy him back in the future".Ridan_Remembered wrote:Risen Star: Pletcher Trainee Noble Indy Shows ‘A Tremendous Amount Of Talent’
https://www.paulickreport.com/news/trip ... nt-talent/
This is a colt by Take Charge Indy, currently the #1 second crop sire. I wonder if there's a return clause in that sale to Korean interests.
On another note going back and reading the comment section on this article is hilarious, given the present-day situation.Northport wrote: https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... outh-korea
Exactly. And don't get me started on comments (any comments, Bloodhorse, Facebook, etc.) when a horse is exported anywhere that isn't Narnia.Treve wrote:If his offspring are this good in the US, he could very well turn out to be the KRA's Northern Taste.
Jeff SiegelBaroqueAgain1 wrote:Baffert has another 3yo colt who may have a world of potential. His Scat Daddy colt, Justify, just won the 2nd at Santa Anita, a 7-furlong MSW on the main, by what looked like double digits. A gorgeous 'gleaming chestnut' (Wrona's words), I suspect we may see this one in a stakes next.
I know that a more measured progression would have him in an allowance next but, hey, it's just a little over two months to the Derby. Connections with good colts aren't likely to be 'measured' in their approach to where they next run their talented boys.
104 BSFBaroqueAgain1 wrote:Baffert has another 3yo colt who may have a world of potential. His Scat Daddy colt, Justify, just won the 2nd at Santa Anita, a 7-furlong MSW on the main, by what looked like double digits. A gorgeous 'gleaming chestnut' (Wrona's words), I suspect we may see this one in a stakes next.
I know that a more measured progression would have him in an allowance next but, hey, it's just a little over two months to the Derby. Connections with good colts aren't likely to be 'measured' in their approach to where they next run their talented boys.
https://news.godolphin.com/news/one-pre ... ery-islandGodolphin trainer Kiaran McLaughlin is forming the opinion that Avery Island will need just one more run under his belt before lining up in the G1 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday, 5 May.
McLaughlin is looking at the G2 Louisiana Derby, over one mile and an eighth, on Saturday, 24 March, as the colt’s final prep race for the ‘Run For The Roses.’
A range of options were laid out before the trainer following the colt’s noteworthy victory in the G3 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct on 3 February.
But McLaughlin is coming around to the view that only one more start is required to prepare for the big day — unlike stablemate Enticed, who needs to build up qualifying points to ensure a place in the field.
“The Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds fits us well for Avery Island. It is seven weeks since the Withers at Aqueduct, and six weeks before the Kentucky Derby. We are tentatively pointing that way (Fair Grounds). The timing is good,” he said.
As a back-up, McLaughlin also has the G2 Bluegrass Stakes at Keeneland and the G2 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, both on Saturday, 7 April, to fall back on, should the colt need an extra run.
The trainer added that Enticed was likely to go next for the G3 Gotham Stakes, over one mile, at Aqueduct on Saturday, 10 March.
“I would like him to have two runs before the Kentucky Derby, and he needs to perform well to get to Churchill Downs,” he pointed out.
Enticed finished fourth to Audible in the G2 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, 3 February.
Both McLaughlin’s Derby colts are scheduled to have serious training work-outs this Friday.
