He's Gorgeous wins again in NY

The New York Sire Stakes were in Saratoga, NY, on Thursday night at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway and 2-year-old pacing colts were featured on the beautiful late summer night in the Spa City.

 

Consistency was the word of the night as three of the four stakes’ winners clocked victories in 1:55.1. He’s Gorgeous established himself as the 2 year old to beat in New York well before Thursday, but cemented himself in that role with a convincing win in his Saratoga debut. Jason Bartlett was up to drive for trainer Linda Toscano and had the freshman colt wrapped up in the stretch as they recorded the 1:55.1 win, highlighted by a final half of :56.1.

 

Jo Pa’s Fod teamed up for the second time with Jim Morrill Jr and together ran their record to two for two behind a front-stepping win in 1:55.1.

 

Local favorite Flexjet took the third stakes split of the night as the lone upset winner for the stakes portion of the program. Dan Cappello Jr. piloted the Chet Poole Jr trainee to his fifth win in eight starts this year and did so at odds of 10-1. Flexjet’s win all came in 1:55.1.

 

The final stake race for the evening was won by Gone Baby Gone. Morrill was up to drive the Pro Bono Best gelding for the first time and they made good at 1-5, coming on for a 1:57 lifetime best win. It was the fourth win in the freshman campaign for Gone Baby Gone, who is trained by Gary Messenger. (Mike Sardella for Saratoga)