Brooklyn Strong heads to the post today as the 7/2 third choice in today’s Remsen at Aqueduct. The 1 1/8 mile contest is a real step on the Kentucky Derby “trail”.
6 months ago Brooklyn Strong was a $5,000 purchase at the Ocala sales by an owner who 0 for 24 lifetime at Penn National. Only a very arrogant bastard would have put this horse on his top 20 horses from the sale list.
Brooklyn Strong has exactly the kind of “sneaky” pedigree that I am looking for:
- The dam is by Medaglia d’Oro
- The dam ran a 98 Equibase fig in a 1 3/8 mile turf race at Gulfstream
- She won solid $90,000 in 20 races
- She produced a $110,000 winner in her 2nd foal
- The 2nd dam is by stamina influence Thunder Gulch
- The 3rd dam produced a winner of the Stephen Foster and Hawthorne Gold Cup that won over $1,000,000
- the nick was rated A by True Nicks
Brooklyn Strong worked a very average 10.2 at Ocala, but given the non-precocious pedigree I consider this a fast work.
It is a lot of fun to think about buying the more expensive $100,000 horses at the sales, but trying to find the Brooklyn Strong’s is the important work.
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