Dark Angel Firster Scores Knockout for Brown at Keeneland

[Wandering Eyes]

RAGING BULL (FR) (c, 3, Dark Angel {Ire}–Rosa Bonheur, by Mr. Greeley) continued a lights-out run for trainer Chad Brown at the Keeneland meet with a rallying debut tally on the grass. Showing a steady worktab at Palm Meadows before finishing off preparations with a half-mile on the local dirt in :49 flat (33/86) Apr. 6, the bay broke about two lengths slowly as the narrow 29-10 second choice before darting over to the rail into the clubhouse turn. Traveling comfortably in sixth behind fractions of :24.28 and :48.80, he advanced four wide on the latter half of the far bend, swept to the lead just outside the sixteenth pole and edged clear to score by 1 3/4 lengths in hand over First Spring (Spring At Last). The final running time for a mile over ‘good’ turf was 1:39.23. The winner’s second dam is MGSW Rolly Polly (Ire) (Mukaddamah). He has a juvenile half-brother by Pivotal (GB) named Rapture (Fr) and a yearling Siyouni (Fr) half-sister named Siyoubaby (Ire). Sales History: $100,935 Ylg ’16 GOFSEP. Lifetime Record: $44,400. O-Peter M. Brant; B-Dayton Investments Limited (FR); T-Chad C. Brown.

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