Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted January 19, 2019 Journalists Share Posted January 19, 2019 DESSMAN (c, 3, Union Rags–Frolic’s Appeal, by Trippi), installed the heavy 4-5 favorite for the omnipresent Bob Baffert barn, lived up to advanced billing to garner the ‘TDN Rising Star’ nod. Off a step slowly, he was pushed along by Flavien Prat to chase the pace out wide in third. The $750,000 Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream buy ranged up ominously to challenge the leader after a :22.24 opening quarter, and was clearly going better of the top two approaching the quarter pole as stablemate Scalper (Uncle Mo)–$850,000 at the same sale–revved up behind. Dessman proved to be in a class of his own in the lane, however, as he leveled off powerfully to run up the score by close to double-digit lengths. He topped the clock in 1:11.37. Norski (Liaison) took third over Scalper. Sales history: $120,000 yrl ’17 KEESEP; $750,000 2yo ’18 FTFMAR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0. O-Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al Maktoum. B-Wind Hill Farm (FL). T-Bob Baffert. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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