Yaupon Colt Emphasis Wires Salty Maiden at the Spa

[Wandering Eyes]

All eyes were on the debuting $1.3-million OBS April graduate Stradale (Yaupon), but it was another son of Yaupon who stole the show at the Spa Saturday afternoon.

Emphasis (Yaupon), off at debut odds of 5-1, was quickest of all in the early stages while the heavily favored Stradale was checked sharply and trailed the field of eight.

Emphasis raced under pressure through an opening quarter in :22.87, held a narrow advantage heading to the quarter pole and kept finding in the stretch to hold the unlucky Growth Equity (Nyquist) safe by a length. Stradale ran very well to finish third after his early trouble.

Emphasis becomes the seventh winner for his freshman sire (by Uncle Mo).

The final time for six furlongs was 1:11.83.

Sales history: $625,000 yrl '24 KEESEP.

Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0.

O-Spendthrift Farm LLC & Repole Stable; B-Betz/J. Betz/Burns/B & K Canetti/C. Kidder/et al (Ky); T-Todd A. Pletcher.

@RSantana_Jr is on a roll! Win number three on the card comes aboard EMPHASIS in Race 7, breaking his maiden for trainer @PletcherRacing. pic.twitter.com/y9b777Ptp9

— NYRA () (@TheNYRA) July 19, 2025

 

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