Final Score Another Stakes Winner For Not This Time, Pletcher, Repole In With Anticipation

[Wandering Eyes]

Not 24 hours removed from a victory from 'TDN Rising Star' Time to Dream in Wednesday's P. G. Johnson Stakes, FINAL SCORE (c, 2, Not This Time–Precious Dixie, by Bernardini) gave his can-do-no-wrong sire, owner Repole Stable and trainer Todd Pletcher a sweep of the meet-ending juvenile turf stakes with a pillar-to-post success in Thursday's GIII With Anticipation Stakes at Saratoga.

Given the presence of 'Rising Star' Capital Partner (GB) (Kingman {GB}), the long odds-on favorite, the punters took a bit of a skeptical approach to Final Score's maiden-breaker over course and distance 18 days prior, where he was allowed to dictate an extremely soft pace from the front and scampered home with plenty in reserve.

It was deja vu all over again Thursday afternooon.

Quickly into stride from the one hole for noted gate rider Kendrick Carmouche, the 9-1 gamble made the pace and it was Capital Partner who somewhat surprisingly prompted the pace through a quarter in :24.53 and an even half-mile in :48.63. Well held into the second turn, Final Score was shaken up just a bit at the midpoint of the bend got a right-handed reminder and opened up on them in the final furlong to take it by five to six lengths over Heeere's Johnny (Oscar Performance), second in Final Score's maiden as well. Capital Partner held on for third.

Time to Dream cost the Repole braintrust some three-quarters of a million dollars at last year's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale not far from the racetrack and, having already tasted major success with the sire's Up To the Mark, went to $600,000 for Final Score at the same event.

The colt is the 55th worldwide stakes winner and 27th at the graded level for Not This Time. Sales history: $600,000 Ylg '24 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0. O-Repole Stable; B-BG Stables (KY); T-Todd Pletcher.

Thursday, Saratoga
WITH ANTICIPATION S.-GIII, $175,000, Saratoga, 8-28, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:41.75, fm.
1–FINAL SCORE, 122, c, 2, by Not This Time
1st Dam: Precious Dixie, by Bernardini
2nd Dam: Princess Haya, by Street Cry (Ire)
3rd Dam: Sally Slew, by Slew City Slew
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($600,000 Ylg '24 FTSAUG). O-Repole Stable; B-BG Stables (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher; J-Kendrick Carmouche. $96,250. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $171,250. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Heeere's Johnny, 118, c, 2, Oscar Performance–Dabinett, by Blame. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($100,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP). O-Magic Carpet Racing & Catherine W Coyle; B-John A Chandler (KY); T-Raymond Handal. $35,000.
3–Capital Partner (GB), 122, c, 2, Kingman (GB)–Blue Waltz (GB), by Pivotal (GB). (360,000gns Ylg '24 TATOCT). 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. O-Klaravich Stables Inc; B-Fittocks Stud & Arrow Farm Stud (GB); T-Chad C Brown. $21,000.
Margins: 4HF, 1 1/4, NK. Odds: 9.30, 10.40, 0.65.
Also Ran: Dr. Agne, Gloves Off, Strategic Risk. Scratched: Caroline St. Beat, One More Freud. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

 

Back-to-back wins for FINAL SCORE as he wins the Grade 3 With Anticipation Stakes at 9-1 under @KendrickCarmou1 for trainer @PletcherRacing. pic.twitter.com/MIH5YYqJz9

— NYRA () (@TheNYRA) August 28, 2025

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