Pricy Into Mischief Colt Potente Guts It Out on Santa Anita Bow

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Trainer Bob Baffert came into Saturday's hot-looking maiden at Santa Anita with a trio of high-profile chances on paper, but that number was reduced to a single runner with the program scratches of the rail-drawn Duntov, a $575,000 son of Maxfield, and Crude Velocity (Beau Liam), himself a $250,000 breeze-up purchase. But the one that remained, Speedway Stables' POTENTE (c, 3, Into Mischief–Sweet Sting, by Awesome Again), shouldered the load, outgaming the more experienced Captain Shreve (Runhappy) by a length.

Away very smartly from an outside draw, the $2.4-million Fasig-Tipton Saratoga graduate carved out the early fractions, with his chief market rival Captain Shreve–a strong-figure second on debut–close in tow. Clinging to a narrow advantage as they raced by the quarter pole in :45.62, Potente was never truly able to dispose of the race-long challenge from Captain Shreve, but came home nicely to take it by about a length.

Sales history: $2,400,000 Ylg '24 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0. O-Speedway Stable LLC; B-Pam & Marty Wygod; T-Bob Baffert

 

The $2.4 million yearling purchase #7 POTENTE ($3.20) broke his maiden in R6 at @SantaAnitaPark. @kazushi0096 rode the three-year-old Into Mischief (@SpendthriftFarm) colt for trainer Bob Baffert. pic.twitter.com/8gBEZwZfNK

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