Thousand Reasons to Hope

[Wandering Eyes]

Albaugh Family Stables and Spendthrift Farm’s Thousand Words (Pioneerof the Nile) steps up to the stakes rank in Saturday’s GIII Bob Hope S. sporting the credentials one might expect to see in an up-and-coming star. Purchased for $1-million at the Keeneland September sale, the son of MGSW Pomeroys Pistol (Pomeroy) did what he was supposed to do when coming from off the pace as the 6-5 choice to take his 6 1/2-furlong unveiling at Santa Anita Oct. 26. In his sole workout after that effort, the Bob Baffert trainee completed four furlongs in company in a workmanlike :49.20 (XBTV video Nov. 7. Flavien Prat, aboard for his debut win, gets back aboard this time. Baffert is also represented by Gary and Mary West’s High Velocity (Quality Road), a $350,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase. A professional winner going 5 1/2 furlongs at Santa Anita Oct. 13, the bay posted a sharp five-furlong gate move in 1:00.4 (XBTV Video Nov. 11. Drayden Van Dyke gets the assignment for his stakes bow.

Roadrunner Racing and Sayjay Racing’s Strongconstitution (Constitution), a first-out winner while sprinting five furlongs on the Del Mar turf Aug. 23, gained experience facing stakes company in his latest, finishing a close-up second behind graded-stakes placed Fore Left (Twirling Candy) in the 6 1/2-panel Sunny Slope S. Oct. 20. Abel Cedillo partners the colt for the first time.

ERJ Racing, Dave Kenney and William Strauss’s Rager (Into Mischief) got off to a slow start but rallied late to score in his career debut in a 5 1/2 furlong test over the Santa Anita lawn Oct. 20. The jockey-trainer combo of Andrew Lerner and Martin Garcia has proven effect of late and the duo unites again this time.

 

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