Super Saver Colt Last to First in Bashford Manor

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Double Thunder put an exclamation point on what was already a great day for both his trainer Todd Pletcher and sire Super Saver with a decisive score in the GIII Bashford Manor S. at Churchill Downs. Just 15 minutes prior, Pletcher won the GII Mother Goose S. at his Belmont base with Zaajel (Street Sense) and four races earlier at Churchill, Super Saver's Letruska took the GII Fleur de Lis S. The gray broke fine, but backed out of it immediately to trail the field as Lansdowne (Super Saver) blazed through an opening quarter in :21 flat with Tapped Off (Tapiture) bearing down on him from second. Still last approaching the bend, Double Thunder cut the corner to improve his position and wove his way between horses in the lane, punching through at the sixteenth-pole and rolling clear to score. Vodka N Water (Fed Biz) completed the exacta.

Donning cap and gown in his 4 1/2-panel debut at Monmouth Park June 5, Double Thunder was given a 4-1 chance for this step up in class with Pletcher's first-call rider Johnny Velazquez in the irons.

 

Pedigree Notes:

Double Thunder's victory makes him the 13th graded scorer and 29th black-type winner for the Pletcher-trained GI Kentucky Derby hero Super Saver, who initially stood at WinStar, but was sold to Saudi Arabia. His GSP dam Rattataptap is a daughter of Grade III winner Sindy With An S (Broken Vow), who is also the dam of SW & GSP My Miss Tapit (Tapit) and GSP I'll Wrap It Up (Tapit). Double Thunder is the 9-year-old mare's first foal and she has since produced a yearling colt by Speightstown and a 2021 filly by the same WinStar stallion.

 

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