Rockefeller Wires the Nashua

[Wandering Eyes]

S F Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stable, Masterson and Stonestreet Stable's Rockefeller (c, 2, Medaglia d'Oro–Dance to Bristol, by Speightstown) went wire-to-wire to win the GIII Nashua S. at Belmont Park Sunday. The bay colt, sent off at 4-5, sprinted out to the early lead and was pressed through a quarter in :23.02 and a half in :46.75. Cooke Creek (Uncle Mo) rolled up four wide to challenge entering the lane, but the favorite shrugged off that foe and scampered clear to a three-length victory, completing the mile in 1:36.66.

A debut winner sprinting six furlongs at Del Mar Aug. 28, Rockefeller was coming off a fourth-place effort behind Friday's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Corniche (Quality Road) in the Oct. 1 GI American Pharoah S.

Rockefeller, a son of GI Ballerina S. winner Dance to Bristol, was a $750,000 Keeneland September purchase. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0. O-S F Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stable, Masterson, and Stonestreet Stable. B-Colts Neck Stables LLC (Ky). T-Bob Baffert.

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