Bolt d’Oro Colt Overcomes Wide Draw, Earns ‘TDN Rising Star’ Nod on Debut at Churchill

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Arman (c, 2, Bolt d'Oro–Beautissimo, by Uncle Mo), a $600,000 OBS March purchase by Kaleem Shah, overcame a very wide draw in post 10 to earn 'TDN Rising Star' honors on debut at Churchill Downs Thursday evening.

The 8-5 favorite wasn't off to a great beginning and rushed up on the outside to chase in fourth heading into the far turn. Three wide and on the move approaching the quarter pole, he gained a narrow advantage in the stretch and leveled off nicely after a couple of left handers from Martin Garcia to win going away by three lengths. Longshot Eakly (Caleb's Posse) was second. Arman becomes the seventh winner for his red-hot freshman sire (by Medaglia d'Oro).

Arman was just one of four horses to breeze a furlong in :9 4/5 at this year's OBS March sale. He is one of seven of the 49 Bolt d'Oro juveniles reported as sold to fetch $500,000 or more this year.

Shah, on hand at Churchill Downs, named the promising bay after his son Arman.

The Florida-bred is out Beautissimo (Uncle Mo), an unraced half-sister to the stakes-winning and multiple graded-placed dirt router Two Thirty Five (Stay Thirsty). Beautissimo brought $50,000 from Trackside Farm at the 2018 Keeneland November Sale. She is also responsible for the uncraced 3-year-old colt Tone Poem (Tonalist) and a filly by Vino Rosso of 2021. She was bred to Goldencents for 2022.

This is the extended female family of champion Halfbridled (Unbridled).

Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0.

O-Kaleem Shah Inc.; B-Loren Nichols (FL); T-Simon Callaghan.

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