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Jan. 7 Insights: More Than Ready Rising Star Returns in Tampa Allowance

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WinStar Farm and Siena Farm's EMMANUEL (More Than Ready) ran away to a well-bet debut victory and 'TDN Rising Star' honors last month at Gulfstream and will get his first two-turn test in this salty Tampa allowance early on Friday's card. Bought for $350,000 at Keeneland September, the bay was backed down to 7-5 against nine rivals when unveiled over a mile Dec. 11, shook off some early pace pressure and cruised home a 6 3/4-length winner. His rider that day, Luis Saez, travels across the Sunshine State to keep the mount. Emmanuel's main competition appears to be Conrad Farms' Golden Glider (Ghostzapper), who also impressed in a first-out victory, albeit with a totally different running style. Supported at 7-2 in a 12-horse field when unveiled going 1 1/16 miles Nov. 27 at Woodbine, the Mark Casse trainee dropped back to last before passing every rival and sweeping to the lead late for a one-length graduation. Fringe contenders include Trigger Happy (Gun Runner), who returns in just 11 days after romping to a 9 1/4-length debut score Dec. 27 at Hawthorne, Boitano (Nyquist), who earned his cap and gown for Godolphin and Eoin Harty here Nov. 27, and Cloud Play (Into Mischief), last seen running a close third in the Fitz Dixon, Jr. Memorial Juvenile S. Oct. 11 at Presque Isle. TJCIS PPs —@JBiancaTDN

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Pletcher Sends Out Pair Of Debut Winners At Gulfstream

Trainer Todd Pletcher unveiled a pair of impressive debut winners Saturday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., where WinStar Farm LLC and Siena Farm were represented in the winner's circle by Emmanuel and Dean's List following their dominating triumphs in maiden special weight races for 2-year-olds.

Emmanuel, a son of More Than Ready, produced a dazzling front-running score in Race 7, running a mile in 1:36.47 to win by a comfortable 6 ¾ lengths as the 7-5 favorite.

Three races earlier on the card, Dean's List, a son of Speightstown, rolled to a 5 ½-length score in a six-furlong sprint.

“They had been workmates the last few times and they both trained like quality horses,” Pletcher said. “We were obviously not wanting to run them against one another, so we felt like this guy [Emmanuel] was better suited for the mile first time out. Glad it worked out.”

Both promising colts were ridden by Luis Saez, who also won the Grade 3 Mr. Prospector aboard Officiating.

Emmanuel, who broke cleanly and alertly from the rail post position, set fractions of :23.66 and :45.96 for the first half mile before completing six furlongs in 1:11.08 and seven furlongs in 1:23.66.

“I have to give him a lot of credit. To win from the one hole going a mile first time out, that's a demanding task. I'm proud of him for doing it and it looked like he did it the right way,” Pletcher said.

Dean's List pressed the pace set by Felix past fractions of :21.70 and :44.36 for a half mile before asserting himself in the stretch.

“We were hoping for a good performance. He'd been breezing like a horse that would run well in his debut. He broke sharply and ran a professional race,” Pletcher said. “They were rolling along but it looked like he was in hand, doing it comfortably, so we're happy with everything.”

The WinStar homebred, who went to post as the 6-5 favorite, ran six furlongs in 1:09.92.

Pletcher trained both More Than Ready, a most versatile G1 winner, and Speightstown, the 2014 Eclipse Award-winning sprinter – the respective sires of Emmanuel and Dean's List.

“We've had a lot of More Than Readys over the years, and this is a bigger, scopier colt than a lot of them,” Pletcher said. “I told someone this morning that was asking about him, I said he kind of reminds me of a Verrazano type – a big, physical, strong imposing colt. You're always concerned going a mile first time out, but we felt like he had shown us enough in the mornings.”

More Than Ready has been a highly successful sire of dirt and turf horses.

“It's been great to watch that over the years. It seems like just yesterday I was so anxious to see the first More Than Ready foals and now 20 years later, he's still going strong,” Pletcher said. “He's a phenomenal stallion, so versatile, he's just unbelievable.”

Dean's List is a Speightstown lookalike.

“He reminds us a lot of Speightstown. He's built like him and looks a lot like him,” said Pletcher. “Speightstown's had such a great career it's fun to have one.”

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‘Man’ Oh Man: More Than Ready Colt Gets ‘Rising Star’ Nod

Favored at 7-5 to give his connections a second debut winner on the Saturday program at Gulfstream, Emmanuel (More Than Ready) ran them off their feet to become the newest 'TDN Rising Star' Saturday afternoon at Gulfstream Park. It was the second win on the day for connections, who were represented by impressive maiden winner Dean's List (Speightstown) a few races earlier.

Having amassed a pretty serious worktab at trainer Todd Pletcher's Palm Beach Downs hub, the $350,000 Keeneland September yearling–the most expensive of 40 More Than Readys sold in North America in 2020–drew gate one for this debut and hit the ground running, taking the field onto the course proper through a quarter in :23.66. Going very nicely into the turn after four furlongs in a crisp :45.97, Emmanuel was just galloping as they neared the stretch, and a confident look under his right armpit told Luis Saez that the rest would have to do some real running to catch him. Shoved along and asked to quicken passing the three-sixteenths peg, the burly-looking Emmanuel kicked onto his correct lead as they neared the entrance to the final furlong and ran up the score in hand to the tune of 6 3/4 lengths under the wire. The beautifully bred Touch Code (Honor Code–Caressing) tried to make a race of it turning for home, but had to settle for a distant second.

“They had been workmates the last few times and they both trained like quality horses,” Pletcher said of Emmanuel and Dean's List. “We were obviously not wanting to run them against one another, so we felt like this guy [Emmanuel] was better suited for the mile first time out. I have to give [Emmanuel] a lot of credit. To win from the one hole going a mile first time out, that's a demanding task. I'm proud of him for doing it and it looked like he did it the right way.”

The 16th Rising Star for his prolific sire–now responsible for 2049 winners around the world–Emmanuel is out of an unraced daughter of the Grade III-placed turf distaffer Trensa (Giant's Causeway), whose noteworthy produce include English champion and multiple Group 1 winner Hawkbill (Kitten's Joy) and GISW Free Drop Billy (Union Rags). Trensa's dam Serape (Fappiano) carried the silks of Helen Groves to victory in the 1993 GI Ballerina S. and bred five winners from seven to the races, including treble Grade III winner Batique (Storm Cat), the dam of MGSP Tejida (Rahy) and SP Miss Lamour (Mr. Greeley).

Hard Cloth's yearling colt by Kitten's Joy fetched $125,000 from Avenue Bloodstock at this year's Keeneland September sale and she foaled a full-sister to Emmanuel this season before being bred back to Munnings. Danzig-line mares have produced the likes of Grade I/Group 1 winners Uni (GB), Prized Icon (Aus), Sebring (Aus), Perfectly Ready (Aus), Dreamaway (Aus) and Benicio (Aus) to the cover of More Than Ready.

7th-Gulfstream, $53,000, Msw, 12-11, 2yo, 1m, 1:36.47, ft, 6 3/4 lengths.
EMMANUEL, c, 2, by More Than Ready
1st Dam: Hard Cloth, by Hard Spun
2nd Dam: Trensa, by Giant's Causeway
3rd Dam: Serape, by Fappiano
Sales history: $350,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $31,800. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
O-WinStar Farm LLC & Siena Farm LLC; B-Helen K Groves Revocable Trust (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher.

 

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