“I was surprised he was 8-1,” noted winning conditioner Christophe Clement. “He has trained well and he's a good-looking horse. He has always showed speed. The only instructions I gave to [jockey] Manny [Franco] was to break well and then be comfortable. I thought he did pretty good. He was fast. He's not just a horse, he's a nice horse. Let's enjoy this for a few days and go from there.”

Dean and Patti Reeves's Reeves Thoroughbred Racing also co-campaign Clement-trained City Man (Mucho Macho Man), who took this race two years ago and the West Point S. on Friday.

“He didn't break as quick as he has, but he ran right up there which is what Manny wanted to do, is to get him up on the lead,” Dean Reeves said. “But when they were going in :44 4/5, I thought, 'Wow.' I was hoping for maybe :46. Manny said when he got off that he had plenty of horse. He's just a runner.”

The winner, who hails from the extended female family of champion juvenile Capote, has a yearling half-brother by Union Rags. His dam visited Twirling Candy for 2022.

FUNNY CIDE S. PRESENTED BY ROOD AND RIDDLE EQUINE HOSPITAL, $200,000, Saratoga, 8-27, (S), 2yo, 6 1/2f, 1:18.09, ft.
1–SENBEI, 122, c, 2, by Candy Ride (Arg)
                1st Dam: Sweet Aloha, by Western Cat
                2nd Dam: Sweet Leilani, by Tagish
                3rd Dam: Mauna Loa, by Hawaii
($280,000 Ylg '20 KEEJAN). 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O-Reeves
Thoroughbred Racing & Darlene Bilinski; B-Jerry Bilinski (NY);
T-Christophe Clement; J-Manuel Franco. $110,000. Lifetime
Record: 2-2-0-0, $156,750. *1/2 to Filibustin (Bustin Stones),
MSW, $309,140; 1/2 to Indy's Lady (Take Charge Indy), MSW,
$202,378.
2–Montebello, 122, c, 2, Curlin–Beautiful But Blue, by El
Corredor. ($400,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-SF Racing LLC, Starlight
Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Stonestreet Stables LLC & Robert
Masterson; B-Chester & Mary R. Broman (NY); T-Bob
Baffert. $40,000.
3–Happy Happy B, 121, c, 2, Honor Code–Inclination, by Victory
Gallop. O-Cypress Creek Equine & Arnold Bennewith;
B-Southern Equine Stables, LLC (NY); T-Robertino Diodoro.
$24,000.
Margins: 2 3/4, NO, 1 3/4. Odds: 8.60, 2.95, 8.90.
Also Ran: Shipsational, Who Hoo Thats Me, Daufuskie Island, Bourbon's Hope, Run Curtis Run.
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