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Shared Property, Rocket Twentyone shine at Arlington
Posted: Saturday, September 10, 2011 7:54 PM
SHARED PROPERTY
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For video of the Arlington-Washington Futurity, click here.
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by Ron Parker
A pair of graded stakes races at one mile for two-year-olds headlined the card at Arlington Park on Saturday and Jerry Namy’s Shared Property proved best of 13 colts and geldings in the $100,000 Arlington-Washington Futurity (G3).
Trained by Tom Amoss, Shared Property rated in seventh under Leandro Goncalves for the first three-quarters of a mile before launching a five-wide bid and mounting a determined charge to collar Take Charge Indy for a one-length victory, completing one mile in 1:37.93 on the synthetic Polytrack surface.
“I had a lot of confidence in this horse,” said Goncalves, who was aboard for Shared Property’s debut victory at Ellis Park. “He showed me he’s the kind of horse who will do whatever you want [in order to] win and that’s the kind of horse you need to win races like this.”
From the first crop of multiple Grade 1 winner Scat Daddy, the gelding is out of the stakes-winning Belong to Me mare Yoursmineours and has earned $70,800 with his second victory from as many starts.
In the $100,000 Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes (G3), Rocket Twentyone overhauled front-runner Essence of Bubbles in the stretch and edged away for a half-length length victory.
Trained by Tom Howard for Frank Fletcher, the Indian Charlie filly covered one mile in 1:39.13 under Eusebio Razo Jr. to remain unbeaten.
After a romping 6 ½-length win in Rocket Twentyone's debut at Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Razo was not surprised at all by the Arlington-Washington Lassie result.
“From the first time I got on this horse, I told Mr. Howard that he was going to win the Lassie with this filly,” Razo said. “I had a feeling she was special.”
Out of the stakes-placed winning Blare of Trumpets mare Symphonic Lady, Rocket Twentyone increased her earnings to $73,365.
For an Equibase chart, click here.
Ron Parker is a Thoroughbred Times contributing writer
