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Does anyone have any info on this colt? He won the Pasco and I haven't heard much since. He's a half to Don't Get Mad.

He nominated for the 6F Hansel Stakes this Saturday at Turfway. We
should find out this afternoon if he is entered.

Thanks for the info. He looked to be a nice colt who didn't run too well last year as a 2 year old, but seems to be maturing better so far this year. Of course I didn't see his sale video or anything, but you know... :D

The Hansel Stakes!! Did anyone bring this up in the thread about who does and does not deserve a stakes race named after them? Sir Barton no longer has a stakes named after him but HANSEL does!! What the........

Not running in the Hansel Stakes

He won three races from Dec. 9 (MSW) to Jan. 27 (Pasco) and hasn't been heard from since. He did fire a bullet 5f work at Tampa last Wednesday though, so it looks like he will be ready to run soon.

I am guessing he will be going in the April 7th, Ocala Breeders Sale Sophomore Stake, 7f for 85K at Tampa.

but it's hansel. of course he should have one, and that old sir barton should not. SB is SO last century.

tis a shame indeed.

I think they're are pointing him towards a race at Keeneland. Not sure which one, but the Lafayette at 7F seems most likely.

Hansel actually ran at Turfway Park (won the Jim Beam, as it was then) and Sir Barton didn't. Lots of stakes named after 'local' horses at tracks everywhere. Sportsman's named one for Maxwell G. (My Hero - raced to age 15, won 47 of 234 starts). Turfway also has one named for Gowell (that's Go Well), who was a SW at Old Latonia about 1913. (Old Latonia was the best track in Kentucky before the Depression; when Turfway was built it tried to cash in on Latonia's cachet of class by using the name. Instead, it merely degraded the old name and had to come up with a new one to 're-brand' itself.)

And Sir Barton has (and has had for a long time) a race named for him at the descendent of his home base in Canada, Woodbine. (Old Woodbine was renamed Greenwood when New Woodbine was built).