Pletcher gets a maiden

[Calzone Lord]

Leon, advised by Todd Pletcher’s father, J.J. Pletcher, made a big splash at the 2010 Fasig-Tipton August select and Keeneland September sales, purchasing four yearlings for $6,260,000. None of those horses, now aged three, has yet to start, but Leon said the reason for changing trainers is due to the fact he has 15 additional recently-turned 2-year-olds and believes it makes business sense to have them with more than one trainer.

Hopefully he gets a start out of one of them this year. Hate to see a guy spend over $6.2 million for four horses and go more than two years without any of them making a race.