KEYSTONE NATIVE FINISHES FIFTH; FUTURE UNCERTAIN
Keystone
Native broke from the 10th post and set the early pace in race 9 at
Philadelphia Park on Sunday, May 13.
After setting early fractions of 22.21 and 45.80 he eventually tired in
the stretch and finished a decent fifth behind three favorites and a semi-long
shot. Without having seen the race
I donÕt know what the diagnosis will be for the young whippersnapper. Ideally they had wanted to race him in
a 5 furlong race which certainly would have suited him better than this 6
furlong affair. He appears to have
run a better race than his previous starts before the gelding but I donÕt know
if it was improved or encouraging enough to keep him in training. I will have to wait to hear from West
Point to get some feedback from them and trainer Guadalupe Preciado. For now, I
wait.
As always,
click here to see
the correspondence from West Point
Thoroughbreds (the management company handling the young gelding) regarding
his brief but storied career thus far.
For other information on Keystone Native (including pedigree, racing
statistics, etc) click here.
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