3/6/2010 Gotham S.(G3) Awesome Act

10th race - Aqueduct - March 06, 2010
Race Name: Gotham S. - Grade: 3
Race Type: Stakes
Age Restriction: Three Year Old
Value of Race: $250,000
Distance: One And One Sixteenth Miles On The Inner track
Track Condition: Fast
Winning Time: 1:43.85

Pgm	Horse	Jockey	Win	Place	Show
4	Awesome Act	Julien R. Leparoux	7.70	5.10	3.80
2	Yawanna Twist	Edgar S. Prado		5.90	4.70
3	Nacho Friend	Joe Bravo			6.80
Also ran: 8 - Turf Melody , 7 - Shrimp Dancer , 6 - Peppi Knows , 5 - I've Got the Fever , 10 - Wow Wow Wow , 1 - Three Day Rush , 9 - Afleet Again
Wager Type		Winning Numbers		Payoff
$2 Pick 3		3-4-4 (3 correct)		873.00
$2 Daily Double		4-4		67.00
$2 Exacta		4-2		39.60
$2 Superfecta		4-2-3-8		2,040.00
$2 Trifecta		4-2-3		220.00
$2 Grand Slam		1/4/10-1/3/4-4/5/7-4 (4 correct)		680.00
Winning Breeder: Flaxman Holdings Ltd.
Winning Owner: Mrs. Susan Roy, Vinery Stables
Winning Trainer: Jeremy Noseda

2010 Gotham S.(G3) Awesome Act.pdf

AWESOME ACT 수 2007 USA 밤색 전적:7(2/2/1)  G3	Awesome Again 오섬어게인 갈 1994 CAN  G1 12전(9,0,2) 445 f, 25sw 3.08	Deputy Minister 데퓨티미니스터 흑 1979 CAN +[C 1300] LB 1142 f, 89sw 2.83	Vice Regent 밤 1967 CAN +[I] LB
			Mint Copy 흑 1970 CAN  w
		Primal Force 갈 1987 USA  w 4 f, 3 w, 2 sw	Blushing Groom 밤 1974 FR *+{BC} LSB
			Prime Prospect 갈 1978 USA  SW
	Houdini's Honey 밤 1996 USA  w 10전(3,3,0) 0 f, 0 w, 0 sw	Mr. Prospector 미스터프로스펙터 갈 1970 USA *+{BC} LSB 1195 f, 244sw 4.05	Raise A Native 밤 1961 USA {B} SW
			Gold Digger 갈 1962 USA {*} SW
		Coup De Folie 쿠더폴리 갈 1982 USA {*} G3 12 f, 7 w, 5 sw	Halo 흑 1969 USA *+{BC} LSB
			Raise The Standard 갈 1978 CAN {*} Unr

Pedigree by http://www.exhorse.co.kr/

Take 1: Awesome Act Stars in Gotham
By Jason Shandler
Updated: Sunday, March 7, 2010 5:30 PM
Posted: Saturday, March 6, 2010 6:02 PM
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/55737/take-1-awesome-act-stars-in-gotham

Susan Roy and Vinery Stables’ Awesome Act turned in an impressive performance in his first start on dirt, easily accelerating past his rivals at the top of the stretch en route to a 1 1/4-length victory in the $250,000 Gotham Stakes (VIDEO) March 6.

Shipping from England for trainer Jeremy Noseda for his 3-year-old debut, Awesome Act threw himself into the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) mix with an eye-catching win on Aqueduct’s inner track. The son of Awesome Again   was starting for the first time since finishing a fast-closing fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) last November at Santa Anita Park. He will now be pointed toward the $750,000 Wood Memorial Stakes (gr. I) on April 3.

With Julien Leparoux aboard, Awesome Act was in no hurry in the early going, sitting near the back while D. Wayne Lukas' Oaklawn shipper Wow Wow Wow took the field of 10 through splits of :22.85 and :46.60. Peppi Knows was also up close for a bit, but it was Three Day Rush and Nacho Friend that sat in the next group and came up to challenge the leader rounding the turn.

Awesome Act also began to close in on Wow Wow Wow from a four-wide position, and when they turned for home it was the four of them across the track. With a shake of reins, Leparoux asked Awesome Act for more approaching the eighth-pole, and he responded willingly, pulling clear at the top of the stretch. Yawanna Twist closed well in his stakes debut but it was not enough to threaten Awesome Act, who hit the wire in 1:43.85 for 1 1/16 miles on the fast track.

Yawanna Twist was second under Edgar Prado, 1 3/4-lengths in front of Nacho Friend. Turf Melody was fourth.

“He just did everything perfect," Leparoux said. "He broke well and appeared to get a good position around the first turn, relaxed on the backside, and he was good. He was beyond good on the dirt; it didn’t matter to him at all. He just did everything on his own, he put me in the right spots, and then he just finished very nice. I think more distance will be good.”

Bred in Kentucky by Flaxman Holdings and out of the Mr. Prospector mare Houdini’s Holiday, Awesome Act was a $240,000 Keeneland September 2008 yearling sale purchase. He made four of his first five starts on the turf in England, with a maiden win to show for his efforts. Sent off at 31-1 in the BC Juvenile Turf in his U.S. debut, the chestnut colt made a strong, wide rally to miss by just 1 1/2 lengths under Ryan Moore.

Noseda, who trains his charge on the Newmarket Polytrack, wanted to send Awesome Act to New York about 10 days before the Gotham to get a work on the track, but because of weather delays was unable to ship him until March 2. He cleared quarantine just three days prior to the race.

“I believed in this horse today," Noseda said. "It was a good, solid race, but there were no graded stakes winners. It’s the first hurdle out of the way, so the dream lives on. We’ll be back for the Wood Memorial. He’ll stay at Belmont Park, in Steve Asmussen’s barn with my team, and get ready for the Wood.

“We had the discussion about him possibly being a Derby horse after the Breeders’ Cup. I stood up and said, ‘I believe I can do it from Europe.’ Now he has been in America, and we can move forward. I will be going back to Newmarket, maybe I’ll come in for a day and watch him train.”

Improving to 2-2-1 from seven starts, Awesome Act upped his earnings to $221.691.

Sent off as the favorite, Awesome Act paid $7.70, $5.10, and $3.80. The exacta (4-2) returned $39.60 and the treifecta (4-2-3) was $220.

Shrimp Dancer was fifth, followed by Peppi Knows, I've Got the Fever, Wow Wow Wow, Three Day Rush, and Afleet Again.