Recruiter kept his unbeaten record in tact and earned a second stakes win with his 2 3/4-length victory in the slop in the Parx Juvenile S. Tuesday in Pennsylvania. The 6-5 favorite broke sharply only to have a trio of challengers rush up on his inside to contest the early fractions, putting the favorite in a tracking position while parked out four wide down the backstretch. He moved up to engage Winning Time approaching the stretch and those two unbeaten colts went toe to toe before Recruiter put that foe away with a furlong to run and drew away to the wire. Gritty pacesetter Ninetyprcentmaddie battled back to regain the runner-up spot over Winning Time in the dying strides.
Recruiter, who is now unbeaten in four career starts, captured his debut at Monmouth Park in August before adding a Laurel optional claimer Oct. 2. He was most recently a 2 3/4-length victor of the Nov. 12 James F. Lewis III S. at Laurel.
Lady Halite has a 2-year-old filly by Maximus Mischief–a $28,000 purchase at last year's Keeneland September sale–and a colt by Complexity. She was bred back to Instagrand last year.
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PARX JUVENILE S., $75,000, Parx Racing, 1-3, 3yo, 7f, 1:26.75, sy.
1–RECRUITER, 124, c, 3, by Army Mule
1st Dam: Lady Halite, by Medaglia d'Oro
2nd Dam: Ada's Dream, by Touch Gold
3rd Dam: Perfect Six, by Saratoga Six
($60,000 Ylg '21 OBSWIN; $102,000 RNA Ylg '21 FTKJUL;
$125,000 2yo '22 OBSOPN). O-Lynch Racing LLC & Nick Sanna
Stables LLC; B-Beth Bayer (FL); T-Cathal A. Lynch; J-Mychel J.
Sanchez. $43,200. Lifetime Record: 4-4-0-0, $170,100.
2–Ninetyprcentmaddie, 124, c, 3, Weigelia–Amblin Easy, by
Private Interview. O/B-LC Racing LLC (PA); T-Robert E. Reid, Jr.
$14,400.
3–Winning Time, 124, c, 3, Winchill–Merry's Pegasus, by
Fusaichi Pegasus. O/B-Pewter Stable (PA); T-Kathleen A.
Demasi. $7,200.
Margins: 2 3/4, 1, 2 1/4. Odds: 1.30, 2.00, 3.10.
Also Ran: Daydreaming Boy, John Dutton, El de Chimi, V Mart, Hot Love.
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