8th-Saratoga, $105,000, Msw, 9-3, 2yo, 7f, 1:22.77, ft, 3/4 length.
INSTANT COFFEE (c, 2, Bolt d'Oro–Follow No One {SP}, by Uncle Mo), let go at a tick under 15-1 while breaking from the rail, had to be coaxed from the gate, but he chased along well from sixth from the inside down the backstretch. Just off that fence coming through the bend and three wide into upper stretch, he took a narrow advantage just inside the eighth pole, brushing with Arthur's Ride (Tapit) as the pair battled to the wire. Instant Coffee inched away to a 3/4-length win in the end to stop the clock in 1:22.77, the fastest of the three 2-year-old colt divisions run on Saturday's card. 'Insights' runners Juan Valdez (Medaglia d'Oro), a $900,000 FTFMAR purchase, finished eighth after a rough start and trip while $550,000 EASMAY buy Fantasist (Always Dreaming) tired to sixth. $400,000 KEESEP Dubyuhnell (Good Magic) best of the insighted runners in fourth at 17-1. Instant Coffee is Bolt d'Oro's 14th winner. The flag bearer for his dam to the races, Instant Coffee has a yearling half-sister by Frosted. The mare aborted her 2022 Speightstown foal and visited Maclean's Music for 2023. Sales history: $200,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $57,750. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-Gold Square LLC; B-Sagamore Farm, LLC (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.
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