Two of a Kind remained unbeaten in two starts with a game front-running score in the Tremont S. Thursday at Belmont.
Unveiled at over 7-1 May 4 at Churchill, the Brian Lynch trainee popped out to the front from the rail and widened in the lane for a 3 3/4-length score. Made a narrow 2-1 favorite Thursday, the bay wasn't quite swiftest out of the gate, but overtook longshot Putthepastbehind in the opening furlong. Clicking off a :22.40 quarter while lightly pressed by Zelenskyy Strong (Uncaptured) on the turn, he discarded that rival nearing the lane, but faced a fresh challenge from No Nay Hudson (Ire) (No Nay Never). Two of a Kind continued to find down the stretch though, turning back that rival and a resurgent Putthepastbehind.
“He's always been a precocious sort of colt. He's physically very mature and mentally he's mature,” said trainer Brian Lynch. “We can't be anything but happy with these last couple performances, the one at Churchill and the one today.”
TREMONT S., $150,000, Belmont, 6-9, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:04.35, ft.
1–TWO OF A KIND, 122, c, 2, by Overanalyze
1st Dam: Freud's Irish Miss (SP), by Freud
2nd Dam: Unacceptable, by Irish Tower
3rd Dam: Miss Kenton County, by Northjet (Ire)
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-K and R Racing Stable & Town Branch
Racing; B-C. W. Swann & Wetherbee Holdings, LLC. (KY);
T-Brian A. Lynch; J-Luis Saez. $82,500. Lifetime Record:
2-2-0-0, $151,960.
2–Putthepastbehind, 122, g, 2, Gone Astray–White Hands, by
Exchange Rate. ($4,000 Ylg '21 OBSWIN). 1ST BLACK TYPE.
O-Brooks, Gerald E. and Hess, Jr., Carl L.; B-Dancing Wind
Stables LLC (FL); T-Nicholas Sideris. $30,000.
3–Valenzan Day, 122, c, 2, Khozan–Radical Grace, by Utopia
(Jpn). ($15,000 2yo '22 OBSMAR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Celeritas
Racing LLC & Rudy R. Rodriguez; B-Raul & Santiago Mendoza
(FL); T-Rudy R. Rodriguez. $18,000.
Margins: 2, 1 1/4, HF. Odds: 2.25, 24.25, 3.45.
Also Ran: No Nay Hudson (Ire), Zelenskyy Strong, Bisping, Little J P. Scratched: Stayhonor Goodside.
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