Mike Repole purchased a majority interest in Robin Doser and Metropolitan Thoroughbreds' undefeated 3-year-old colt Mo Money Mo Honey (Uncle Mo–Stopshoppingdebbie, by Curlin). The colt has been transferred from Benny Feliciano, Jr. to Todd Pletcher.
“It's a storybook, man. I keep pinching myself. It's surreal. I'm not sure it's actually happening,” said R.J. Bistle, co-owner since 2005 of Metropolitan Moving & Storage in Laurel who races as Metropolitan Thoroughbreds. “It's unbelievable. He arrived in New York okay. I'm sure Todd and his team want to take a look at him and make a decision where to put him.”
Mo Money Mo Honey fetched just $14,000 at Keeneland's September 2020 yearling sale. He wound up on a farm in Kentucky where he was put up for sale. Feliciano found him and Doser and Bistle agreed to split the purchase price of $15,000.
Mo Money Mo Honey graduated by six lengths on debut at Laurel July 16 at Laurel. He returned in a six-furlong entry-level allowance Aug. 14 against older horses and cruised by seven lengths, then beat his elders again by 4 1/4 lengths in a second-level allowance Sept. 23 at Pimlico.
“He's running those times, and he just does it so naturally. I don't even know if he's a speed horse. I think he's just talented and he just goes to the lead,” Feliciano said. “I think he can do either or. We rated him the one time and he was fine. The best may be yet to come. He may be good going long. He might be a better horse at that. If he can carry that speed, he'll be dangerous no matter where he goes.”
“We received offers after all three of his races, and they gradually got bigger as the horse raced with more widespread interest,” Bistle said. “Our intention was to keep some money and stay with the horse, and doing both allowed us to have the benefit of both. We get to put some money in our pocket and we get to go watch the horse race as an owner. It's the best of both worlds, really.”
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