By J.N. Campbell
2nd-Aqueduct, $70,000, (S), Msw, 1-7, 3yo, 6f, 1:11.75, my, 10 1/4 lengths.
PLEASE BE NICE (c, 3, Violence–Oenophile, by Pulpit), an RNA as a yearling for $45,000, he sold for $210,000 EASMAY before starting his training regime over the summer at Saratoga. Going off at odds of 3-1, the chestnut colt broke alertly and dueled for the lead up front as the field went down the backstretch with a time of :22.77 after a quarter-mile. Please Be Nice rode the rail at a controlling :47.24 for the half, and at the top of the lane proceeded to run off the page, getting clear of the next competitor, 10-1 Disarmed (Maclean's Music), by an eye-catching 10 1/4 lengths. Part of a family that includes second dam GSW Win McCool (Candy Ride {Arg}); GSP Cool Beans (Candy Ride {Arg}; and 'TDN Rising Star' G1SW Magnum Moon (Malibu Moon), the winner's dam has a 2-year-old filly by Practical Joke and foaled a yearling colt by Hard Spun.
Sales Record: $45,000 RNA Ylg '21 SARAUG; $210,000 2yo '22 EASMAY. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $38,500. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-Carem Stables; B-Richard Lugovich Jr. & Barbara Nelson (NY); T-William I. Mott.
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