Two-for-two at Horseshoe Indianapolis earlier this summer, Count de Monet didn't receive a lot of respect at the tote board, going off for his stakes debut at Oaklawn at 15-1. Despite wanting a similar front-running position as Tyler's Tribe, Count de Monet was outrun to the lead by that rival and boxed in against the fence by Too Much Info (Maclean's Music). Still covered up around the turn as Tyler's Tribe paced the field through opening fractions of :22.33 and :46.11, Count de Monet began to make up ground when angled out for the stretch drive. As the pacesetter grew weary with a furlong to run, he overtook the lead with an outside move and drove clear for the comfortable score in Oaklawn's opening day feature. The winner has a weanling half-sister by Exaggerator named Ravenex and his dam was bred back to Echo Town for a 2023 foal. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
ADVENT S., $150,000, Oaklawn, 12-9, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:05.06, my.
1–COUNT DE MONET, 117, c, 2, by Speightster
1st Dam: Ravenesque (SP, $121,476), by Dance With Ravens
2nd Dam: Gold Scammer, by Gold Tribute
3rd Dam: Capital Coverup, by Deputy Minister
($37,000 RNA Wlg '20 KEENOV; $8,000 Ylg '21 EASOCT;
$85,000 2yo '22 OBSAPR). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Charles
Galli; B-Copper Penny Stables (KY); T-Thomas H. Swearingen;
J-Santo Sanjur. $90,188. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $132,188.
2–Alto Road, 118, c, 2, Army Mule–Field of Flowers, by City Zip.
($12,000 2yo '22 OBSAPR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Champion
Racing Stable; B-Machmer Hall (KY); T-Ronnie E. Cravens, III.
$27,750.
3–Tyler's Tribe, 124, g, 2, Sharp Azteca–Impazible Woman, by
Mission Impazible. ($34,000 Ylg '21 IOWOCT). O-Timothy E.
Martin & Thomas D. Lepic; B-Clifton Farm & Derek Merkler
(IA); T-Timothy E. Martin. $13,875.
Margins: 3, HF, NO. Odds: 15.60, 44.50, 0.80.
Also Ran: Frosted Departure, How Did He Do That, Happy Is a Choice, Wild Mule, C. J's Storm, Too Much Info.
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