Bye Bye Melvin took to the rain-soaked turf well at Saturday Saturday, upsetting the GIII Saranac S. at 19-1. Stalking from a joint second through a glacial opening quarter in :27.17, the bay sat back a bit in third, letting Embolden (The Factor) move up to contest the pace with leader Don Juan Kitten through a half in :51.54. Under a ride approaching the far turn, Bye Bye Melvin was churning up sod as he brushed with his neighbor Bodecream (Bodemeister) at the top of the lane, but found his footing in the final sixteenth, surging late to nail Don Juan Kitten on the line.
He's a late developer. He's been a little bit of a project in that way, but I'm not surprised with the way he ran. He slugs it out and he obviously handled the soft turf better than most.”
Graduating by 8 1/4 lengths at fourth asking at Tampa Dec. 7, Bye Bye Melvin followed suit with an optional claimer score there Jan. 8. A well-beaten 10th on the main track for the GII Tampa Bay Derby Mar. 7, he was seventh in the GIII Kent S. at Delaware July 4 and checked in second last time in the Jersey Derby at Monmouth July 26.
Pedigree Notes:
Bye Bye Melvin is the 63rd black-type winner and 35th graded winner for his sire Uncle Mo. The winner is a half to talented turf distaffer Mean Mary, a two-time graded winner who finished second in last week's GI Diana S. at the Spa. Bye Bye Melvin is the most recent produce for their Grade I-winning dam Karlovy Vary.
Saturday, Saratoga
SARANAC S.-GIII, $100,000, Saratoga, 8-29, 3yo, 1mT, 1:39.92, sf.
1–BYE BYE MELVIN, 118, c, 3, by Uncle Mo&log=">Uncle Mo
1st Dam: Karlovy Vary (GISW, $448,596), by Dynaformer
2nd Dam: The Right Pew, by Pulpit
3rd Dam: Packet, by Polish Navy
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. O-Alex G.
Campbell, Jr.; B-Alex G. Campbell, Jr. Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY);
T-H. Graham Motion; J-John R. Velazquez. $55,000. Lifetime
Record: 9-3-1-1, $107,965. *1/2 to Mean Mary (Scat Daddy),
MGSW & GISP, $496,160. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the
eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Don Juan Kitten, 119, c, 3, Kitten's Joy–Romance Project, by
Not For Love. ($77,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP). O-Kenneth L. & Sarah
K. Ramsey; B-Cantrell Family Partnership (KY); T-Danny
Gargan. $20,000.
3–Bodecream, 122, g, 3, Bodemeister–Call Mariah, by Dixie
Union. ($50,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP; $50,000 3yo '20 FTKHRA).
O-Repole Stable; B-Judy Hicks, Kathryn Nikkel & Sanford
Robertson (KY); T-Michael J. Maker. $12,000.
Margins: HD, 2HF, 3/4. Odds: 19.50, 2.00, 7.60.
Also Ran: Embolden, Irish Mias, Three Technique, L'Imperator (Fr), Vanzzy. Scratched: Big Dreaming, Ima Pharoah, Turn of Events. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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