Vino Rosso Colt Skips Home First at Saratoga

2nd-Saratoga, $105,000, Msw, 8-19, 2yo, 1m (off turf), 1:39.24, ft, 5 lengths.
DANCING GROOM (c, 2, Vino Rosso–Snow Dancer, by Bernardini) skipped clear down the lane to become the sixth winner for his freshman sire (by Curlin). A 9-2 shot in this off-turf stretch-out to a mile, the chestnut colt was hustled to keep pace with the early leaders, but was shuffled back to midpack down the backstretch. He rolled into contention with a three-wide move on the far turn, took charge at the top of the lane and strolled home a five-length winner. Houlton (American Pharoah) was second and Divine Empire (Classic Empire) was third. A well-beaten sixth in his six-furlong debut over the Saratoga main track July 22, Dancing Groom was a $37,000 KEESEP yearling and a $60,000 OBS March graduate. Snow Dancer produced a filly by Mo Town last year and was barren this year before being bred back to Enticed. The winner's third dam, Snowflake (Ire) (Caerleon), produced multiple graded winner Upperline (Maria's Mon). Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $58,380.
O-Eduardo Soto; B-Don Alberto Corporation (KY); T-Antonio Sano.