Eclipse had a nice weekend last week, registering a win, a place and a show from 3 starters. The weekend results were a phenomenal illustration of the diverse manner in which Eclipse acquires equine athletes for the stable.
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Danza was a standout for Aron Wellman at the 2012 Keeneland September Yearling Sale and 10 months after Eclipse bid in the golden son of Street Boss for $105,000, he’ll have the opportunity to prove he’s got what it takes to be a standout on the playing field.
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Battier made an encouraging Eclipse and Pletcher debut 6 weeks ago when he checked in a troubled 3rd in the Gygistar Stakes going 7 panels at Belmont Park. In the month and a half since that race, everything has gone about as smooth as can be for the 3 year-old son of Tale of the Cat and he enters his Graded Stakes debut off a series of steady and solid drills.
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Aiken, SC & Del Mar, CA: The “working relationship” between Dogwood Stable and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners will now become an official merger effective July 1, according to W. Cothran (Cot) Campbell, Dogwood president and Aron Wellman, Eclipse president.
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Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners isn’t afraid to think outside the box. The fledgling company has been enterprising in its’ pursuit of equine talent from around the globe as well as willing to roll the dice and take a shot in major races and ring the bell with entrants conventional minds would readily dismiss.
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Capo Bastone turned in an astonishing quarter-mile rally in the Grade 3, $150,000 Derby Trial 6 weeks ago, only to come up a dirty head shy of Graded Glory.
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Battier will make his initial start for Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and trainer Todd Pletcher on Wednesday afternoon. The $85,000 Gygistar Stakes will be the launching point for a campaign the colt’s new connections are hopeful will posture him for major 3 year-old races for the remainder of his sophomore season and beyond.
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Miss Lucky Sevens got her connections’ collective blood pumping good and strong in the wake of her scintillating sophomore debut when victorious while sprinting on the Poly last month at Keeneland.
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Only two graded stakes were on the docket last weekend, on opposite sides of the country. The G2 Peter Pan Stakes was the feature at Belmont Park on Saturday, while 3-year-old fillies went to the post at Betfair Hollywood Park in the G3 Senorita Stakes.
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Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners swooped to acquire Charlie Em on the heels of her close third in a listed stakes at Hannover last November, and the Kheleyf filly provided a return on that investment at the first opportunity.
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