Slowracers’ Clan of the Cat Takes the Secret Siphon

The Slowracers stable may have to change their name after today as the young stable picked up its first stakes win.  And the stable deserves all the credit for a masterful job in preparing Clan of the Cat for the $55,000 Secret Siphon Special for two year olds going a mile and one sixteenth.

After clipping heels in his second race, Clan of the Cat needed seven weeks of care to prepare for today’s race. 

Jockey Billy Craver was content to watch the leaders throughout the backstretch, made his move around the final turn and stormed by the leaders in midstretch to win by ever increasing amounts.

Favorite San Pellegrino from the Super12 stable tried a similar strategy, following the same path as Clan of the Cat, but was no match for him today.

Correction’s Editorialize led for much of the race, but was collared first by For Teresa and then the top two.

Layeguada has to wonder what to do with its colt For Teresa.   For Teresa has now taken the lead at the top of the stretch in four straight races, only to fade, this time to the show position.