National Jockey Club

Homewrecker Stable's THREE HOUR NAP (Afternoon Deelites) slipped through an

opening on the rail turning for home and drove to a one-length victory in

Saturday's $250,000

National Jockey Club H. (G3) at Hawthorne. Winner of the

2004 Arlington-Washington Breeders' Cup Futurity (G3), the four-year-old colt notched his

second graded win and improved his overall mark to 12-6-0-2 with $368,217 in

earnings. The Hugh Robertson charge covered nine furlongs on the fast dirt in 1:52 2/5 with

jockey Francisco Torres.

Sent off the 5-1 fourth choice in the six-horse field, the winner raced in

midpack as Courthouse (Doneraile Court) established slow splits in :24 3/5 and

:48 4/5. Nkosi Reigns (Out of Place) held a brief advantage through six furlongs in 1:12 4/5,

but Torres had guided his mount to the rail and just needed an opening to set

sail for the lead. They slid through a small gap, completing a mile in 1:38 4/5,

and the race was over.

The bay paid $12.40, $6.80 and $5.80, while Summer Book

(Notebook) took second at 26-1, returning $16.40 and $6.20. Courthouse finished

three parts of a length back in third, yielding $9.40 and capping the $1,117.60

trifecta at 18-1. The exacta totaled $217.20, and the 5-3-1-2 superfecta gave

back $3,152.40 with Nkosi Reigns on the bottom. Evening Attire (Black Tie Affair

[Ire]) came next under the wire and was trailed by even-money favorite Colita

(Grindstone).

Out of the multiple stakes-winning Pilgrim's Treasure (Pilgrim), Three Hour

Nap is a half-brother to the stakes-placed sophomore colt Smart Sherif (Old

Trieste). He was bred in Kentucky by Frank Penn Jr. and D. Flannigan, and sold

for $67,000 at the 2004 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Now two for two at 1 1/8

miles, Three Hour Nap also captured Arlington Park's Native Dancer S. last year

at the same distance.

"He had a lot of injuries over the years," Robertson said. "Hopefully, he'll

be sound now."