Goldencents completed a sweep of Saturday’s major three-year-old stakes by
sons of Into Mischief with a workmanlike score in the Grade 3, $100,000
Sham
at Santa Anita. Favored at 2-5 in a field of five, Goldencents caught leg-weary
pacesetter Manando inside the final furlong and drew off to a 1 1/2 -length
victory under Kevin Krigger.
The victory by Goldencents on Saturday came shortly after that of Vyjack, a
gelded son of Into Mischief, in the Grade 2 Jerome at Aqueduct.
Goldencents rated in second, one length behind Manando, through splits of
:23, :46 1/5 and 1:10. Asked for his bid approaching the quarter pole,
Goldencents was still a half-length behind but gaining after seven furlongs, and
went on to stop the clock in 1:36 2/5 for the one-mile contest. He paid $2.80,
$2.10 and $2.10.
Den’s Legacy, the 7-2 second choice, rallied up the inside late to grab
runner-up honors from fellow Bob Baffert stablemate Manando by a half-length.
There was a gap of 15 lengths from Manando to Dry Summer, who had 10 1/2 lengths
on trailer Dirty Swagg. Greeley Awesome was scratched.
Goldencents races for the partnership of W. C. Racing, Dave Kenney and RAP
Racing, and is trained by Doug O’Neill.
A debut winner by 7 1/4 lengths for trainer Leandro Mora at Del Mar last
September, Goldencents made his next start, his first for O’Neill, in the Grade
1 Champagne at Belmont Park on October 6. In that one-mile fixture, Goldencents
finished second, five lengths behind presumptive juvenile colt champion Shanghai
Bobby. Goldencents concluded his freshman campaign with a wire-to-wire victory
in the Grade 3 Delta Downs Jackpot on November 17. His record now stands at
4-3-1-0, $782,000.
Bred in Kentucky by Rosecrest Farm and Karyn Pirrello, Goldencents brought
$5,500 as a Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall yearling before selling for $62,000 when
going through the ring as the penultimate horse in this year’s OBS June sale. He
is out of the winning Banker’s Gold mare Golden Works, who is herself a daughter
of multiple stakes queen Body Works.
Farther back in Goldencents’ female family one will find Canadian champion
and multiple Grade 1 hero Sunny’s Halo, who captured the 1983 edition of the
Kentucky Derby.
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