An Enterprising winner in Eddie Logan

Enterprising joined Global View as another exciting young prospect for Glen Hill and trainer Tom Proctor (Benoit Photos)

Glen Hill Farm’s homebred Enterprising rolled to a convincing win in his
stakes premiere in Saturday’s $83,050
Eddie
Logan at Santa Anita, extending his turf record to two-for-two. Trained by
Tom Proctor and piloted by Hall of Famer Gary Stevens, the talented juvenile
stylishly swept past a trio of rivals in deep stretch.

Enterprising made a low-key debut in a dirt sprint here on October 14,
closing mildly for seventh, but was a different proposition once switched to
turf at Hollywood November 16. The Elusive Quality colt showed the tactical
speed to stalk before punching clear, and earned his ticket into better company.

Dispatched as the 9-5 second choice on Saturday, Enterprising traveled
conspicuously well in third early, near the pace set by Lucky Views through
fractions of :23 2/5 and :48. The 3-2 favorite Craftsman, on the other hand, was
a touch slow from the start in his U.S. debut and found himself bringing up the
rear.

Royal Banker, who had been third to Enterprising’s stablemate Global View in
the November 30 Generous at Hollywood, improved his position on the backstretch.
On the far turn, Flagman put his head in front of Lucky Views through six
furlongs in 1:12 1/5, with Royal Banker lapped alongside. Enterprising was
relegated to fourth, but not for long.

Gary Stevens said that the “light turned on” for the inexperienced colt (Benoit Photos)

Royal Banker bested Lucky Views by a neck for runner-up honors.

“That’s a pretty nice colt that just beat us is all,” Royal Banker’s jockey
Corey Nakatani said. “If my colt keeps learning — he’s still real green right
now. He ran a great second though. Tip my hat to the winners, they rode a great
race. The pace didn’t develop like I thought it would, so it was much slower
than I anticipated. If my horse had more speed to run at, I think he would have
done better.”

Flagman tired to fourth late, followed by the European imports making their
U.S. debuts — the rallying Craftsman, Morally Bankrupt and Noble Metal. My
Secret Affair was scratched.

Trainer Simon Callaghan believes that Craftsman will move forward from this
introduction to American racing.

“It was his first time,” Callaghan said. “He missed the break, he got a long
way back off a slow pace. He’ll improve a lot.”

Enterprising returned a win mutuel of $5.60 while boosting his own line to
3-2-0-0, $74,350. The Florida-bred is the first registered foal from the A.P.
Indy mare Indy Blaze, who is a half-sister to English/Irish highweight
Stravinsky as well as to Grade 1-placed stakes winner Moscow Ballet, both sires.
Indy Blaze is also a full sister to Group 3-placed Augustusthestrong.