Bluegrass Singer proves uncatchable in Mucho Macho Man

Bluegrass Singer gave an encore following a course-and-distance allowance victory last month (Leslie Martin/Adam Coglianese Photography) Bluegrass Singer made it three wins from four starts over the Gulfstream Park on Saturday with a sharp victory in the $100,000 Mucho Macho Man for three-year-olds Previously known as the Gulfstream Park Derby, the one-mile Mucho Macho Man was the first stakes win for Bluegrass Singer, who was withdrawn from the $100,000 Spectacular Bid earlier in the card. Seizing control leaving the chute, Bluegrass Singer held a short lead through splits of :23, :44 4/5, and 1:09 1/5, expanded his lead to more than three lengths in mid-stretch, and then held off Ami’s Flatter to win by 1 3/4 lengths in a time of 1:35 4/5 over a fast track. The 2-1 second choice under Javier Castellano, he paid $6.40.

“He didn’t break sharp out of the gate but actually he put me in a good spot
right away and dictated the pace all the way in the race. It was very
impressive,” Castellano said. “He went really fast in the beginning, but the way
he did it in the last part and kept going and kept digging all the way to the
end, I’m very impressed.”

Ami’s Flatter was 8 3/4 lengths ahead of 6-5 favorite Mawthooq, who was
followed by Twotwentyfive A, Juan and Bina, Brother Bobo, A. Rod Again,
Dekabrist, and Honest.

Bluegrass Singer races for Crossed Sabres Farm and is trained by Marco Vitali.

A distant sixth in his debut at Monmouth Park in August, Bluegrass Singer was
then shipped south to Gulfstream where he finished third in his local bow. He
broke his maiden going 5 1/2 furlongs at Gulfstream on October 2, and then
finished second in a one-mile grass allowance at Gulfstream Park West (formerly
Calder).

Third by a neck in the $97,000 Buffalo Man at Gulfstream Park West going six
furlongs in late November, Bluegrass Singer preceded this win with a 4
3/4-length allowance score over this course and distance on December 17. His
record now stands at 7-3-1-2, $119,835.

“We’re bringing him up slow to the two turns,” said Vitali of the gelding.
“We’re trying to prepare him properly, if he is what we think. If not, we’re
having a lot of fun right now. He’s a good horse; he’s doing everything right.
Time will tell. Everything’s a possibility.”

Bred in Kentucky by Gaines-Gentry Thoroughbreds and Hardy Thoroughbreds,
Bluegrass Singer was a $28,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May juvenile purchase. He
was reared by the unraced Unbridled’s Song mare Aguilera.

Bluegrass Singer counts as his third dam Grade 2 winner Klassy Kim, while his
fourth dam was Grade 1 queen Kool Arrival.

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