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Uncaptured continued in close attendance, ready to pounce, through a

half-mile in :49 and the dark bay could wait no longer as they rounded the far

turn, forging his to the front with three furlongs remaining. He passed the

three-quarters mark in 1:13 4/5, with Frac Daddy steadily gaining behind him,

and that rival advanced alongside as they turned into the stretch.

Frac Daddy stuck a head in front as they reached the mile point in

1:38 1/5, but Uncaptured was all heart down on the inside and quickly battled

back to even terms. They battled all the way to the wire, with Uncaptured

surging late for the narrow score.

The final time for 1 1/16 miles was 1:44.97, .02 seconds slower than juvenile

counterpart Seaneen's Girl, winner of the Grade 2 Golden Rod for fillies two

races earlier.

Favored at 9-5, Uncaptured returned $5.60, $3.20 and $2.60. Frac Daddy, the

5-2 second choice among 13 two-year-olds, finished 1 1/4 lengths better than

Dewey Square, who got up late to edge Tesseron for third. It was almost another

three lengths back to Fear the Kitten in fifth, and Java's War, Positively,

Track Rocker, Joha, Silver Tongued, Indiano Jones, Lew and Mike and Will Take

Charge completed the final order.

Uncaptured was undefeated in his first four starts, winning three stakes

races in a row before a fifth-place finish in the Grade 3 Grey two starts

previously, his first attempt at two turns. He rebounded nicely when cutting

back to a one-turn mile in the Iroquois and cleared the two-turn hurdle on

Saturday.

Frac Daddy, who had just broken his maiden by a 9 3/4-length margin at

Churchill Downs, lost little in defeat. The Kenny McPeek-trained runner-up

appears to have a bright future.

With the $101,047 payday, Uncaptured has now earned $510,837 from his

six-for-seven record. He was bred in Ontario by William D. Graham and sold for

$290,000 as a yearling at the 2011 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. His dam is

the Arch mare Captivating, making him a half-brother to multiple stakes winner

Dancing Raven. Also from his female side of the family is Grade 2 winner Dundalk

Dust and Grade 3 scorer Gentleman Beau.

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