Red Smith

Dreadnaught takes Red Smith in close

finish

Trillium Stable's DREADNAUGHT (Lac Ouimet) rallied to catch

Certifiably Crazy (Fit to Fight) and in the end found the

winner's circle in the $150,000 Red Smith H. (G2) at Aqueduct

Saturday. The 1 3/8-mile turf race was delayed when the Tom Voss

charge threw jockey Jean-Luc Samyn after loading in the gate.

Upon inspection, the four-year-old appeared unhurt and was

allowed to race.

Certifiably Crazy broke on top and led the pack for a majority

of the race in splits of :26, :51 4/5, 1:17 4/5 and 1:43 1/5 with

Navesink River (Unbridled) trailing closely behind. Dreadnaught

sat near the middle of the group until they entered the stretch,

when he took the lead after traveling five wide around the turn, but

Certifiably Crazy battled back. They dueled over the remaining

ground, with Dreadnaught getting up by a nose in the photo,

stopping the clock over the good course in 2:18 4/5.

Dreadnaught paid $13.20, $6.70 and $4.40 for his winning

effort at 5-1. Certifiably Crazy left the gate at 8-1 and

returned $9.60 and $7.10, rounding out the $84.50 exacta. Alost (Fr)

(Highest Honor [Fr]) came up to take third with odds of 22-1 in

his U.S. bow and gave back $10.60 while finishing the nice $1,474

trifecta (4-3-8).

Irish Colonial (Colonial Affair), Navesink River, Dr. Brendler

(Distant View), Second Performance (Theatrical [Ire]), Evening

Attire (Black Tie Affair [Ire]), Rochester (Green Dancer) and

Quiet Ruler (Woodman) rounded out the order of finish. Sailaway (Our

Emblem), Kissin Saint (Kissin Kris) and Zakocity (Precocity) were

all scratched from the race.

This is Dreadnaught's fourth career score and first stakes

victory. A former jumper, the gelding now holds a record of 14-4-4-0

with earnings of $185,523.

Dreadnaught was bred in Kentucky by David Pennington and is

out of the winning Wings of Dreams (Sovereign Dancer). He has an

unnamed yearling half-sister by Mutakddim.