While Zenyatta may never have tried the turf, it appears her little brother has taken to it like a fish to water. Live Oak Plantation’s Souper Spectacular kept his grass record perfect in two starts with a win in an allowance race yesterday at Keeneland. Stalking the pace from a catbird seat on the outside, the three-year-old colt took a slim advantage entering the stretch, and pulled clear for a 1 ½ length victory under rider John Velazquez. The chestnut son of Giant’s Causeway completed the nine furlongs on the firm turf in a respectable 1:49.35 to raise his overall record to 2 wins in 4 starts. Soon to be three-time champion Zenyatta is a daughter of Street Cry, but both horses share a common dam in Vertigineux, a 15-year-old broodmare sired by Kris S. Besides Zenyatta and Souper Spectacular, Vertigineux also produced the multiple grade 1 winner, Balance. |
October 11, 2010
Zenyatta’s Souper Little Brother
Posted by Brian Zipse at 10:43 AM
Labels: Souper Spectacular, Zenyatta
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Do you think Souper is ready to challenge his sister in the BC Classic.
I am 100% sure that he is not!
maybe he'll be the thing standing in the way of the Euros when they try to take our BC turf or mile next year :)
He has a long way to go, but ... you never know LDP.
he comes from a good family, it's not impossible
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