Sabertooth: Broke Ok and Checked But Rallied and Closed Boldly Flying Late

Two year old colt for Tim Yakteen made his debut on Saturday in a maiden special weight event at a mile on the lawn. Off at 7/1 in a field of 10 runners, he broke OK out of the gate and was mid pack into the clubhouse turn. Raylu Gutierrez kept him on the fence down the back side where he remained mid pack six off the lead. He started to move at the 3/8 pole, then checked sharply when in tight, re-rallied again at the top of the lane, then closed boldly on the fence and was flying late to be beaten ¾ on the wire. It was another five big lengths back to the third horse. It was a big effort for a debut runner going two turns. This son of the good California sire Grazen is also a half to a Grade 1 stakes winning mare and should have no trouble breaking his maiden at this meet.

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Sabertooth’s Race Information
Race Date:  July 27, 2024	Track:  Del Mar		Race #:  5
Distance:  8 Furlongs	Conditions: maiden special weight		Surface: Turf
Trainer:  Tim Yakteen	Jockey:  Reylu Gutierrez		Track Condition:  FIRM
Trouble Notes:  settled 3wide-inside, on heels 1/2, 2wide, late run			Track Variant:  -6
Finish Position: 2nd	Win Payout:  0	Place: Payout:  $ 8.00	Show Payout:  $ 5.60

Race Replay

Sabertooth – Del Mar –  July 27, 2024

Sabertooth Performance Figures Earned
Race Condition Pars	Sabertooth Figures Earned
Race Class Level:  125	Running Style In Race:  Unknown
Final Time Rating Par: 150	Final Time Rating: 113
CPR Race Par:  118	CPR Earned In Race: 123
Fast Fig Race Par:  116	Fast Fig In Race:
Key Race Winners: 0	Running Style In Race:   Unknown
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Generally horses that are on the Horses To Watch list ran into unexpected trouble, bad luck, and/or didn’t run the race we believe Sabertooth was cabable of.  We expected that if Sabertooth gets a good trip in their next start than we should see an improvement in Sabertooth performance figures.  Use the performance figures earned in Sabertooth last race (listed above) and compare them to the field and pars of Sabertooth next start.  If Sabertooth appears to have earned higher performance figures in the last race when running into trouble  as compared to the rest of the field’s expected perfomance in the upcoming race than there is a good chance that Sabertooth will dominate the race.

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