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Program # TBA |
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Photo By: Benoit & Associates |
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Recent Developments
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Jockey Chris McCarron stopped by Barn 25 at Churchill Downs on May 5 to peek in on Came Home before heading to California.
Trainer Paco Gonzalez indicated the Santa Anita Derby (GI) winner came out of Saturday's (May 4) race fine and would return to California on Monday (May 6) for some R and R.
"I will not run him again until he tells us he is really eager," Gonzalez said.
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As A 3-Year Old |
Finished sixth, beaten 10 1/4 lengths by War Emblem, in Kentucky Derby 128
Won the Santa Anita Derby (GI) by 2 1/4-lengths over Easy Grades on Apr. 6
Won the San Rafael Stakes (GII), his first start around two turns, on Mar. 2 by thee lengths
Won the San Vicente Stakes (GII) on Feb. 2 by 4 lengths in his three-year-old debut
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As A 2-Year Old |
Won three-of-four starts and earned $211,440
Won the seven-furlong Hopeful Stakes (GI) in 1:21 4/5
Won the Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes (GIII) by four lengths
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Derby Starter Analysis By: Steve Fugitte |
Has earned my respect but won't get any of my money. Son of Gone West is an ally fighter who wants to beat you. He'll do everything he can and so will great jockey Chris McCarron but they have a lot working against their chances here. First problem is the pace of the race as he figures to go fairly close early and will need to avoid dueling several others with speed who have no choice but to go. I have a fair amount of faith that McCarron can keep him from dueling but can't explain to you how they are going to hold off Perfect Drift and Johannesburg and the boys when they come running late. He'll do everything he can but figures about one furlong short on stamina. Great horse bears watching on down the line in shorter events - he's a monster. |
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Pedigree Anlysis By: John Gaver III |
Dosage Index: 4.00; Born: March 29, 1999
Came Home reportedly was named by owners/breeders John Toffan and Trudy McCaffery because, on several occasions, he failed to meet his reserve price in the sales ring that he finally "came home" to his original owners. In short, Toffan and McCaffery could not sell the well-bred colt at auction for a price they thought to be fair. Now they own a multiple stakes winner that has Grade I black-type and six figures in earnings - things could be worse. Came Home's connections are, admirably, taking the cautious approach with their colt, realizing that his pedigree is laden with speed influences and that a mile and a quarter is probably beyond his scope. That said, he is by a the top class stallion Gone West, one of the most fashionably-bred sons of Mr. Prospector at stud (he's out of a Secretariat mare), a sire of twelve crops and over 60 stakes winners. As a stallion, Gone West is extremely versatile. For example, he has the champion miler Zafonic; two-time Breeders' Cup Mile (GI) winner Da Hoss; the turf stayers Lassigny, winner of the Rothman's International (GI), and German champion Royal Abjar; the quality main track router West By West; the precocious juveniles Grand Slam and Supremo; the crack main track long sprinter Mr. Greeley and Elusive Quality, who set a world-record for one mile (1:31.63) in 1998. While Gone West is as versatile as sire there is in today's market, Came Home's distaff side is laden with sprint-speed influences. He is out of the multiple stakes winner Nice Assay who was vulnerable on the racetrack at distances beyond a mile and a sixteenth, and she is by a stallion who tends to throw speedy get in Clever Trick. Came Home is also a half-brother to A.P. Assay, crack Southern California-based sprinter and Grade II stakes winner, but he never won a race beyond seven furlongs. Came Home's jockey, Chris McCarron, thinks the colt will stay nine furlongs but has no clue beyond that. It's not so much Came Home's pedigree that worries us, after all, milers make the best sires, it's his running style, as he prefers to be on or near the lead. If Came Home can relax and continue to mature, who knows? He can't read his sales catalog page.
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