The Quick Call (Grade 3)- $175.000 Purse
SAR- For Three Year Olds
Five and a Half Furlongs on the Turf
July 13, 2025
Mb Stables looks to continue his dominance in the Quick Call on Sunday, a race that he has won four years in a row, and five times overall. There will be eight horses running in this race that initially began as being a mile in distance, but a quick call was made to change to a sprint after a year. The race became graded for the first time in 2019 and has had a $175.000 purse since 2022. Mb’s streak began in 2021 with Elijah G, and he was nice enough to share the winners circle in 2022 when his Creepy Rocky Party finished in a dead heat with Gdp Inc’s Training Wheels. Derby Proud and Bad Fear have been his last two winners. He has one in his field of eight, will it be that one that wins, an Mb reject, or someone else?
1- Tank Davis (Royalty Stables, ridden by J L Ortiz)- Ran in the BC Juvenile Turf Sprint last fall, and finished eighth in the race. His three-year-old season began with similar results in overnights, and he would be given some time to rest. It looks like nearly three months away from racing helped a lot, as he’d win a CD allowance, then rolled off a 101 SRF in the Grade 3 Dayton Stakes at SA, running third in what was a wild photo at the wire. If he’s fully back to what he was when he qualified for the BC, look out for him.
2- Spin Zone (Mb Stables, ridden by J R Velazquez)- Gets the call to represent the trainer as he looks for his fifth win in a row in this race. Spin Zone has three wins in eight starts, and his biggest such victory came two back at CD in the $300.000 Walker, where he beat a couple of these that he sees agin. Didn’t really do much last time out, running fourth of five in the Get Serious Stakes at MTH where he was the lone three-year-old against older. Goes back to running against only threes here.
3- King Mb Reject (Arindel, ridden by K Carmouche)- He’s never actually been an Mb reject, as he was never part of that stable, but he is out of Mb Reject Party, an unraced Mb horse that was likely named by the one that won her at auction, Martyparty. King Mb Reject is also an Apache Warrior and Martyparty reject, as they raced him very modestly before he wound up with Arindel. It is with him that the gelding won the $115.000 Texas Glitter. Hasn’t done much since but would be an interesting name to end Mb’s actual winning streak in the Quick Call.
4- Inoue (Royalty Stables, ridden by M Franco)- Inoue has mostly been a dirt horse, and that was the case when we saw him run here last month in the Grade 1 Stephens. He wasn’t bad there, but in his two races before that, he had been on the turf, which he returns to here. Those are his only tries on the grass, and they include a win in the $165.000 Cutler Bay and a second in the $300.000 Walker, so why not return to the surface here. Seems to be versatile no matter where he runs, though.
5- Golden Missile (Team 7 Illusions, ridden by D Davis)- Claimed by the trainer for $40.000, and would break his maiden just ten days later. With that out of the way, Golden Missile was then given four months of rest, and he picked up right where he left off. He comes here off a second-place performance in the $225.000 Beau Stakes at CD and has actually never failed to hit the board during his career. In fact, with a little more luck at the wire, he could be 5-for-8.
6- Lost On The Moon (Santan Stables, ridden by I Ortiz Jr)- Has spent the majority of his career running against fellow LA-Breds, and that includes a couple of stakes. Two starts ago, he was fourth in the $100.000 Costa Rising Stakes, which was also his turf debut. Looked good in unrestricted company last time out in an allowance at CD, placing second, and now the Declassified colt looks to take another step forward here.
7- Ineedu2party (Maxmillion Farm, ridden by J Lezcano)- He’s given his trainer plenty of reason to party as of late, with three straight victories. None are bigger than his last time out, when he went wire to wire to win the Grade 1 Stephens right here at the Spa. While that may have been on the dirt, he’s also won a big one on the turf recently, taking the $300.000 Palisades Turf Sprint right before it. So, it does not matter what surface you put him on, Ineedu2party knows how to celebrate. Don’t forget that he did run second in the BC Juvenile Turf Sprint last fall, so success is nothing new to him. He’s won over $1,000.000 for his career and should add to that on Sunday.
8- Rolling Pin (Lemax Farms, ridden by V Espinoza)- After a promising two year old season saw him get into the BC Juvenile and run a decent fifth, Rolling Pin has only disappointed over the first half of 2025. It’s been a while since he last won, but perhaps he is showing signs of getting back to old form after a running third in a three way photo for the win in a CD optional claimer last month. As the lone three year old in that field, he had a significant weight allowance, which won’t be in play here.
Prediction: 7-5-2-1
— NS
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