Pentagon Impressive in Win in Best Pal Stakes

In what has to be the biggest 2 year old stakes race of the day if not the year to date there were 7 horses that ended up going into the starting gate with the scratch of the #4 horse Don’t. The dirt track came back fast and there were co-betting choices with Pentagon and Creepy Englishman. As the gates swung open Creepy Englishman flew right out to the lead and ran the open ¼ mile in 22 and 4. He was followed by Pentagon in 2nd and Jolly Charley who was in 3rd. The first ¼ mile lead that Creepy Englishman had was short lived as just over 3.5 furlongs from home Pentagon rushed up from the inside to pull even with him, and Jolly Charley followed suit and was just ¼ a length behind in 3rd. A half mile into the race Pentagon pulled to the front and completed the half mile in 45 an 3, and owner Serenity Stables had to wonder if he made the move to quickly. Creepy Englishman was in 2nd still followed by Jolly Charley who was in 3rd. With 1 furlong to go Pentagon still had the lead and looked strong running there. The rest of the field had bunched up behind him a bit but Jolly Charley was in 2nd and Creepy Englishman was in 3rd. One thing that caught my eye at this point is what a bad trip Water Mummy was getting as he was searching for a hole to run but couldn’t find one.   The wire ultimately came in time for Pentagon who won by a measured length. There was a blanket finish for 2nd thru 5th with Armour Pate finishing 2nd and Edwin Drood finishing 3rd. This was a very impressive score for Pentagon in this very tough field. I look for him to do bigger and better things in the future. Let’s take a look at the breakdown of the race and the payouts:

2
Pentagon Serenity Stables Gutierrez Mario 2.50 11 1:15.51
3
Armor Plate Barcelona Farms Desormeaux K J 20.50 2no 1:15.75
8
Edwin Drood Sanny Village Talamo J 3.10 3nk 1:15.76
7
Water Mummy Downwind Stables Graham J 4.40 4no 1:15.81
1
Cool Operator Mb Stables Smith M E 6.55 51 1:15.83
5
Jolly Charley Asgar Husbands P 28.70 6hd 1:16.16
6
Creepy Englishman D J C Racing Stables Nakatani C S 2.90 7 1:16.20

Track: Fast
Time: :224  :453  1:091  1:152

$2 Mutuel Prices:

2 – Pentagon 7.00 4.60 3.00
3 – Armor Plate 20.40 13.80
8 – Edwin Drood 3.20

$1 Exacta: 2 – 3 Paid 45.10
$1 Trifecta: 2 – 3 – 8 Paid 815.50

Scratched: Dont(L)

Claimed:
None

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