Eleven juveniles by 11 different sires tied for the fastest furlong as Fasig-Tipton concluded the three-day under-tack preview show for next week's Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training.
Juveniles cataloged for the sale, set for next Monday and Tuesday at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, worked over the dirt racetrack at the facility. After three days of activity, colts by American Pharoah, Maclean's Music, Malibu Moon, Midnight Storm, Munnings, Nyquist, Quality Road, and Tom's Ready and fillies by Empire Maker, Palace, and Race Day had each breezed a furlong in 10 seconds flat to lead the way.
This is the first crop for both Grade 1 winner Midnight Storm and multiple graded stakes winner Tom's Ready. The others are all established sires, with American Pharoah and Nyquist the youngest among those. Triple Crown winner American Pharoah - like Midnight Storm, a son of Pioneerof the Nile - led first-crop sires of 2019 and second-crop sires of 2020. He will be represented by his first classic starter on Saturday, with Ram in the Preakness Stakes. Nyquist was last year's leading freshman sire.
Among the smaller group of juveniles to work a quarter-mile, a colt by More Than Ready and a filly by Union Rags set the standard, each working in 21 2/5 seconds. More Than Ready is the sire of Tom's Ready.
For complete results from the breeze show: https://www.fasigtipton.com/2021/Midlantic-Two-Year-Olds-in-Training#/