Adam Coglianese
Putting a decisive last-to-first move in the stretch, Winter Park Partners’ Zetterholm (Silver Train) scored a victory – his third straight – in his stakes debut on Friday afternoon in Aqueduct’s one-mile, $75,000 Patsyprospect Stakes for New York-bred three-year-olds.
After just one race at Calder at two for trainer Steve DiMauro and a move to Rick Dutrow, Jr. for his sophomore campaign, Zetterholm went into the Patsyprospect with three strong starts at Aqueduct under his belt, including back to back late-rallying maiden and allowance wins in state-bred company on February 4 and March 4.
Second choice of five on Friday under Junior Alvarado at odds of 1.75-1, Zetterholm spent the first three-quarters of a mile of the Patsyprospect rating in last, while early leader, long shot Cat Paws, took the field through the first half-mile before ceding the front spot to 6-5 favorite Sportswriter in the far turn.
Alvarado angled Zetterholm into the four path at the top of the lane and asked for run around the three-sixteenths marker. Zetterholm promptly obliged, passing three rivals lined up across the track and then breezing by Sportswriter in the final seventy yards before opening up to a 2 1/4-length victory under a mild hand ride. [VIDEO]
After a half that went in 48.20, Zetterholm’s final time for the one mile on the fast Aqueduct main track was 1:37.75. He has now earned $123,505 from five starts with a record of 3-1-0.
Zetterholm is just the latest in series of success stories for the progeny Tony Grey’s mare Lord at War (ARG) mare Holy Wish. Producer of nine winners from 10 foals to start, Holy Wish is the dam of five six-figure earners and three multiple stakes winners also bred by Grey – Grade 3 Discovery H. winner Wishful Tomcat, by Tactical Cat ($665,754), Uncle T Seven, by Freud ($431,365), and Pennsylvania-bred Lucky Lewis, by Forest Camp ($237,966).
Holy Wish was purchased by Grey for $15,000 at the 2002 Wimborne Farm dispersal in Kentucky in foal to Matty G with future six-figure-earner Max Cam ($141,917). Holy Wish’s progeny of have amassed more than $1.8 million in purse earnings. Her daughter Plinking (Talkin Man), a Kentucky-bred daughter of Holy Wish whom Grey purchased privately, produced Grade 3-placed Jung Man Scott, by Freud and his full brother, Grade 3-placed Deciphering Dreams.
