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Georgie Boy wins Del Mar Futurity!
Georgie Boy, under the direction of jockey Garrett Gomez, rallied from out of the clouds to win the 60 th running of the $250,000 Del Mar Futurity on closing day of the 2007 racing season.
Twelfth and next-to-last in the early stages of the seven-furlong dash for two-year-olds, Georgie Boy unleashed a powerful run which propelled him to a half-length triumph in Del Mar's championship contest of the summer for juveniles.
Salute the Sarge, ridden by another East Coast-based rider, Kent Desormeaux, nosed out 2-1 favored Drill Down for second money, with Leonides fourth in the field of 13.
Georgie Boy, a California-bred son of Tribal Rule trained by Kathy Walsh, ran the distance in 1:25.34 over Polytrack and returned $13.60, $6.20 and $3.60. First money of $150,000 increased the colt's lifetime earnings to $286,806 by virtue of two wins in five starts. In his previous race, Georgie Boy was runner-up to Salute the Sarge in the Best Pal Stakes after earlier winning the Graduation Stakes.
Del Mar Racecourse's closing day attendance was 17,069. |
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