Revolutionary, a highly-promising maiden winner from the barn of Todd Pletcher, will make his much-anticipated stakes debut in the $200,000 Withers Stakes (gr. III) on Saturday at Aqueduct.
A son of War Pass out of the grade I-winning A.P. Indy mare Runup the Colors, Revolutionary began his career with a trio of defeats to such talented runners as Orb, Clawback, Always in a Tiz, and Little Distorted. He finally found the winner's circle in his fourth start, defeating next-out winner Transparent by 8 1/2 lengths in a one-mile maiden special weight at Aqueduct. His performance was impressive enough to make Revolutionary the likely favorite in the Withers.
Javier Castellano will ride the colt, who is owned by WinStar Farm.
Siete de Oros, Amerigo Vespucci, and Long River -- the 2-3-4 finishers in last month's Jerome Stakes (gr. II) at Aqueduct -- are among Revolutionary's primary opposition. Damon Runyon Stakes winner Smooth Bert and impressive maiden winner Valid are also expected to contend. The lightly-raced Escapefromreality and maiden Champion Boy complete the lineup.
Post Positions:
1 Long River
2 Valid
3 Revolutionary
4 Escapefromreality
5 Amerigo Vespucci
6 Siete de Oros
7 Champion Boy
8 Smooth Bert
-Keelerman
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