12/21 (PHA): Brandywine & Southampton S.
 

TUESDAY 6th (2:30) Brandywine S.

6 Furlongs | Fillies | 2 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $75,000

1 Alexandra Rylee Pennington F 118 L
2 Actin Lucky Arroyo A S 114 L
3 Coax Liberty Rose J 116 L
4 Spring Jump Belmonte L A 114 L
5 Doing Great Carmouche K 120 L



TUESDAY 9th (3:45) Southampton S.

6 Furlongs | Open | 2 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $75,000

1 Sky Wars Acosta J D 114 L
2 Unleash the Humor Arroyo A S 114 L
3 Eminent Tale Alvarado J 114 L
4 Pal Petey Carmouche K 114 L
5 Royal Currier Elliott S 120 L
6 Sir Cadian Flores J L 116
7 Fort Hughes Elliott S 116 L

A-Coupled: Sky Wars and Unleash the Humor

Both juvy stake winners go in 1:09.3, bettering ALW winner Holyfield's 1:10.0 (guessing mid-hi 80's Beyers). The Darley colt Fort Hughes was a no-excuse 2nd at 2-5 in the Southampton behind the Patricia Farro Red Bullet gelding (Royal Currier), and Alexandra Rylie really got herself back in the right direction.

82 for both. . . good to see Alexandra Rylee run faster after the last one. I don't think Fort Hughes is fully recovered from whatever caused him to miss the Remsen.

The horse that beat Fort Hughes is not terrible and was a great claim by Patty Farro. I hope Alexandra Rylee continues to improve as well.

Fort Hughes wasn't considered for the 1 1/8 mile Remsen. I got a tweet yesterday that his missed training was because of a spiked fever, so that was nothing serious. The winner had much more experience, a stakes win and had never been out of the exacta. I don't think any excuse was needed for Fort Hughes to run 2nd to him.

He was actually discussed for the Nashua:

Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said Darley Stable’s impressive maiden winner Fort Hughes will likely make his next start in the Grade 2, $150,000 Nashua on November 6 at Aqueduct.



A 5 ½-length debut winner at Belmont Park on October 10 going 5 ½ furlongs, Fort Hughes is a son of top sprinter Henny Hughes, whom McLaughlin also trained.



“We worry a little about the distance, jumping up to a mile, but he’s training very well, so we figure we’ll give it a try and see how it goes,” McLaughlin said. “He looks a lot like [Henny Hughes], powerfully built, and we worry about the distance with him because of that, but right now maybe we can get away with it.”

http://www.horseracingnation.com/new...ort_Hughes_123

Nashua/Remsen whatever.