{"id":243840,"date":"2025-07-06T23:22:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T23:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/243840\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T23:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T23:22:16","slug":"precocious-obliteration-in-good-order-after-eye-catching-sanford-blowout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/243840\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Precocious&#8217; Obliteration In Good Order After Eye-Catching Sanford Blowout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paulickreport.com\/news\/thoroughbred-racing\/precocious-obliteration-in-good-order-after-eye-catching-sanford-blowout\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:&#039;Precocious&#039; Obliteration In Good Order After Eye-Catching Sanford Blowout;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">&#8216;Precocious&#8217; Obliteration In Good Order After Eye-Catching Sanford Blowout<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/paulickreport.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Paulick Report;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Paulick Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Leland Ackerley Racing\u2019s Obliteration impressed again when improving to 2-for-2 in Saturday\u2019s Sanford (G3), a six-furlong sprint for juveniles, during the July 4th Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, the Violence bay graduated by a widening 7 1\/2 lengths sprinting 5 1\/2 furlongs on June 12 at Churchill Downs, and he upped that margin to 10 1\/2 lengths at the Spa in a final time of 1:10.65 \u2013 his Beyer Speed Figure jumping from 77 to 91.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe looks like he came out of it good,\u201d said Scott Blasi, assistant to the first time Sanford winning Asmussen. \u201cHe\u2019s just a very talented colt, precocious, and hopefully he will continue to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obliteration broke very sharply from post 2 under Flavien Prat and led every step of the way through fractions of :22.74, :45.56, :57.56 on the fast dirt while turning back the pressure from local Tremont (L) runner-up Blinging It Back to win in dominant fashion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s always been very forward. He proved that in his first start, and showed that was no fluke by coming back and running better than that,\u201d said Blasi. \u201cHe broke so sharply and made it a two-horse race before pulling away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Local graded options for juveniles include the 6 1\/2-furlong $200,000 Saratoga Special (G2) on August 2, as well as the seven-furlong $300,000 Spendthrift Farm Hopeful (G1) on September 1.<\/p>\n<p>This story was originally reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/paulickreport.com\/news\/thoroughbred-racing\/precocious-obliteration-in-good-order-after-eye-catching-sanford-blowout\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Paulick Report;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Paulick Report<\/a> on Jul 6, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Precocious&#8217; Obliteration In Good Order After Eye-Catching Sanford Blowout originally appeared on Paulick Report. 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