Fairmount Park Race 4

Starter Allowance

Stake: $23,658

LUCKY BOSS (2) raced close to the lead before clearing out to score an effortless 3.5 lengths win over 1710m at this track (Dirt) last time. Going well and should give a bold sight again. CATEGORY TEN (4) lines up on the back of a 10 length fourth over 1673m at Hawthorne. Best form puts him right in this. CODE RUNNER (5) is in top form, most recently recording a win by 7 lengths over 1710m at Hawthorne (Dirt) to make it two on the bounce. Among the leading chances again. PAYNT BY LETTERS (6) was well in the market when resuming last start but failed to threaten when a disappointing fourth at Hawthorne (Dirt) over 1673m. Change of rider to Javour M Simpson who has an excellent strike rate when in the saddle, including two wins. Not to be discounted.

Distance: 1673m
Track: Good
Weather: fine
Surface: Dirt
Class: ALLOW

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Contrabandista (1) 7245413510
Trainer: Kenny Jansen (USA)
Jockey: Alvin Ortiz
Weight: 56kg
Prize Money: $175,295
Win / Place: 11% / 52%

6 yo Dark Bay/Brown Gelding

Sire: GUN RUNNER (USA)

Dam: HARLAN'S ROMANCE (USA)

Dam's Sire: Harlan's Holiday

Rating

Stats

Career

34: 4-7-7

Distance

12: 2-4-2

Season

8: 2-0-1

1st Up

4: 0-0-1

2nd Up

4: 0-1-0

3rd Up

4: 0-0-1

4th Up

4: 0-0-2

Turf

2: 0-0-0

Dirt

32: 4-7-7

Fast

2: 0-0-0

Clockwise

2: 1-0-0

Anti-Clockwise

32: 3-7-7

Jockey Stats

Horse

0: 0-0-0

Last 50

0: 0-0-0

Trainer

W 0% P 0%

Distance

W 0% P 0%

Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Distance

W 0% P 0%

Distance Range Last 6 months

1609m - 1710m

Comments

Comes here off a 31-day let-up. At the latest run ran last of 11 at Belterra Park on July 2 over 1609m, 17 len behind Breakwater with 56kg at $47.80. The run before that won by 0.5 len at Belterra Park June 4 over 1673m defeating Mason A P carrying 56kg at $3.50.

Expected Settling Position: Off Pace

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
11th of 11	2/7/25	Belterra Park	1609m	CLM 3U	3	J McKee	56kg	FM	1:36.82	59.8 km/h	17.5L	2-11	$48	28	$15,833	$158	1. Breakwater 2. Jura 3. Reapply
1st of 5	4/6/25	Belterra Park	1673m	CLM 3U	4	J McKee	56kg	Fast	1:47.92	55.8 km/h	0.5L	5-2	$3.50	26	$16,104	$9,984	1. Contrabandista 2. Mason A P 3. Azure Sky
5th of 6	9/5/25	Prairie Meadows	1609m	CLM 3U	6	Alexander Bendezu	54.5kg	Fast	1:38.99	58.5 km/h	9.4L	4-5	$5.10	19	$25,888	$761	1. Justice Once 2. Quarter Rat 3. Money In Motion
3rd of 7	20/4/25	Hawthorne	1673m	CLM 4U	6	V Santiago	56kg	Good	1:42.96	58.5 km/h	5.8L	4-3	$15	26	$21,765	$2,177	1. McMoney 2. Chaos Reigns 3. Contrabandista
1st of 6	25/3/25	Will Rogers Downs	1609m	CLM 3U	6	Richard E Eramia	56.5kg	Fast	1:41.09	57.3 km/h	4.5L	4-1	$2.20f	29	$20,729	$12,344	1. Contrabandista 2. Wrinkle Road 3. Searchin Safari
4th of 7	24/2/25	Oaklawn Park	1710m	CLM 4U	3	Joseph M Romero	49.5kg	Fast	1:45.76	58.2 km/h	6.0L	5-5	$25	16	$61,433	$3,072	1. Tiwanaku 2. Face Value 3. Mad Adam

Lucky Boss (2) x795420051
Trainer: Hugo Rodriguez (USA)
Jockey: Santiago Gonzalez
Weight: 57kg
Prize Money: $619,330
Win / Place: 18% / 32%

6 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: STREET BOSS (USA)

Dam: LUCKY STRIKER (USA)

Dam's Sire: Van Nistelrooy

Rating

Stats

Career

37: 7-3-2

Distance

12: 2-0-0

Trk/Dst

1: 1-0-0

Track

1: 1-0-0

Season

8: 1-1-0

1st Up

5: 0-0-0

2nd Up

5: 1-0-0

3rd Up

5: 0-1-1

4th Up

4: 0-1-0

Turf

7: 0-0-1

Good

2: 0-0-0

Dirt

30: 7-3-1

Fast

5: 0-0-1

Anti-Clockwise

36: 6-3-2

Jockey Stats

Horse

1: 1-0-0

Last 50

0: 0-0-0

Trainer

W 0% P 0%

Distance

W 0% P 0%

Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Distance

W 0% P 0%

Distance Range Last 6 months

1673m - 1811m

Comments

At the latest run raced right near the speed and boxed on; scored a big 3.5 len win at this track July 19 over 1710m defeating Brown Reserve carrying 56kg at $51.10. The run before that 5th of 7 at Horseshoe Indianapolis on June 7 over 1673m, 9 len behind Kykeon with 55.5kg at $2.80.

Expected Settling Position: Midfield

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
1st of 9	19/7/25	Fairmount Park	1710m	HCP 3U	1	Santiago Gonzalez	56kg	Fast	1:46.29	57.9 km/h	3.5L	2-3	$51	42	$75,000	$45,000	1. Lucky Boss 2. Brown Reserve 3. Lemon Drop Shot
42 Day Freshen-Up
5th of 7	7/6/25	Indiana Downs	1673m	CLM 3U	6	Joshua Morales	55.5kg	Good	1:44.25	57.8 km/h	9.5L	6-5	$2.80	35	$23,733	$712	1. Kykeon 2. Forever Lasting 3. Fierce Assault
35 Day Freshen-Up
11th of 12	3/5/25	Oaklawn Park	1710m	CLM 3U	8	Walter De La Cruz	54.5kg	Good	1:44.93	58.7 km/h	23.8L	4-9	$37	22	$56,203	$351	1. Vivir Con Alegria 2. Hey Boss 3. On A Spree
10th of 10	11/4/25	Oaklawn Park	1710m	ALLOW 4U	6	Emmanuel Esquivel	53kg	Fast	1:47.42	57.3 km/h	21.9L	7-9	$22	14	$62,684	$522	1. Rocco Strong 2. Shot Of Courage 3. Nepal Up
2nd of 10	28/3/25	Oaklawn Park	1811m	CLM 4U	3	Emmanuel Esquivel	53.5kg	M	1:53.40	57.5 km/h	3.3L	2-1	$7.20	28	$55,277	$11,056	1. Sunrise Drive 2. Lucky Boss 3. Fire Bryan
4th of 12	28/2/25	Oaklawn Park	1710m	CLM 4U	3	Emmanuel Esquivel	54.5kg	Fast	1:46.99	57.5 km/h	10.1L	8-4	$2.70f	20	$56,168	$2,808	1. Pittsburgh 2. Euclid Avenue 3. Cost Basis

Comfort Me Now (3) x31823x451
Trainer: Lori Plasters ()
Jockey: Julio Felix
Weight: 56kg
Prize Money: $359,867
Win / Place: 18% / 45%

Track / Distance Specialist

9 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: WHAT NOW (USA)

Dam: C O BARQUEEN (USA)

Dam's Sire: Thunder Gulch

100

Rating

Stats

Career

70: 13-8-11

Distance

22: 8-3-1

Trk/Dst

7: 5-1-1

Track

3: 1-0-0

Season

3: 1-0-0

1st Up

7: 1-0-2

2nd Up

7: 2-1-1

3rd Up

7: 1-0-1

4th Up

6: 1-1-1

Turf

3: 0-0-0

Synthetic

3: 0-0-1

Dirt

64: 13-8-10

Fast

3: 0-0-0

Anti-Clockwise

51: 6-3-8

Jockey Stats

Horse

2: 0-0-1

Last 50

0: 0-0-0

Trainer

W 0% P 0%

Distance

W 0% P 0%

Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Distance

W 0% P 0%

Distance Range Last 6 months

1207m - 1673m

Comments

Returns from a 49-day let-up. Most recently won by 3 len at this track June 14 over 1673m defeating Andthethunderrolls with 56kg at $3.40. Before that 5th of 7 at this track on May 24 over 1207m, 5 len behind Santino's Fantasy with 56kg at $11.10.

Expected Settling Position: Leader

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
1st of 6	14/6/25	Fairmount Park	1673m	CLM 3U	1	Javier Diego	56kg	Good	1:45.64	57.0 km/h	3.0L	1-1	$3.40	21	$15,257	$9,154	1. Comfort Me Now 2. Andthethunderrolls 3. Munnycantbuymelove
5th of 7	24/5/25	Fairmount Park	1207m	CLM 3U	6	Javier Diego	56kg	Fast	1:11.88	60.5 km/h	4.8L	4-4	$11	14	$18,735	$263	1. Santino's Fantasy 2. Swiss Guard 3. Idea Man
4th of 6	10/5/25	Fairmount Park	1207m	CLM 3U	3	Javier Diego	56kg	Fast	1:12.94	59.6 km/h	3.8L	6-4	$30	196	$18,735	$1,124	1. Seminole Beach 2. Stud Lovin 3. Santino's Fantasy
196 Day Spell
3rd of 5	26/10/24	Fairmount Park	1207m	CLM 3U	2	Ademar Santos	57kg	Fast	1:12.32	60.1 km/h	2.3L	2-3	$4.50	14	$16,539	$1,654	1. Valiantly Discreet 2. Layton The Day 3. Comfort Me Now
2nd of 6	12/10/24	Fairmount Park	1207m	CLM 3U	1	Ademar Santos	57kg	Fast	1:11.26	61.0 km/h	7.5L	3-2	$4.20	14	$16,539	$3,308	1. Bernie Lomax 2. Comfort Me Now 3. One Putt Richie
8th of 8	28/9/24	Fairmount Park	1609m	ALLOW OCLM 3	6	V Santiago	56kg	Fast	1:40.27	57.8 km/h	22.9L	1-8	$9.10	21	$30,456	$335	1. Runningforcash 2. Irish Declaration 3. Aheadofthegame

Category Ten (4) 284x543224
Trainer: Armando Hernandez ()
Jockey: Orlando Mojica
Weight: 56kg
Prize Money: $195,283
Win / Place: 17% / 65%

5 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: VIOLENCE (USA)

Dam: GENRE (USA)

Dam's Sire: Bernardini

Rating

Stats

Career

29: 5-8-6

Distance

19: 5-7-4

Trk/Dst

2: 0-2-0

Track

1: 0-1-0

Season

6: 0-2-1

1st Up

2: 0-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-0-0

3rd Up

2: 0-0-2

4th Up

2: 0-1-1

Turf

1: 0-0-0

Synthetic

5: 0-0-1

Dirt

23: 5-8-5

Fast

1: 0-0-0

Anti-Clockwise

27: 5-6-6

Jockey Stats

Horse

1: 0-0-1

Last 50

0: 0-0-0

Trainer

W 0% P 0%

Distance

W 0% P 0%

Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Distance

W 0% P 0%

Distance Range Last 6 months

1609m - 1710m

Comments

Form hard to fault. Comes here off a 30-day let-up. Last start 4th of 9 at Hawthorne on July 3 over 1673m, 10 len behind Calibrate with 55.5kg at $12.80. The run before that held ground to the line 2nd of 7 at this track on June 21 over 1673m, 0.5 len behind Gold Smoke carrying 56kg at $2.10.

Expected Settling Position: Off Pace

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
4th of 9	3/7/25	Hawthorne	1673m	HCP 3U	6	Olaf Hernandez	55.5kg	Fast	1:42.21	58.9 km/h	10.4L	6-4	$13	12	$25,833	$1,292	1. Calibrate 2. Eye Dee Kay 3. Hoodlum
2nd of 7	21/6/25	Fairmount Park	1673m	HCP 3U	4	Julio Felix	56kg	Fast	1:45.02	57.3 km/h	0.5L	2-1	$2.10f	34	$23,733	$4,747	1. Gold Smoke 2. Category Ten 3. Boogie Bode
34 Day Freshen-Up
2nd of 6	18/5/25	Hawthorne	1673m	HCP 3U	6	Alexis Centeno	55.5kg	Fast	1:43.02	58.5 km/h	4.8L	4-2	$3.60	28	$26,399	$5,280	1. Chaos Reigns 2. Category Ten 3. Global Empire
3rd of 6	20/4/25	Hawthorne	1673m	CLM 4U	5	Julio Felix	55.5kg	Good	1:43.69	58.1 km/h	5.0L	4-3	$4.50	36	$34,824	$3,483	1. Soul Coaxing 2. Readthecliffnotes 3. Category Ten
36 Day Freshen-Up
4th of 6	15/3/25	Turfway Park	1710m	CLM 4U	3	Irving Moncada	52.5kg	Fast	1:45.88	58.1 km/h	10.0L	3-4	$4.57	22	$53,377	$3,223	1. Nikolaou 2. Del Rayo 3. River Redemption
5th of 7	21/2/25	Turfway Park	1609m	ALLOW 4U	7	Irving Moncada	52.5kg	Fast	1:40.44	57.7 km/h	9.0L	4-3	$3.77f	70	$39,844	$1,426	1. Moonstrike 2. Hard Mission 3. Golden Reign
70 Day Spell

Code Runner (5) 495x341511
Trainer: Hugo Rodriguez (USA)
Jockey: Alexander Bendezu
Weight: 56kg
Prize Money: $346,397
Win / Place: 20% / 35%

Going for the Hat-Trick

8 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: HONOR CODE (USA)

Dam: NEREID (USA)

Dam's Sire: Rock Hard Ten

Rating

Stats

Career

45: 9-5-2

Distance

21: 7-2-1

Season

6: 3-0-1

1st Up

7: 1-0-1

2nd Up

6: 0-0-0

3rd Up

6: 2-1-0

4th Up

6: 0-2-0

Turf

4: 0-0-0

Good

1: 0-0-0

Synthetic

4: 0-1-0

Dirt

37: 9-4-2

Fast

3: 0-0-0

Anti-Clockwise

44: 9-5-2

Jockey Stats

Horse

1: 0-0-0

Last 50

0: 0-0-0

Trainer

W 0% P 0%

Distance

W 0% P 0%

Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Distance

W 0% P 0%

Distance Range Last 6 months

1673m - 1710m

Comments

Chasing a hat-trick. Comes off a 34 day let-up. At the latest run scored a big 7 len win at Hawthorne June 29 over 1710m defeating Boldish carrying 55.5kg at $2. Before that won by 2 len at Hawthorne June 15 over 1673m defeating Blurt with 55.5kg at $2.

Expected Settling Position: Midfield

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
1st of 6	29/6/25	Hawthorne	1710m	CLM 3U	1	O Mojica	55.5kg	Fast	1:46.15	58.0 km/h	7.0L	6-1	$2.00f	14	$16,952	$10,171	1. Code Runner 2. Boldish 3. Try Try Again
1st of 6	15/6/25	Hawthorne	1673m	CLM 3U	2	O Mojica	55.5kg	Fast	1:44.71	57.5 km/h	2.0L	4-3	$2.00f	21	$16,104	$9,663	1. Code Runner 2. Blurt 3. Two Cookie Rule
5th of 5	25/5/25	Hawthorne	1673m	CLM 3U	4	Luis H Colon	56kg	Fast	1:44.63	57.6 km/h	3.3L	5-5	$1.50f	14	$16,180	$485	1. Two Cookie Rule 2. Flying Samurai 3. Mister Charming
1st of 8	11/5/25	Hawthorne	1673m	CLM 3U	6	Luis H Colon	55.5kg	Fast	1:44.47	57.7 km/h	5.0L	5-4	$2.00f	21	$16,180	-	1. Code Runner 2. Alvin 3. Family Tradition
4th of 7	20/4/25	Hawthorne	1673m	CLM 4U	5	Luis H Colon	55.5kg	Good	1:42.96	58.5 km/h	8.0L	7-6	$5.70	14	$21,765	$1,088	1. McMoney 2. Chaos Reigns 3. Contrabandista
3rd of 7	6/4/25	Hawthorne	1673m	HCP 4U	6	Luis H Colon	55.5kg	Fast	1:43.38	58.3 km/h	5.5L	6-4	$4.90	155	$26,988	$2,699	1. Double Thunder 2. Stronger Together 3. Code Runner
155 Day Spell

Paynt By Letters (6) 33631152x4
Trainer: Linares Gerardo Martinez ()
Jockey: Javour Simpson
Weight: 56kg
Prize Money: $110,042
Win / Place: 16% / 52%

Jockey / Horse Combo

5 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: PAYNTER (USA)

Dam: HARD TO READ (USA)

Dam's Sire: Alphabet Soup

Rating

Stats

Career

25: 4-4-5

Distance

2: 1-0-0

Trk/Dst

1: 1-0-0

Season

1: 0-0-0

1st Up

3: 0-0-1

2nd Up

2: 0-1-0

3rd Up

2: 2-0-0

4th Up

2: 0-0-1

Turf

2: 0-0-0

Dirt

23: 5-4-5

Fast

2: 0-0-0

Anti-Clockwise

5: 0-1-0

Jockey Stats

Horse

4: 2-1-1

Last 50

0: 0-0-0

Trainer

W 0% P 0%

Distance

W 0% P 0%

Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Distance

W 0% P 0%

Distance Range Last 6 months

1673m

Comments

Second-up. Comes off a 44-day let-up. First-up after seven months in a small field at Hawthorne on June 19 over 1673m, 16 len behind Dick Best with 55.5kg at $4.10. Previously second-up of 9 at this track on May 25 2024 over 1207m, 7 len behind Sonnyisnotsofunny with 56kg at $25.30.

Expected Settling Position: Off Pace

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
4th of 5	19/6/25	Hawthorne	1673m	HCP 3U	2	Santiago Gonzalez	55.5kg	Fast	1:42.61	58.7 km/h	16.8L	1-4	$4.10	211	$24,581	$1,475	1. Dick Best 2. Coalminer's Kitten 3. Handsoffthegoods
211 Day Spell
2nd of 6	20/11/24	Mountaineer Park	1609m	ALLOW 3U	4	Frank Reyes	54.5kg	Good	1:40.72	57.5 km/h	1.5L	2-1	$4.80	14	$23,558	$4,712	1. Rose's Pepino 2. Paynt By Letters 3. See Spot Run
5th of 9	6/11/24	Mahoning Valley	1609m	ALLOW 3U	2	Frank Reyes	57kg	Fast	1:40.40	57.7 km/h	7.5L	3-3	$11	18	$29,199	$292	1. Rose's Pepino 2. Exalted Joy 3. Gran Andrews
1st of 5	19/10/24	Fairmount Park	1673m	HCP 3U	3	U A Lopez	57kg	Fast	1:44.85	57.4 km/h	1.0L	2-1	$9.70	39	$20,477	$12,286	1. Paynt By Letters 2. Category Ten 3. Handsoffthegoods
39 Day Freshen-Up
1st of 8	10/9/24	Fairmount Park	1609m	ALLOW OCLM 3	7	Javour M Simpson	56kg	Fast	1:40.52	57.6 km/h	1.5L	7-1	$6.60	17	$30,456	$18,274	1. Paynt By Letters 2. Irish Declaration 3. Troy Ounce
3rd of 5	24/8/24	Fairmount Park	1609m	ALLOW OCLM 3	2	Javier Diego	57kg	Fast	1:39.52	58.2 km/h	7.5L	3-2	$9.60	18	$26,790	$2,679	1. Nullarbor 2. Euro Suprise 3. Paynt By Letters

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