Coming off a 3/4-length runner-up finish in his June debut on Churchill’s turf course, this 3-year-old colt by FIRST SAMURAI was an impressive three-length Maiden Special Weight winner at 1 1/16 miles on Saratoga’s inner turf. Setting the pace through solid fractions, LEAstarted to pull away inside the final eighth to his final margin of victory under only hand encouragement. The final time was 1:40 1/5, just 2/5’s off the course record for this homebred of Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider.
