Lead Investor is developing into a nice horse for us. In his debut at Delaware Park on September 7^th, we weren’t expecting much from him because we felt he was bred to run a distance and would be better at age 3 than age 2, so he just didn’t fit in a sprint debut facing a talent laden field as the longest shot on the board at 39 to 1. Thus, we were thrilled to see him drop back to last and then start picking off horses to finish a well-beaten, but fast closing third under a patient ride by veteran jockey Gabriel Saez. After the wire, he galloped out ahead of the first two runners, so off that debut, we have reason to feel confident that Lead Investor is going to be a solid horse for us as he matures and stretches out.

In his second start on September 30^th at Penn National, Lead Investor took another step forward, coming from dead last on a sloppy track, not favoring closers to be a good 2^nd, well behind the winner and well in front of the rest of the field. Trainer Mark Salvaggio reported that Lead Investor lost a shoe when bumped at the start, making the effort all the more impressive, to say the least. We think this horse may be even better on grass and the best is yet to come here.