By Bill Heller
If you look up “Good day at the racetrack,” don’t be surprised if there’s a picture of owner Michael Dubb there. Dubb scored his third New York-bred Showcase Day stakes victory Monday at Belmont with Offering Plan, the six-year-old horse he owns in partnership with Nantucket Thoroughbreds, Bethlehem Stables and Gary Aisquith, in the 40th running of the one-mile $125,000 Kingston Stakes on grass. Rallying from last under Javier Castellano in early stretch, Offering Plan, who was the 4-5 favorite in the field of nine, won his second consecutive race and his second consecutive Kingston Stakes by a length and three-quarters in 1:35.11 on the “Good” Widener Turf Course.
Rapt, who was 21-1 with Manny Franco in the irons, also rallied to finish second, three-quarters of a length ahead of 19-1 Kharafa and Dylan Davis. Dot Matrix, who was 7-2 under Jose Ortiz, was just another neck back in fourth.
CW Swann & Cygnet Farm bred Offering Plan, a son of Spring At Last out of Rosalie Road by Street Cry who is trained by Chad Brown.
“This is a hard-hitting horse,” Dubb said. “We debated about racing him at Pimlico, but we made the decision to stay here where he’d be even-money. That was Chad’s wish. I leave everything to Chad. I just show up and take pictures.”
Through much of the Kingston, favorite bettors had to be wondering if Offering Plan was going to show up at all. He raced in next-to-last on the backstretch until Rapt passed him.
Up front, Fox Rules, who was 23-1 under Kendrick Carmouche, held a clear lead through a solid pace: a first quarter-mile in :23.16, a half-mile in :46.50 and three-quarters in 1:10.65. When Fox Rules tired late, the race was wide-open and the horse closing fastest of all on the far outside was Offering Plan, who made a spectacular run past the entire field. [VIDEO REPLAY[3]]
“If we keep him with state-breds, he’s supposed to be the boss,” Dubb said. “This time, I think we made the right decision.”
Castellano agreed. “When I asked him to run, he was there for me,” Castellano said. “He gave me a nice run.”
And Dubb is on the run of a lifetime.
Offering Plan is now seven-for-19 in his all-grass career with three seconds, three thirds and earnings of just under $575,000.
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