BOOK’EM DANNO wins the G2 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Stakes

BOOK’EM DANNO wins the G2 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Stakes

Book’em Danno powered away to a 2 1/2-length score over Mullikin in the Alfred G. Vanderbilt (G2), a six-furlong sprint for older horses at Saratoga Race Course.

Trained by Derek Ryan, the 4-year-old Bucchero gelding has won three of his four starts this year, the only miss being a neck fourth to the victorious Mindframe in the seven-furlong Churchill Downs (G1) over sloppy and sealed footing in May.

Book’em Danno exited post 3-of-6 while bobbling slightly at the break in the Vanderbilt. He saved ground in third position before angling off the rail late in the turn and driving away from the pace-pressing Mullikin to score in a final time of 1.08.98. The winning effort registered a career-best 111 Beyer Speed Figure.

The seven-time stakes winner is out of the unraced Ghostzapper mare Adorabella, who also produced two-time stakes winner Girl Trouble. He has banked in excess of $1.5 million via a 15-9-3-1 ledger. His terrific record at the Spa includes a win in the W. Stephens (G1) and a troubled third in the Grade 1 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial last year.

Ryan said he will consider a return to the Spa for the seven-furlong $500,000 Forego (G1) on August 23, which offers a ‘Win and You’re In’ berth to the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) in November at Del Mar. Mullikin was an emphatic winner of last year’s Forego. However, a trip to the Breeders’ Cup is not necessarily in the cards for Book’em Danno.

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