Photo: MEC
Up Hill Stable’s 3-year-old Clearly Now worked a sharp half-mile in
48 flat Saturday morning at Palm Meadows for trainer Brian Lynch and
will test undefeated Eclipse champion Shanghai Bobby and other Kentucky
Derby and Triple Crown hopefuls in Saturday’s $400,000 Holy Bull Stakes
(G3) at Gulfstream Park.
A Kentucky-bred son of Horse Greeley, Clearly Now won his first two
starts sprinting at Woodbine in September and November last year and
finished third in the $150,000 Display Stakes going 1 1/16 miles last
out on Dec. 1. Clearly Now was a $30,000 Keeneland September yearling
purchase.
“He showed ability from the start with his first two wins,” said
Lynch Sunday morning. “I might have had him a little too fresh for his
first start going a distance in the Display, but I think I learned a
little bit about him that will help this time. This is the time of year
(for a 3-year-old) you want to see what you have.”