The excitement generated by Congrats’ brilliant first season and his subsequent move to Kentucky made it was easy to overlook that Florida had another freshman making a promising beginning last year. This was Pomeroy, who ended 2010 with 25 individual 2-year-old winners–tied with Congrats and Sharp Humor as leading freshman sire in that category, despite having significantly fewer starters than either. The season wasn’t just a success in numerical terms, however, as Pomeroy’s first 2-year-olds included the Gold Rush Stakes winner Positive Response, as well as stakes-placed Rough'n Royal. This year the good work has continued. Positive Response began his 3-year-old campaign with a decisive win in the California Derby, the Pomeroy colt Flashpoint debuted with a very impressive win at Aqueduct, and the filly Pomeroys Pistol followed up a second in the Old Hat Stakes (gr. III) with a win January 30 in the Forward Gal Stakes (gr. II).
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