Trainer Chad Brown knew Faraday had the pedigree to be a highly useful long distance turf runner.
It was just a matter of getting the son of Ghostzapper to focus.
So, a decision to geld him was made. Then blinkers were added.
All of a sudden, Faraday was living up to a sterling turf pedigree and closing quickly in the stretch to take the July 28 sixth race at Saratoga Race Course, a 1 3/8-mile maiden special weight race on turf, in just his second start and first since Oct. 23.
After finishing sixth last year in his debut, the 3-year-old owned by William Lawrence and breeder Woodslane Farm was ninth of 10 early in Friday's race and still fifth at the eighth pole before closing stoutly under Javier Castellano to get up by a neck in 2:15.06 for the 11 furlongs.
"He was a bit immature last year. He wasn't focused, so we had to geld him, take our time with him. Put blinkers on him," Brown said. "We tinkered with him and he really started training well the last three times. My staff at Monmouth Park did a great job with him."
Once focused, Faraday's breeding came to the fore as he added to the outstanding resume of his dam, the Dynaformer mare Dynaire. A half-brother to Woodslane and trainer Tom Albertrani's grade 1 winner and $2.6 million earner Sadler's Joy , a 2013 son of Kitten's Joy who won the 1 1/2-mile Sword Dancer Stakes (G1T) and was a fixture in top-level distance turf stakes, he became the seventh winner from 11 foals out of his dam.
"Looking at his pedigree, he was born to run a mile and three-eighths. He has a bright future ahead of him. He's only run twice and to finish like he did at the distance off a layoff was promising," said Brown, who intends to find an allowance race for the 3-year-old's next start.
Faraday, who was purchased for $275,000 by Meridian from the Hidden Brook consignment at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, is a full brother to the stakes winner Wolfie's Dynaghost and a half brother to the stakes-placed Lunaire (Malibu Moon) and Dyna Passer (Lemon Drop Kid).
Aside from the four black-type offspring, Dynaire has a 2-year-old full brother to Sadler's Joy who was bought by agent Joe Migliore for $250,000 at Keeneland September, a yearling full brother to Faraday, and a 2023 Munnings colt.
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