Trendsetter, upset winner of the April 11 Lexington Stakes (G3) at Keeneland, has been supplemented to the Keeneland April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale to be held the evening of April 24, following racing on closing day of the spring meet. Colebrook Racing, agent for Midway Racing, is consigning Trendsetter, a 3-year-old gelding by Modernist .
At 2, Trendsetter began his career with two wins on the dirt and ran against the highly regarded Schwarzenegger in Keeneland's 5 1/2-furlong Indian Summer Stakes on turf. Third against 3-year-olds in the March 21 Rushaway Stakes at 1 1/16 miles over the all-weather at Turfway Park, he returned to the dirt for the Lexington at the same distance. Trendsetter swept past the dueling leaders at the eighth pole and drew off to a decisive 2 1/4-length victory, earning an 85 Beyer Speed Figure and 96 Equibase Speed Figure.
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"He's always been a very talented horse, but with every race he's improved and progressed and done things better," said Davant Latham, who races Trendsetter in the name of Midway Racing. "He's getting braver, bolder, and so much more professional with time. This horse does not have a bottom. I think he wants to go farther than a mile and a sixteenth, and he can run on all surfaces."
Trainer Ben Colebrook agreed.
"We finally got a two-turn dirt race for him, and I think he's going to continue to improve," Colebrook said. "There are plenty of races for him. I think he'd be perfect for Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Oklahoma Derby races. He's a horse that could make a lot of money. He's very sound, and he seems to really be coming into his own."
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Trendsetter is not Triple Crown nominated, but could be supplemented to compete in that series.
"The Keeneland April sale at the end of the race meet is a great live venue to sell," Latham said. "A 3-year-old horse going into the summer program with 3-year-old restricted stakes: This is the horse that everybody wants. We're proud of the way he's developed in our program. We're a little sentimental because it's fun to see them develop and know that you helped that happen, but it's very rewarding to see them figure it all out and progress as he has."
"I think the big horses especially need to sell at auction where people can touch, feel, and see them," Colebrook said.
"Trendsetter is exactly the kind of horse the April Sale was designed for," said Tony Lacy, Keeneland vice president of sales. "It's a timely marketplace where a horse can move straight from a performance like his in the Stonestreet Lexington into a live auction environment, putting him in front of the sport's top domestic and international buyers looking to strengthen their stables for the summer and beyond. That immediacy is what makes this sale so dynamic."
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