Stuart S. Janney III and Phipps Stable’s homebred Tom Collins is making his 3-year-old debut on Friday, July 12 in Race 3 at Saratoga, a maiden special weight covering a mile and a sixteenth on the turf.
Tom Collins is ending a nine-month layoff after finishing runner-up in his last start, a turf race at Aqueduct. He progressed nicely as a juvenile last summer at Saratoga, taking sixth in his career debut in August and third next time out in September.
He’ll break from the inside post with jockey Joel Rosario aboard for trainer Shug McGaughey, the same connections that won the 2013 Kentucky Derby with Orb.
By Darley stallion Frosted, he’s out of Tiznow mare Party Now, the dam placing in multiple stakes and earning three wins from eight career starts. Tom Collins’ tail-female line is all Janney and Phipps, going back seven generations to La Troienne mare Belle Histoire, acquired in 1946 by Ogden Phipps. The family includes 2003 French champion 3-year-old Bright Sky and U.S. grade 1 winners Carriage Trail and Her Smile.
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