Sprint Division

FATAL BULLET
Trainer: Reade Baker

Fatal Bullet put up a cracking performance in last year’s sprint, doing everything that a sprinter isn’t supposed to do on the Pro-Ride, and very nearly getting the job done. Blasting through half a mile in :43.85 seconds, he didn’t quite have enough left to hold off the late charge of Midnight Lute, as that lad hurtled to his follow up victory. However, he comfortably held the rest of that field. He was given a long time to get over his exertions and returned after a lay off of just shy of nine months in a listed contest, going six and half furlongs on the Polytrack at his home base of Woodbine. He showed he still retained his ability on that occasion, winning as a short priced favorite, while never having to be asked for an effort but earning his best Beyer speed figure yet. After that, he tried conventional dirt, at Saratoga in the Grade 2 Alfred Vanderbilt Stakes in August, his first run on that surface since he ran a clunker in the Woody Stephens on Belmont Stakes Day last year. Again, he proved ineffective on the strip and trailed the tails, 17