Dumbarton Farm’s homebred Easy Red, given a skillfully timed ride by champion jockey Paddy Young, soared to the lead over the last fence at Saratoga Race Course and easily held off Bill Pape’s Lead Us Now to win a $53,000 allowance-optional claiming race by 2 3/4 lengths on Thursday, Sept. 2. Trained by Tom Voss, 18.50-to-1 longshot Easy Red turned back owner Pape’s bid to win all of Saratoga’s 2010 steeplechase races.
Mrs. George L. Ohrstrom Jr.’s Four Schools set the pace for much of the 2 3/8-mile race over National Fences, with Mrs. George M. Sensor’s Riddle closest behind him for much of the trip. On the final circuit, Straight to It supplanted Riddle in second position and gained the lead approaching the final fence on the Mellon Turf Course.
