Jaavos Boy, in rein to David Ingraham, was trying to repeat his heroics of December 28 with another front end try which lasted into the stretch after a third quarter battle with Pembrook Street to the final turn in 1:25.4. Keystone Thomas had been lurking in the pocket since the early strides and Bruce Ranger had to swing his charge up three wide turning for home to find racing room and the wire first in 1:55.1. Jaavos Boy persisted for second and the pylon skimming Senator Hall with Anthony Napolitano in tow closed for third.
Stewart Nemiro of the Ranger Stable trains Keystone Thomas for Fred Monteleone Stable of Pompano Beach. The Revenue S-Yankee Taboo gelding, now 6 years old, earned $112,836 racing exclusively in Florida last year and his lifetime earnings now stand at more than $233,000.
