Everso Mischievous tries graded company in G2 Forty Niner
At 10h05, on October 26, 2023 • By BELMONT@THE BIG A
Qatar Racing’s stakes-winner Everso Mischievous will make his first start in graded company in Saturday’s Grade 2, $300,000 Forty Niner, a one-mile test for 3-year-olds and up that was previously run as the Kelso, at Belmont at the Big A.
Trained by two-time Eclipse Award-winner Brad Cox, the sophomore son of Into Mischief was last seen winning the seven-furlong Harrods Creek on September 23 at Churchill Downs where he raced one length off the pace in second under Cristian Torres before taking command at the stretch call and drawing off to a 3 1/4-length victory in a final time of 1:22.15.
The win came in the bay’s stakes debut after a narrow allowance score in August at Saratoga Race Course by a neck over Cape Trafalgar. He has never finished worse than second in five lifetime outings and was a winner at second asking on May 6 at Churchill by 2 1/4 lengths over subsequent stakes-winner Northern Invader.
Out of the graded stakes-winning Medaglia d’Oro mare Ever So Clever, Everso Mischievous initially sold for $600,000 at the 2021 Keeneland September Yearling Sale before selling for $85,000 at the 2022 Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age Sale.
Torres retains the mount from post 2.
