Kentucky Derby Competition profile: Shoplifted
Experience paid off for Shoplifted at the 400,000 Remington Springboard Mile Stakes on December 15. Although he wasn't favored, Shoplifted made a tenacious rally the Remington Park homestretch to win the one-mile occasion by a head. The success marked a significant rally for Shoplifted and cemented the colt's status as a competition on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. A boy of Into Mischiefout of this Yes It's True mare Shopit, Shoplifted revealed potential throughout the summer at Saratoga, where he struck his maiden impressively and rallied to finish second at the Hopeful Stakes (G1). However, when Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen attempted to elongate Shoplifted out at distance, initial results were disappointing. Shoplifted flattened out if seeking to rally at the 1 1/16-mile American Pharoah Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita, then faltered badly from the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1), over precisely the same track and distance, to complete a distant ...