Horse Watch:

Friday August 25, 2023

Horse: Fierceness (2-year-old colt)

Fierceness got a Beyer Speed Figure of 95 in his debut race on August 25, 6th race at Saratoga in a Maiden Special Weight ($105k).

Fierceness won a 6-furlong maiden special weight race on Friday August 25, 2023, at Saratoga as an 11-10 favorite, leading all the way to trounce a very good field by 11 1/4 lengths while setting fast fractions of 22:04 44:65 seconds and enroute to a fast final time of 1:09:56.

Even after setting fast fractions Fierceness managed to sprint his final two furlongs in 11:95 12:96 seconds.

The race was run over a muddy, sealed surface and Fierceness showed a good gate speed to press the pace, and before hitting the half-mile pole, he'd already overwhelmed the early leader.

On the turn, Fierceness was hounded for a furlong or so by another rival but ran away from that horse at the five-sixteenths and was by himself through the stretch.

Fierceness changed leads just a couple strides later than ideal, and despite already having the race well in hand, was cropped left-handed by his jockey at the furlong grounds, causing a minor jink right.

From there, it was posing time for the jockey.

Fierceness continued out strongly around the turn, still galloping at the six-furlong marker when the replay video abruptly ends.

The horse is trained by Todd Fletcher.

The Champagne Stakes is next for Fierceness.