Pletcher gets a maiden

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Todd Pletcher also picked up a CA maiden named EZ Effort, one of the runners out of that French Deputy mare (French Debutante) you posted about last week. The colt ran 2nd in his debut behind a horse who debuted in a stakes at Del Mar (he ran 2nd).

Even though the horse is eligible for bonus-laden CA-bred maidens and allowances, Pletcher is having the horse sent to Florida.

Rich get richer.

If you took Pletcher's stable and picked out any random groom and made PG '1985 the stable manager -- that operation would still be a strong favorite to win the Eclipse year in and year out...so long as they get to keep the Pletcher brand name and are able to use him as a mascot.