Proscia, Partners Find Success With 2-Year-Old NY-Breds

Peter Proscia of Paradise Farms is seldom the sole owner of his horses, but not uncommonly, he is the sole representative in the winner’s circle, as he was July 24 at Saratoga Race Course, when his second 2-year-old winner of the meet, Out On Bail, graduated in a maiden special weight for New York-breds. 

The third time was the charm for the son of first-crop sire Tiz the Law; he was second in his first race at a muddy Aqueduct Racetrack, then third behind eventual Sanford Stakes (G3) winner Mo Plex, also at Aqueduct, over a fast strip. This time, trainer Mike Maker tried the gray or roan colt on turf.

“Last time, (jockey) Manny (Franco) came back and said he didn’t like the dry dirt,” said Maker. “Before that, he struggled with the off-track. He said we should try turf, so we did.” 

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Out On Bail, ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., breaks his maiden at Saratoga Race Course on July 24.

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