Awaken thoroughly dominated the competition in Saturday’s $75,000 Cleveland Kindergarten S. at Thistledown, coming home a seven-length winner to give the 2-year-old Super Saver colt his first stakes victory in his third career start (VIDEO).
Super Saver has been among the leading sires with each of his first three crops, and is in the top five on this year’s Cumulative Fourth-Crop Sire list.
Awaken, who was coupled with Candy Exchange, let his stablemate take the lead until upper stretch, when he surged to the front and quickly pulled away to win in hand in 1:11.46 for the six furlongs.
Owned and bred by WinStar Farm and Blazing Meadows Farm, Awaken has won two of three starts, was stakes-placed second time out, and has now won $78,000.
