The Kid is Back scores in 3rd start

The Kid is Back didn’t make his first start until April, and he finished seventh, followed by a third-place effort in his second try. Number 3 resulted in the Gulfstream Park maiden-breaker for the 3-year-old Neolithic colt owned and bred by Vicino Racing stables.

Red-hot Miguel Vasquez was in the irons aboard The Kid is Back in a $68,000 maiden special at 5 1/2 furlongs over the Tapeta surface. Vasqez put him on the lead and the colt put up fractions of :22.42, :45.71 and :58,12 en route to a wire-to-wire score by 2 1/4 lengths in 1:04.71. He became Neolithic’s 31st winner, paid $6.20, and earned $38,300 for his initial score.