Ababajoni, a former RNA, tearing it up on the track for Crichton

It’s always difficult for a buyer to purchase a horse at the sales, then when he tries to sell it, have to settle for an RNA. That’s what happened to owner/trainer Rohan Crichton with Ababajoni, whom he bought for $30,000 at the OBS April sale last year, then had to bring the Neolithic colt home after he RNA’ed at $75,000.

Since then, Ababajoni has been very good to Crichton. In a span of six starts he has racked up three victories and a second, with earnings of $136,700. His latest score came in a $60,250 allowance optional claimer at Gulfstream Park in which Anthony Thomas took the 3-year-old colt wire-to-wire with a mile on the grass in 1:33.87, winning by nearly two lengths. After finishing second in his previous start, the $175,000 Cutler Bay Stakes, he paid just $4.40 and collected a check for $39,500. His Equibase ‘E’ speed figure of 95 is best of his six races.