Dance Step reunites with Marin and dances to 4 1/2-length victory

When Dance Step broke her maiden at Monmouth Park on Aug. 21 of 2022, Samuel Marin was in the saddle. When she returned to the New Jersey track recently for the summer meeting, in her first two races Marin was already listed to ride other runners.

In start number three, trainer Kelly Breen was able to get Marin back, and it proved to be a wise choice. The 3-year-old daughter of Bucchero broke with the leaders in the race at 5 1/2 furlongs, dropped back to fourth in the run down the backstretch, then made a three-wide move on the turn to inherit the lead and ran away and hid down the lane, winning by 4 1/2 widening lengths in 1:06.34.

The $27,000 OBS April 2-year-old, bred by Andy and Susy Cant, became winner No. 26 for Bucchero in his sophomore year, and she received the best Equibase speed figure of her nine-race career – a 74. She now has a record of 2-1-1 and the winner’s check of $12,000 boosted her earnings to $54,595.