Bucchero’s gone, but Book’em Danno is keeping his Florida legacy alive

Bucchero was recently relocated to New York, but he has already made his mark with his two crops to race from his time at Pleasant Acres.

His latest stakes-winner, Book’em Danno, has compiled one of the best records in the country among newly-turned 3-year-olds. In his fifth career start, the 3-year-old gelding obliterated the field in the $50,000 Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, winning by 12 1/2 lengths with seven furlongs in 1:23.26 to raise his record to 4-1-0, and the $30,000 paycheck lifted his earnings to $260,625. He has received Equibase ‘E’ speed figures in the 90s in four consecutive races, including a 92 in the Pasco, and he’s already won three stakes.

Book’em Danno, who arrived in New York and immediately moved into the No. 3 spot on the Empire State’s general sire list, wasn’t listed among the top choices on the first two Kentucky Derby Future lists, but that appears to be ready for a change.