Neolithic gets a pair of wire-to-wire winners

Neodera raced twice as a 2-year-old in July of 2024 and collected a pair of thirds. The Neolithic filly then took a vacation of one year, returning at Gulfstream Park for owners SCF Inc. and attorney David Romanik and registering a wire-to-wire score to become her sire’s 32nd winner of this year.

Emisael Jaramillo was aboard Neodera in the $56,000 maiden special at 5 1/2 furlongs over the Tapeta surface. She passed the markers in :22.72, :45.29 and :57.58, then held off her rivals in the lane to win by one length. She was clocked in a quick 1:03.94, paid $10.20, and earned a check for $33,000 plus a breeder’s award for SCF Inc. Her three-race bank account jumped to $42,900.

At Belterra Park the same day, Zaddy also went wire-to-wire, this one at six furlongs under Summer Pauly. Since leaving Florida, where he could only muster up a single third in seven tries, the 3-year-old Neolithic gelding has had six races in Ohio, posting two victories and three seconds.

The sharp local record was enough to send Zaddy off at an unbettable 1/5, and he paid $2.40, although he won by just a head. Clocked in 1:12.77, the $20,000 OBS October yearling bred by Paradisus Acres Thorougbreds earned a check for $6,262, upping his total to $30,717.

Neolithic now has 2025 progeny earnings nearing $1.7 million, in third place on Florida’s general sire list.