Pink Party Pants finds western trip to her liking

After seven straight races at Gulfstream Park which produced one second and one third, Pink Party Pants shipped out west to Prairie Meadows and broke her maiden with a wire-to-wire performance in her first try over the track in Altoona, Iowa.

Ramsey Zimmerman carefully guided the 3-year-old filly from the first crop of Bucchero past the furlong markers in :22.80, :46.46 and :58.91 en route to a 2 1/4-length victory in 1:11.68 for the six furlongs and she earned a check for $7,980.

Bucchero has had 43 runners from his initial crop compete thus far in 2023 and 19 have won, resulting in $748,764 in progeny earnings. At that pace, he should wind up with about $1.6 million at year’s end, cementing a very successful sophomore season. However, only four of his 89 2-year-olds have started, so $2 million or more is a distinct possibility.