Like fine wine, Neon Sign getting better with age

Coming off a second-place finish at Penn National, where he missed by a head in a six-furlong race that went in 1:09.45, this week Neon Sign rebounded at the same distance and went wire-to-wire under Jomar Torres, scoring by three lengths, and posting the best Equibase ‘E’ speed figure of his 19-race career.

The 5-year-old Neolithic gelding bred by Southern Comfort Farm zipped past the poles in :22.67, :45.40 and :57.17 and rolled past the finish line in 1:09.74. Those who for some reason ventured to wager on the $15,000 OBS June 2-year-old collected $2.40 to win. His new top ‘E’ speed figure is 94, and he collected $13,200 for the impressive effort, which increased his career total to $108,145 on a record of 6-4-0 in his 19 starts.