Neolithic colt showing early signs of being a good one

At the OBS Open Sale last June, Roger B. Sterling paid $15,000 for a Neolithic colt bred by Southern Comfort Farm. In the short span of five races at Penn National over the past 4 1/2 months, Neon Sign has more than doubled his purchase price for his owner.

With Angel Rodriguez aboard in yesterday’s first race, the 3-year-old colt went wire-to-wire, raising his record to 2-2-0, and the check for $11,400 increased his bank account to $36,880.

Neon Sign shot to the lead leaving the gate in the six-furlong race, controlled the pace with fractions of :22.76, :46.13 and :58.49, then turned away three challengers from the top of the stretch home, winning by three-quarters of a length in 1:11.26. He paid $3.60 and became Neolithic’s third winner of 2023.