Putthepastbehind 2nd in $150,000 Tremont; Gone Astray is red-hot

Gone Astray has only nine registered 2-year-olds of 2022, but the three who have already competed are off to a blazing start.

After winning in his debut at Laurel Park on May 1, Putthepastbehind made his second start in the $150,000 Tremont Stakes at Belmont Park yesterday and finished a sharp second. Luna West won the first 2-year-old race at Gulfstream Park on April 7 and paid $76.20, and Beautiful Astray, after a fifth in her Gulfstream debut, finished second at Gulfstream yesterday at odds of 22-1. That’s five starts, resulting in two victories and two seconds, one stakes second, and earnings of $102,160.

Putthepastbehind drew the No. 3 post in the 5 1/2-furlong Tremont and was sent off at 24-1 with Jeiron Barbosa. The $4,000 OBS Winter Mixed yearling was purchased by Carl L. Hess Jr., now listed as his co-owner. The gelding was away alertly and settled into third on the rail, chasing 2-1 second choice Two of a Kind through fractions of :22.40, :45.48 and :57;76. Putthepastbehind never left the inside and finished well, two lengths behind the pace-setter and 1 1/4 lengths over the third-place finisher. He paid $15.40 to place and $6.10 to show and collected $30,000, raising his total to $60,360.

The pair of seconds yesterday pushed Gone Astray’s progeny earnings for the year to $904,834.