Micromanage takes control in Long Branch Stakes

Three-year-old Medaglia d'Oro colt Micromanage stole the show in the Long Branch Stakes at Monmouth July 7. In behind horses in the one-and-one-sixteenth-mile race, Micromanage was sent to the far outside rounding the final turn and rolled in the stretch to win by five lengths.

A debut Maiden Special Weight winner at Saratoga in 2012, Micromanage was most recently second in the Easy Goer Stakes at Belmont. Bred by Fiona Craig & Dermot Cantillon, the colt is out of multiple Stakes winner Catnip, who is a half-sister to Champion Hold That Tiger and Classic winner Editor's Note. A strong family, the mare has also produced multiple Graded Stakes winner Indescribable and Stakes winner Elaflaak.

Medaglia d'Oro is the sire of 23 Graded or Group winners, on all surfaces. Among them are Horse Of the Year Rachel Alexandra and G1 Kentucky Oaks winner Plum Pretty. In 2013 he has been represented by G1 winner and turf star Marketing Mix, G2 Fleur De Lis Handicap victress Funny Proposition, and dual Graded Stakes winner Dark Cove, among numerous others.