City Boy, the second-to-longest shot at 24-1, closed determinedly to prevail by a head under rider Jesse Campbell in Saturday’s Grade 2, $280,900 Nearctic Stakes.
The Nearctic, run over six furlongs of “yielding” turf, went with a field of nine.
“I nominated him, before his last start, to this,” said Mike Keogh, who trains City Boy for The Estate of Gustav Schickedanz and Don Howard. “I just thought if no heavy hitters shipped in, it would be worth taking a shot. And, that’s what happened.”