Tapeta try-out for Indulgent in Presque Isle Downs Masters

Indulgent races on Tapeta for the first time in the G2 Presque Isle Downs Masters over six and a half furlongs at Presque Isle Downs, USA, on Monday, September 18. 

All of the four-year-old’s previous nine starts have come on dirt, including a hat-trick over six furlongs at Parx and Aqueduct between October and January. 

The Bernardini filly, representing Kiaran McLaughlin, rallied bravely to take second in the seven-furlong G3 Distaff Handicap at Aqueduct in April and kept on when finishing third on her latest start in the non-graded Shine Again Stakes over the same trip at Saratoga on August 2. 

Kiaran McLaughlin commented: “Indulgent trains on Polytrack every day at Greentree and appears to like a synthetic surface, although that doesn’t always mean they enjoy it when it comes to race time.

“She is doing very well and should run her race provided she handles the Tapeta.”

Indulgent, the mount of Luis Saez and drawn eight, lines up against 11 rivals including dual Woodbine G3 winner Ami’s Mesa and G1 runner-up Bar Of Gold.