Harris Bay turned in a very sharp debut effort Sunday afternoon at Belmont Park, zipping through six furlongs in 1:09.21 to defeat heavy favorite Dream Bigger by three parts of a length and give his sire Carpe Diem his eighth winner from his first crop.
A top-10 Freshman sire, Carpe Diem also got his first stakes horse last weekend when the 2-year-old filly Bella Aurora finished second in the $100,000 Jamestown S. at Colonial Downs.
Harris Bay made the winning move in upper stretch after tracking the leaders through the first half-mile. Coming three-wide, he wore down Dream Bigger, surging past in the final sixteenth to secure the win (
VIDEO).
Harris Bay is owned by Nedlaw Stable and was bred by WinStar Farm. His dam Hot Spa is a sister to stakes winner Dig Deep and hails from the family of 12-time stakes winner and multiple Grade 1 winner Chaposa Springs and Metropolitan H. (G1) winner You and I.