The bay colt, a son of the stakes-winning Silver Train, is trained by Richard Dutrow Jr. and owned by Winter Park Partners. Zetterholm began his career last November with trainer Stephen DeMauro, in a maiden special weight (6 1/2 furlongs) at Calder Race Course. He came home a lackluster 11th.
The colt was switched to the barn of Rick Dutrow Jr. and moved to Aqueduct for his first start of 2012.
He galloped home second in the one mile event, beaten by seven lengths -- his last loss to date.
The colt broke his maiden next time out, this time going 1 mile & 70 yards over Aqueduct's inner dirt. His next win came in an allowance at the same distance. Zetterholm trailed the field until the turn, where he made an amazing rally to prevail by a half length over stakes-placed Coalition. The final time was 1:42 on a track rated as fast.
The Dutrow trainee took a jump in class in his next start, the Patsyprospect Stakes. Again coming from far behind, he easily put away the small field by 2 1/4 lengths under a mild hand ride. Among the defeated were Sportswriter and Coalition, both placed in blacktype events. The mile-long race was clocked at 1:37 and change.
The Preakness may prove a huge challenge for such a lightly raced colt. Although the winner of 3 consecutive races, Zetterholm has yet to face real competition. The ease in which he won the Patsyprospect was certainly inspiring -- but is to be noted that his sire, Silver Train, never won past 1 mile. The added distance of the Preakness Stakes coupled with the top tier horses may be enough to see Zetterholm come home off the board.
Still, this colt is to be taken note of for future races. He has shown to have a powerful late kick; his running style may entice the longer distances in spite of his sprinters' pedigree.
Although I have my doubts about this Holy Wish colt, Zetterholm may yet prove me wrong.
Zetterholm winning with his ears pricked; a sign of energy and lack of fatigue.
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