Trainer Helen Pitts must be suffering a case of deja vu this morning: Last year, the conditioner sent out Curlin to win his debut impressively and then lost the eventual Horse of the Year when he was sold and transferred to Steve Asmussen. DRF reports today that undefeated Derby prospect Face the Cat, who Pitts had been pointing to the Fountain of Youth, has been sold to Padua and moved to trainer Todd Pletcher's shedrow. "I understand the nature of the game and I wish everybody involved with the deal well, but I'll never make it anywhere in this business if I don't get to keep a good horse like this," said the understandably frustrated trainer after the colt's departure.

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