SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — He is a sight, Southern Phantom, with a face as white as a bedsheet and a blue eye to match his brown one. His tail is all Spice Girl, pony-tailed with blond streaks. His legs? All four of them seemingly sport ivory knee-high socks.
And Southern Phantom’s nature? Sweet as the sugar cubes held out in the open hands of the many visitors at Barn 46 here who just have to see this unusual colt with their own eyes.
Is Southern Phantom fast? Yes. No. Really it is to be determined later — on Saturday, hopefully, when he races for only the second time.