Medaglia d'Oro Filly Runs to Her Odds at the Big A

1st-AQU, $58,800, Msw, 4-15, 3yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f, 1:18.79, ft.
+KNARSDALE (f, 3, Medaglia d'Oro–Secret File {GSP, $125,663}, by Smart Strike), a $280,000 KEESEP yearling, entered her debut off an upbeat work tab capped by a bullet five-furlong work in 1:00 3/5 over the Belmont training track Apr. 8. Sent off at 8-5, the bay filly dueled from the rail through splits of :23.19 and :46.36 and began to sneak away from her competition turning for home. She seemed to want to lug in slightly once clear, but Rajiv Maragh kept her together and had her geared down late for a comfortable 2 3/4-length victory. Holy Helena (Ghostzapper) rallied to complete an exacta of Jimmy Jerkens trainees. Pat Klussman's Oakbrook Farm purchased Secret File, with this foal in utero, for $300,000 at the 2013 Keeneland November sale. The 10-year-old mare produced a filly by Bernardini in 2016 and a colt by Uncle Mo this year. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $36,000.
O-Joseph V. Shields, Jr.; B-Oakbrook Farm (KY); T-James A. Jerkens.[bullet ad=”crupi-hip1012-obsapr-2017″][bullet ad=”valkyre-stud-foaled-raised-sold”][bullet ad=”blackwood-graduate-2″][bullet ad=”webb-carroll-another-wctc-grad”]