Diamond King (2, c, Quality Road&log=">Quality Road-Akron Moon, by Malibu Moon) gets the first stakes win of his career in his final start as the juvenile in the Heft S. Saturday at Laurel Park. The $55,000 Keeneland September purchase as a yearling before being bought for $235,000 as a juvenile at the Fasig-Tiption Midlatic salewas a perfect two-for-two to start his career before clipping heels with a rival and losing jockey Frankie Pennington heading into the first turn of the GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. last time outNov. 25 at Churchill Downs.
The 6-5 favorite raced along the rail in the early stages, just a half-length off of second choice A Different Style (The Factor) through blistering fractions of :22.31 and :45.09. The lead was taken from those two from Divine Entry (Point of Entry) at the quarter pole before battling back and on the inside and prevailed in the final sixteenth by a length and a half.
This is the first foal out of SP Akron Moon, who's dam was MGSW Akronism (Not For Love). She is responsible for a yearling full-sister to Diamond King and a weanling filly by Verrazano.
HEFT S., $100,000, LRL, 12-30, 2yo, 7f, 1:24.45, ft.
1–DIAMOND KING, 120, c, 2, by Quality Road&log=">Quality Road
1st Dam: Akron Moon (SP, $87,409), by Malibu Moon
2nd Dam: Akronism, by Not For Love
3rd Dam: Jerry Bomb, by Explosive Bid
($55,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP; $235,000 2yo '17 EASMAY).
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Cash is King LLC & LC Racing LLC;
B-JSM Equine LLC (KY); T-Robert E. Reid, Jr.; J-Frankie
Pennington. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, $127,800.[bullet ad=”jelm-dampurchased”][bullet ad=”fourstar-salesgrad”]2–Devine Entry, 120, c, 2, Point of Entry–Bonjour Belle, by
Elusive Quality. ($65,000 RNA Wlg '15 KEENOV; $100,000 Ylg
'16 KEESEP). O-Lobdell Family Stables & Hal Hatch;
B-Brookstone Farm LLC, Ben McElroy & Adrian Wallace (KY);
T-Linda Rice. $20,000.
3–Big Bella Brown, 120, g, 2, Big Brown–Bella Moneta, by
Max's Pal. ($35,000 2yo '17 OBSAPR). O-Charles L. Biggs;
B-Jason Hall & BCS Thoroughbreds LLC (LA); T-Cathal A. Lynch.
$10,000.
Margins: 1HF, 8, HD. Odds: 1.30, 6.00, 22.90.
Also Ran: A Different Style, Whirlin Curlin, Blue Ridge Scout. Scratched: Tattooed, Smooth B, El Corazon, Blame It On Honey.
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