Street Sense Colt Scores in Belmont Debut

1st-Belmont, $75,000, Msw, 7-7, 2yo, 6f, 1:11.30, ft.
MEADE (c, 2, Street Sense&log=">Street Sense–Defy Gravity {SW, $171,240}, by Bandini) proved his 7-2 odds were a gift with a decisive debut graduation to kick off Stars and Stripes day at Belmont Saturday. Stalking from second through a :22.68 opening quarter, the $150,000 KEENOV weanling and $250,000 FTSAUG buy took control in early stretch and rolled clear for a 2 1/2-length success. Road Home (Quality Road), a 31-1 shot, closed strongly for second from last and Meade's favored stablemate Social Paranoia (Street Boss) was third. Meade is the first foal out of SW dam Defy Gravity, who produced a Super Saver filly in 2017 and an Into Mischief filly in 2018. The 9-year-old mare is a half-sister to GISW Callback (Street Sense) and her yearling half-brother by Street Sense summoned $1 million from Alpha Delta Stables as a weanling at last term's Fasig-Tipton November sale. The winner's second dam is Quickest (Forest Wildcat), who is a daughter of Supercharger (A.P. Indy), making her a half-sister to GI Kentucky Derby hero Super Saver (Maria's Mon); and GSWs Cyrus Alexander (Medaglia d'Oro) and Brethren (Distorted Humor). This is also the hugely successful family of Grade I winners Imagining (Giant's Causeway), Girolamo (A.P. Indy) and Bluegrass Cat (Storm Cat). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $45,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-St. Elias Stable and MeB Racing Stables LLC; B-Clearsky Farms (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.[bullet ad=”eqb-weanlingpurchaseforzayatstables”][bullet ad=”lanes-end-sales-grad”][bullet ad=”crupi-trained”][bullet ad=”taylor-made-tm-for-you”]