2nd-GP, $40,000, Msw, 3-20, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:41.78, fm.
TIME AND MOTION (f, 3, Tapit–Ellie's Moment {SW & MGSP, $291,241}, by Kris S.), fifth in last October's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf as a maiden, made her 2016 debut a winning one with a comfortable score at Gulfstream Sunday. Fourth at first asking in a 1 1/16-mile maiden test at the Spa Aug. 31, she finished fast to complete the trifecta in the GIII Miss Grillo S. at Belmont Sept. 27. Burdened with the widest post in a field of 14 on Breeders' Cup Friday Oct. 30, the bay circled the field to get up for fifth, beaten just 1 3/4 lengths by winner Catch a Glimpse (City Zip). Time and Motion was sent south for the winter and posted a steady series of works over the Palm Meadows turf course, culminating in a bullet five-panel move in :59.55 Mar. 11. Hammered down to 3-5 favoritism for this return to action, she secured position racing in fifth down the backstretch as Truth (Arch) held a narrow advantage through a half-mile in :49.09. Asked for run on the far turn, the homebred swept up three wide, collared the pacesetter in midstretch and moved away to score by two lengths. Time and Motion is a half to Moment in Dixie (Dixieland Band), MGSP, $398,615; and Awesome Bet (Awesome Again), SW & GSP, $319,196. She hails from the extended family of MGISWs Memories of Silver (Silver Hawk) and Winter Memories (El Prado {Ire}), both of whom campaigned for these connections. Ellie's Moment is also responsible for the juvenile filly Momentiempo (Medaglia d'Oro) and an unnnamed yearling colt by Medaglia d'Oro. She was most recently bred back to Tapit. Lifetime Record: 4-1-0-1, line$78,150. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-Phillips Racing Partnership (KY); T-James J. Toner.
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