7th-GP, $43,000, Msw, 6-26, 2yo, 5fT, :57.66, fm.
+EAGLE SPIRIT (c, 2, Kitten's Joy–Eagle Sound, by Fusaichi Pegasus) took all the money for this debut, breaking at 13-10 in a 12-horse affair off a bullet three-furlong breeze in :35 4/5 over the Palm Meadows turf June 22, and obliged for his backers. Hopping a bit at the start under Rafael Hernandez, the big chestnut soon recovered to track stablemate Jax (City Zip) in a close-up second through a modest quarter-mile in :22.51. Drawing alongside that one at the top of the stretch, he started to edge away passing the furlong pole and strode clear to a 1 1/2-length triumph. Fellow firster Harry's Gone Gray (In Summation) was up late for the place at 15-1. The winner is a full-brother to Pick of the Litter, GSW, $419,110, while his dam is a half to 1995 GII Blue Grass S. winner Wild Syn (Wild Again). She is responsible for a yearling colt by Gio Ponti and foaled a Declaration of War colt this term. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $24,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.O-Gabriel Duignan & Bruce Pieratt; B-Gabriel Duignan, Crosshaven Bloodstock & Vision Thoroughbreds (KY); T-Wesley A. Ward.
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