By Christina Bossinakis
Taylor Made Stallions resident freshman Knicks Go (Paynter) was represented by his first career winner Tuesday when Ziggity Zag came from off the pace to score at Horseshoe Indianapolis.
Campaigned by Flying Dutchman, the Kentucky bred filly was installed the 3-1 second choice for this unveiling. Reserved in a stalking position as longshot Dreaming Collect (Collected) carved out an opening quarter mile in :22.50, the grey kept the pacesetter in her sights through a :47.26 half. Asked for more by Nic Juarez turning for home, she found the early leader tough to run down late, however, she was able to get to the front in the final jump, winning by a neck. Favored Nanina (Ger) (No Nay Never) closed to be third.
The first foal out of Lounge Act (Creative Cause), Ziggity Zag has a foal sister by Beau Liam.
Knicks Go won at the Grade I level at two, four and five. Winner of the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile in track-record time in 2020, he returned to win the 2021 GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream and later closed out the season with a victory in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar. Additionally, he also took the GI Whitney Stakes earlier that summer. He rounded out his career with 10 career wins and just under $10-million in earnings.
6th-Horseshoe Indianapolis, $32,000, Msw, 6-24, 2yo, f, 7 1/2fT, 1:29.66, fm, neck.
ZIGGITY ZAG, f, 2, by Knicks Go
1st Dam: Lounge Act, by Creative Cause
2nd Dam: Hallelujah Trail, by Gilded Time
3rd Dam: Runaway Aly, by Alydeed
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $19,200. O-Flying Dutchman Breeding and Racing; B-Boardshorts Stables LLC (KY); T-Brian A. Lynch. Click for the Equibase.com chart
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