5th-Ellis, $90,025, Msw, 7-20, 2yo, f, 1m (off turf), 1:40.05, gd, 1/2 length.
TO A FLAME (f, 2, Justify–Moth {Ire} {G1SP-Eng, $121,393}, by Galileo {Ire}) came into this race with a July 12 move at Keeneland going four furlongs in :47.20 (2/46) and was in no rush after the jump as Undercover Agent (Omaha Beach) led the field through :23.43, :47.97, and 1:13.19 pressured splits. Splitting leaders at the quarter pole, she locked horns with the longtime frontrunner through midstretch, lost a bit of ground, but gamely came back in the final yards to win by a half-length.
The victress is a daughter of G1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas third Moth, who herself is a half-sister to group winner Hearthstead Maison (Ire) (Peintre Celebre); Group 1-placed Race Reviews (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) and that one's full-sister SW-Eng Fermion (Ire). The lattermost mare tallies Group placed runners Telopea (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) and Roman Soldier (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) to her credit. To A Flame's full-brother Can't Deny It is a winner and so is their 5-year-old full-brother Milwaukee. Moth has a yearling colt by Epicenter and had been bred back to Justify for 2025.
This is the immediate female family of G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud victress Plumania (GB) (Anabaa), who would in turn create a branch of the family which yielded the likes of multiple group winner Plumatic (GB)(Dubawi {Ire}); and Group 1-placed Solsticia (Ire) (Le Havre {Ire}). Plumania's half-sister GSW-Fr Balladeuse (Fr) (Singspiel {Ire}) claims MGSW-Fr Aventure (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and G1SW-Fr Left Hand (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) to her tally. Sales history: $375,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $60,269. Click for the Equibase.com chart.
O-Bregman Family Racing LLC; B-Orpendale/Chelston/Wynatt (KY); T-George R. Arnold II.
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