GI Curlin Florida Derby winner Known Agenda (by Curlin) registered his first career winner in the form of five-length scorer Pure Eloquence at Gulfstream Park Thursday afternoon.
First-time starter Pure Eloquence broke sharply and was encouraged to reach the front by jockey Edwin Gonzalez, leading the group of juvenile fillies through an opening quarter of :21.42. Chucky's Ride (Uncle Chuck) chased the leader up the backstretch and into the far turn, but as they turned for home, the pacesetter continued to widen her lead. While the winner was wrapped up under the wire, a distant Chucky's Ride held off Mischievous Scout (Girvin) for second.
The winner is out of the unraced mare Lily Margaret, a daughter of stakes-placed So Stylish (Johannesburg), herself a half-sister to European Champion 2-year-old colt One Cool Cat (Storm Cat). A half-sister to GI Del Mar Futurity winner Gaming (Game Winner), Lily Margaret has a yearling filly by Nashville (Grand Opry) and was bred back to Bucchero.
2nd-Gulfstream, $43,700, Msw, 6-19, 2yo, f, 5fT, :55.92, fm, 5 lengths.
PURE ELOQUENCE (f, 2, Known Agenda–Lily Margaret, by Kitten's Joy) Sales History: $12,000 Ylg '24 KEEJAN; $95,000 2yo '25 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $24,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-David Grund and JWS Racing LLC; B-Titletown Racing Stables (Paul Farr) (KY); T-Jack Sisterson.
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