The well-bred Figarella's Queen (Medaglia d'Oro) went straight to the front, led through fractions of :24.29 and :48.48, and fought on gamely in the stretch to narrowly earn a first stakes victory while providing Luis Saez with a record 133rd win of the Gulfstream Championship Meet. A $250,000 Keeneland September yearling acquisition, Figarella's Queen broke through in wire-to-wire fashion at the third time of asking on the turf here last out Feb. 25. GI American Oaks heroine Nereid, a $1.3 million purchase by Baumann Stables at the 2013 KEEJAN Sale, is also represented by a Kitten's Joy colt of 2016 and an Honor Code colt of 2017. She was bred back to Speightstown.
SANIBEL ISLAND S., $125,000, GP, 3-31, 3yo, f, 1mT, 1:34.95, fm.
1–FIGARELLA'S QUEEN, 117, f, 3, by Medaglia d'Oro
1st Dam: Nereid (GISW, $303,800), by Rock Hard Ten
2nd Dam: Dowry, by Belong to Me
3rd Dam: Sea Jamie Win, by Dixieland Band
($250,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Grupo 7C
Racing Stable; B-Baumann Stables, Edward Bradley & Dr.
Aaron Sones (KY); T-Gustavo Delgado; J-Luis Saez. $75,175.
Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-1, $115,815.[bullet ad=”all-in-line-broken-trained”][bullet ad=”lanes-end-sales-grad”]2–Ferdinanda, 117, f, 3, Giant's Causeway–My Mammy, by
Came Home. ($55,000 RNA Ylg '16 KEESEP). O/B-William M.
Backer Revocable Trust (VA); T-Barclay Tagg. $24,250.
3–Got Stormy, 117, f, 3, Get Stormy–Super Phoebe, by Malabar
Gold. ($23,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP; $45,000 2yo '17 EASMAY).
O-Gary Barber; B-Mt. Joy Stables, Pope & Marc McLean &
Pope McLean Jr. (KY); T-Mark E. Casse. $12,125.[bullet ad=”crestwood-foaledraisedsold”][bullet ad=”nbs-success”]Margins: NO, HF, 1. Odds: 8.50, 11.20, 4.70.
Also Ran: Best Performance, Amertume, Tocame Linda, Originator, Unstablenthemornin.
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