Mo Town's Mae Town Secures First Black Type in Pea Patch Victory

Mae Town (Mo Town) made it three wins in a row with her first stakes win in the Pea Patch Stakes Sunday at Ellis Park.

The Cave Brook Farm homebred broke her maiden going five furlongs at Churchill Downs May 9, and repeated against allowance company under the Twin Spires June 11.

After a good break from her far outside post, the filly found herself towards the rear of the field up the backstretch, several lengths off the swift early tempo set in :20.92. With plenty of work to do, she was navigated to the six path for her run, and began to pick off rivals with every stride. The 3-1 second choice was up in time, overtaking 3-1 favorite Pondering (Hard Spun) in the last few jumps, while Grade A (Army Mule) rallied up the rail to grab third at 33-1.

Mae Town is a half-sister to SW Rustler (Dominus), $233,980, as well as juvenile colt Longstrider (Union Rags). Latest Thinking is a descendant of GSW Minidar (Alydar), who produced Grade II winner A Little Warm (Stormin Fever).Minidar was the half-sister to Colonella (Pleasant Colony), who produced track-record setter GSW Pleasant Strike (Smart Strike) and whose full-sister is MSW & GISP Colonial Minstrel. The winner's dam was bred back to Loggins for this past season. Click for the Equibase.com chart.

Mae Town ($8.12) and @flothejock win the 5th running of the Pea Patch Stakes @EllisParkRacing for trainer @BLynchRacing and owner & breeder Cave Brook Farm.

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PEA PATCH S., $142,500, Ellis, 7-6, 3yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 1:01.24, fm.
1--MAE TOWN, 118, f, 3, by Mo Town
                1st Dam: Latest Thinking, by Tale of the Cat
                2nd Dam: Minishaft, by Mineshaft
                3rd Dam: Minidar, by Alydar
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O/B-Cave Brook Farm (KY); T-Brian A. Lynch; J-Florent Geroux. $89,520. Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-1, $251,080. *1/2 to Rustler (Dominus), SW, $235,720.
2–Pondering, 118, f, 3, Hard Spun–Always Thinking, by Street Sense. 1ST BLACK TYPE. O/B-Godolphin (KY); T-Brendan P. Walsh. $29,200.
3--Grade A, 118, f, 3, Army Mule–Downtown Drifter, by Devil His Due. ($20,000 Ylg '23 OBSWIN; $15,000 RNA Ylg '23 OBSOCT; $40,000 2yo '24 OBSAPR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Howling Pigeon Farms LLC and High Schticking Thoroughbreds LLC; B-San Francisco Stables LLC (FL); T-Jeremiah O'Dwyer. $9,600.
Margins: 3/4, NK, 1HF. Odds: 3.06, 2.91, 33.33.
Also Ran: Brindi (Ire), Lovely Emma, Vodka With a Twist, Anakarina, Hold Your Breath, Kimchi Cat. Scratched: Luna Louska, Mezcalifornia, Mighty Eriu (Ire), Rich City Girl.