5th-Churchill Downs, $122,025, Msw, 9-13, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:10.55, ft, 3/4 length.
BARACCA (f, 2, Oscar Performance–Shop Again {SW, $122,274}, by Wild Again) belied odds of 8-1 to score a good-looking victory while making her career debut sprinting over the main track at Churchill Downs Saturday afternoon. Away smartly from a wide gate, the $500,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling purchase was content to force the pace from the outside through an opening quarter in :22.52. With 3-2 favorite Frolicking (Not This Time) warming up to the task three deep approaching the entrance to the straight and Bonne Sante (Instilled Regard) splitting horse to announce his presence, Baracca fought on bravely two off the inside and won the sprint to the line. Frolicking was a good second and Bonne Sante held for third. Baracca is a half-sister to Fierce Boots (Tiznow), SW, $103,147; Power Broker (Pulpit), GISW, $865,612, and SP Smart Shopping (Smart Strike), the dam of Classic winner Seize the Grey (Arrogate). The winner's dam is a half-sister to GISW Miss Shop (Deputy Minister), GSW & MGISP Trappe Shot (Tapit) and SW & GSP Bought in Dixie (Dixieland Band). Sales history: $500,000 Ylg '24 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $69,300. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Heider Family Stables LLC; B-Jamm Ltd (KY); T-Brendan P Walsh.
BARACCA ($19.44) aced ✈️ her debut in the 5th at @ChurchillDowns. @Tyler_Gaff rode the two-year-old filly by @millridgefarm's Oscar Performance for trainer @brenpwalsh and owners Heider Family Stables. pic.twitter.com/O9yJMq74Mn
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