1st-Saratoga, $85,000, Msw, 8-5, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:04.92, gd.
LADY T N T (f, 2, Justin Phillip–High Heeled Hope {MSW & MGISP, $235,227}, by Salt Lake), a troubled eighth, placed seventh, in her lone previous start to date at Churchill Downs June 24, was blinkered for this second go. Running for purse money only with the scratch of her entrymate Mo Wheels Up (Uncle Mo), she jumped straight into the bridle from the outside stall and set opening fractions of :22.19 and :45.76 beneath Manny Franco. Pushed out mostly hands and heels late, she rolled home a 5 1/2-length winner. Second home Into Mystic (Into Mischief) was declared the pari-mutuel winner and returned even money. A $115,000 Keeneland September purchase last fall, Lady T N T was the highest-priced of a half-dozen of her sire's juveniles to sell this season, hammering for $335,000 after breezing an eighth of a mile in :9 4/5 ahead of the OBS March Sale. Her dam, a dual stakes winner and multiple Grade I-placed at two for Paraneck Stable, is responsible for Sweet Hope (Lemon Drop Kid, $251,209), a Grade III winner and second to champion Indian Blessing (Indian Charlie) in the 2008 GI Test S. The winner has a yearling full-brother and a foal half-sister by Gio Ponti. Sales history: $115,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP; $335,000 2yo '18 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $46,974. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Scott Dilworth; B-Castleton Lyons (KY); T-Joe Sharp.[bullet ad=”eqb-yearlingpurchase”][bullet ad=”mckathan-brothers-sales-and-training-graduate”]
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