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In the final work ahead of her Sept. 3 debut at Del Mar, Customer Base went out in the company of stable companion Emerald Gold (<a href="https://claibornefarm.com/stallions/warfront/ " class="horse-link" target="_blank">War Front</a>), herself an impressive maiden winner at the seaside oval who was tuning up for a start in the GI Del Mar Debutante, also on the 3rd. The duo...
Backed into 7-10 to give his freshman sire (by Monsun {Ger}) his fourth individual winner, Mandaean was quickly away in this debut and professional in front under Maxime Guyon. Without much need for animation from the rider, the bay had his rivals fully stretched inside the final quarter and coasted to the line under a...
Applauding had the crowd on its collective feet as she romped to a track-record setting victory in her career opener. Let go at 5-2, the blaze-faced chestnut bided her time off salty splits of :21.78 and :44.02 and went after the lead from between horses at the quarter pole. Garrett Gomez gave her a couple...
Kissed, a 900,000gns graduate of last year's Tattersalls October sale, was hammered into 6-4 favoritism from a morning price of 3-1. She wasted no energy at the start when settling in third for Joseph O'Brien as Violet Lashes (Badge of Silver) was sent to the lead. Always traveling easily in the testing conditions, the bay...
Contested closed willingly as the 2-1 choice in her debut while trying 5 1/2 furlongs at Del Mar Sept. 3, but had to settle for second behind Egg Drop (Alphabet Soup), beaten only a 1/2 length. Sent off the even-money choice to go one better this time, the bay broke quickly and was allowed to...
Aubby K showed a steady worktab dating back to early May at Churchill Downs, and was favored at even-money over four rivals in her unveiling. The last one to exit the stalls here, she rushed up to challenge for the lead on the outside, began to edge clear on the turn for home and turned...
The Great Gatsby (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) took time to find his feet en route to a close second in the 2003 G1 Epsom Derby, so no major excitement was expected of his three-parts brother Imperial Monarch here, and he was sent off at 6-1. Settled behind the early pace by Seamie Heffernan, the blaze-faced bay...
One of the most keenly anticipated debuts in recent times took place at The Curragh yesterday, and there was a sense that Born To Sea was about more than just a famous family history as he struck a chord on this first go. Backed into favoritism despite his trainer's warning that he would receive an...
Heavily backed into 8-15 for this race won 12 months ago by <a href="https://bit.ly/2KNga16 " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Frankel</a> (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), Ektihaam duly delivered under a four-pound penalty as a result of his debut win over this trip at Newbury July 15. In that contest, the 250,000gns TATDEC weanling had claimed the scalp of the highly-regarded Harvard N Yale (Smart...
Beauty Parlour's potential was such that her morning odds were more than halved before this debut, and her plethora of admirers were not disappointed as she left an indelible mark on this juvenile distaffers' event. She was swiftly into stride and occupied the catbird seat behind the pacesetting Nimbus Star (GB) (Nayef) until turning for...
The 2-year-old maiden races on the Travers undercard always offer a first glance at future stars–champion Uncle Mo (Indian Charlie) garnered the “TDN Rising Star” distinction for his romp here last year–and the trend continued in 2011. Fire On Ice, whose dam is a half to champion sprinter Squirtle Squirt (Marquetry), didn't secure a winning...
There was something afoot for Zantenda's opener here, so much so that Alain and Gerard Wertheimer's newcomer was hammered down to even-money favoritism at the tills. The bay homebred justified the weight of support with an impressive performance in this first step on the ladder. Taking a strong hold in third after a bright start,...
