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Showcasing shaped with bags of promise when second at Newbury on debut June 11 and confirmed that potential with a pillar-to-post score in emphatic style here. Out sharply to seize instant control, the 4-11 favorite moved sweetly throughout this test. Shaken up inside the final quarter-mile, the bay quickened clear approaching the final furlong and...
Moon de French made a triumphant return to the races after spending 21 months on the sidelines. The bay filly debuted a winner at Saratoga back in September of 2007, earning a 77 Beyer for the Bill Mott barn, but then went missing. Moved to Bob Baffert on the West Coast, Moon de French gave...
Long Lashes, a $95,000 KEESEP yearling, was largely ignored beforehand and there were few clues, apart from the fact that her half-sister Mythical Border (Johannesburg), GSP-GB, earned “TDN Rising Star” status on debut at two. Settled close behind the early pace after a smart break, the bay moved up to tackle Elusive Galaxy at the furlong...
This maiden, which has been won by Rip van Winkle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Duke of Marmalade (Ire) (Danehill), featured an assembly of potentially smart and well-touted juveniles and there was significant support for this €36,000 GOFSPT yearling. Breaking sharply, the 10-3 second choice was restrained to race behind the early leaders against the fence...
He made an impression at the 2007 KEESEP sale, going to CRK Stable for $440,000, and Hunch lived up to his looks with an impressive debut score. Rated just off the pace, the imposing dark bay angled outside off the turn and hit his best stride, drawing off under his own power to win by...
Hot Dixie Chick brought $340,000 as a yearling at FTSAUG and brought $435,000 earlier this year at FTFFEB, ranking as the highest-priced juvenile for her sire at auction in 2009. Favored in her May 14 career opener over a sloppy track, the dark bay battled for the lead, but succumbed to the late, wide challenge...
Termagant, a €34,000 GOFSPT yearling, was allowed off at 14-1 in this hot maiden and belied those odds with an impressive first display. Settled last of the five runners until making eye-catching headway under pressure rounding the home turn, she quickened in smart fashion to lead passing the furlong marker and required minimal encouragement from...
Runner-up on debut over five furlongs at this track, Colonial was a length behind the filly Lixirova (Fr) (Slickly {Fr}) and four lengths ahead of the third without being stressed by Olivier Peslier. Maxime Guyon had the task of steering this time and the 7-10 pick made life easy by breaking well against the fence...
The regally-bred Beta Leo had pleased connections with encouraging homework, and business at the tills reflected stable confidence. She went off for this debut as the 8-5 choice and duly delivered with a degree of panache. Racing under cover in the second rank until easing closer from halfway, she made her challenge approaching the final...
Necessary Evil was no secret here as the crowd's 9-5 choice and didn't disappoint her backers. Breaking alertly under Joel Rosario, the bay miss was up to set the pace and ripped through a pressured quarter in :21.97. She turned the corner while still under a hand ride and, after a half in :44.71, needed...
Having attracted support into 3-1 joint-second favoritism in the race won by last year's G2 Cherry Hinton S. scorer Please Sing (GB) (Royal Applause {GB}), Jaber Abdullah's homebred daughter of his champion Queen's Logic missed a beat from the gates and had to play catch-up early. Weaving her way through the pack under Martin Dwyer,...
Soundman made it three juvenile winners in the course of eight days and second in as many days for the fledgling Westrock operation and trainer D. Wayne Lukas. Purchased as a yearling for $100,000 at KEESEP last year, the attractive dark bay went in :10.2 at the under-tack show for Fasig-Tipton Calder over the winter...
