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J Z Warrior came home third going five furlongs in her career bow at Belmont June 29 and was installed the 3-1 second choice to get the job done with blinkers for the first time here. Rushed up to lead early, the 1/2 to E Z Warrior (Exploit), GSW, $135,000, spurted away to a six-length...
The second foal from his speedy dam, Sargent Seattle had been training smartly at Saratoga since the beginning of May and went postward as the 5-2 third choice. He came away smartly under Javier Castellano and shadowed 2-1 Bold Trust (Trust N Luck) through fractions of :22.31 and :45.38. Asked for a bit more turning...
Minted's reputation preceded him to the extent that punters hammered the Andre Fabre trainee into favoritism at the kiosks and he did not disappoint his many supporters by producing a debut performance of sheer class to give hope for higher tasks to come. Breaking smartly from a wide box to settle in the wake of...
El Sultry Sun, sent off at 5-1, was content to stalk the early pace, made his move while racing three wide turning into the stretch and drew clear late to score by a comfortable 4 1/4-length margin over Nor'easterner (Fusaichi Pegasus). The winner is a half to Solar Splendor (Majestic Light), MGISW, $1,386,468; Sultry Song...
Jim Bolger used this race to introduce Teofilo (Ire) 12 months ago and may have unearthed another potential star in New Approach. The colt is a son of the top-class Park Express, who garnered the 1986 G1 Phoenix Champion S. for the Coolcullen trainer. Sent off the 7-2 second choice here, he raced prominently throughout...
An encouraging debut was expected from Proviso and punters took heed by hammering the Juddmonte colorbearer down to 4-5 at the tills. She did not disappoint and overcame early greenness to lay down an impressive marker for future reference. Breaking smartly to race keenly for the early lead, the bay homebred settled second after the...
This race, known as the Strutt & Parker, has been won by past equine celebrities such as Alhaarth (Ire), Bahhare and Dubai Destination, and Rio de la Plata was looking to add a third renewal to the Godolphin annuls. Third on debut over six furlongs of this circuit 19 days previously, the chestnut was sent...
<a href="https://www.darbydan.com/horse/tale-of-ekati/ " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Tale of Ekati</a>, the first foal to race out of a half-sister to champion Sky Beauty, completed his preparations with a five-furlong move in 1:00 from the gate June 30 and was 11-10 to score at first asking. Second choice Globalization (Touch Gold) showed the best speed, allowing <a href="https://www.darbydan.com/horse/tale-of-ekati/ " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Tale of Ekati</a> to stalk from the...
Phantom Income, out of a half sister to 2004 Horse of the Year Ghostzapper and 3/4 to GISW City Zip, made a sparkling debut here under a motionless Eibar Coa. The $77,000 OBSAUG yearling and $200,000 OBSMAR juvenile acquisition showed a steady worktab at trainer Rick Violette's Aqueduct base, most recently posting a four-furlong move...
Itsawonderfullife, a Eu40,000 GOFORB yearling acquisition, was a 13-2 chance in her career debut at Leopardstown last June 14, but ran into subsequent G1 Moyglare Stud S. victress Miss Beatrix (Ire) and settled for third. Off nearly a year following that effort, the bay found trouble in her U.S. bow over this track and trip...
Lady Chace was hammered down for $290,000 as a KEESEP yearling and took an impressive first step towards recouping that investment with a daylight victory. Legged up for the debut over the deep Oklahoma training track at Saratoga, the dark bay was pounded into 3-10 favoritism and made that look like good value. A bit...
The Roundhouse, a half to Circular Quay (Thunder Gulch), GISW, $1,177,434, looked like a spitting image of his older brother here, posting an eye-opening unveiling for the Jersey Shore faithful. The chestnut posted a good four-furlong breeze in :47 1/5 over the Keeneland Polytrack May 1, but didn't reappear on the worktab until a pair...
