RAYANA (f, 2, Scat Daddy–Tipping Point, by Speightstown) showed speed from her outside draw and never looked back, taking them all the way and giving Bob Baffert a rare turf juvenile winner on closing day at Del Mar. Picked up for $130,000 as a Keeneland September yearling, the Arkansas-bred showed a steady string of stamina-building works for this unveiling, capped by a six-furlong spin in 1:14 flat (3/3) on the local main Aug. 28. Given a 3-1 chance, the dark bay broke sharply and pulled her way to the front, leading clear through fractions of :22.97 and :46.98. Held together strongly by leading rider Drayden Van Dyke, she turned for home with her ears pricked, lengthened her stride to create an unassailable advantage and came home a 1 1/4-length victress over odds-on Colonial Creed (Jimmy Creed). The running time for the mile was 1:35.98, which was 1.19 seconds faster than 'TDN Rising Star' Summering (War Front) ran in taking the Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf S. four races earlier. The winner has a yearling half-sister by Icon Ike named Tailorbeswift and a weanling Blame half-brother. Her dam was bred to Ordained this season. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $36,000. O-Sheikhk Rashid Bin Humaid Al Nuaimi; B-James W. Matheney, Jr. (AR); T-Bob Baffert. [bullet ad=”woodsedgefarm-grad”]
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