Moth (Ire)

Meringue (Frosted) proved her talents could be applied to the turf and dirt as she successfully picked up her first stakes win in the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Fillies Stakes. The grey debuted June 19 at Churchill Downs, where she closed from eighth in that five-panel baby dash to win at first-asking on the grass by a neck. From there, her connections moved her to the main track for a tilt at the GIII Adirondack Stakes at Saratoga, and she ran headlong into Florida-bred titan Mythical (St Patrick's Day), who dominated...

5th-Ellis, $90,025, Msw, 7-20, 2yo, f, 1m (off turf), 1:40.05, gd, 1/2 length. TO A FLAME (f, 2, Justify--Moth {Ire} {G1SP-Eng, $121,393}, by Galileo {Ire}) came into this race with a July 12 move at Keeneland going four furlongs in :47.20 (2/46) and was in no rush after the jump as Undercover Agent (Omaha Beach) led the field through :23.43, :47.97, and 1:13.19 pressured splits. Splitting leaders at the quarter pole, she locked horns with the longtime frontrunner through midstretch, lost a bit of ground, but gamely came back in...