It was hardly an easy trip for 'TDN Rising Star' Coasted, but the Treadway Racing Stable colorbearer got the job done anyway, squeaking through a narrow gap at the fence inside the final 100 yards to collect the P. G. Johnson S. at Saratoga for her first stakes victory Thursday. Fifth sprinting over the Belmont main when unveiled July 2, the $210,000 KEESEP yearling drubbed her rivals over course and distance by six lengths in her turf bow Aug. 7 en route to 'Rising Stardom'. Bet down to 3-5, the bay sat second last against the fence, as longshot Mo Promise (Uncle Mo) showed the way through fairly easy splits of :24.80 and :49.86. In the meantime, Coasted made steady progress up the inner until the head of the lane where she lacked racing room. It appeared Coasted would remain hemmed in against the pine until too late, but the tiring Mo Promise moved out just enough to let Coasted through. She fought off the rallying Noble Promise (More Than Ready) in the shadow of the wire to score comfortably. Majestic Bonnie (Majestic Warrior) completed the trifecta. Coasted is the sixth stakes winner for her sophomore sire (by Tiznow). “The whole race I was having minor heart attacks all the way around,” said winning trainer Leah Gyarmati. “From where we were, to watching the times, where we were on the inside, and where we were in relation to the front runner … it was kind of exciting. It's pretty cool to see her do that, because we're going to need to do all that going forward to these bigger races with more horses and traffic trouble. It's nice to know you have a bold horse who can bull her way through. I think probably the [$200,000 GIII] Miss Grillo [at Belmont Park Oct. 2,], then hopefully the Breeders' Cup; obviously a lot depends on how she comes out of the race.” Malibu Pier, a three-time graded stakes winner who ran second in the GI La Brea S. and is out of French SW, US GSW and GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. runner-up Blue Moon (Fr) (Lomitas {GB}), has a yearling filly by Into Mischief and a weanling filly by Temple City. She was bred back to the latter sire. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
P. G. JOHNSON S., $100,000, SAR, 9-1, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:43.25, fm.
1–#COASTED, 120, f, 2, by Tizway
1st Dam: Malibu Pier (MGSW & GISP), by Malibu Moon
2nd Dam: Blue Moon (Fr), by Lomitas (GB)
3rd Dam: To the Rainbow (Fr), by Rainbow Quest
($210,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP). O-Treadway Racing Stable;
B-Spendthrift Farm LLC (KY); T-Leah Gyarmati; J-Jose Lezcano.
$60,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $112,050. *Full to Malibu
Stacy, GSP, $143,987. **6th SW for her sophomore sire (by
Tiznow).[bullet ad=”crupi-trained”][bullet ad=”brandywine-hip483-keesep16″][bullet ad=”warrendale-sold-congratulations-to-all-the-connections”]2–Noble Ready, 120, f, 2, More Than Ready–Aristocratic Lady,
by Kris S.. ($180,000 Wlg '14 KEENOV; $220,000 RNA Ylg '15
KEESEP; $100,000 RNA 2yo '16 OBSAPR). O-Cheyenne Stables
LLC; B-Grapestock LLC (KY); T-Christophe Clement. $20,000.[bullet ad=”allied-bloodstock”][bullet ad=”vinery-sales-grad”]3–Majestic Bonnie, 120, f, 2, Majestic Warrior–Fancy Point, by
Point Given. ($125,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR). O-Bona Venture
Stables; B-Kinsman Farm (KY); T-George Weaver. $10,000.[bullet ad=”sgv-purchase”][bullet ad=”toplinesales-2yograd”][bullet ad=”kinsman-bredtrained”]Margins: 1, 3/4, 1HF. Odds: 0.70, 17.10, 5.60.
Also Ran: Naifah (Ire), Bahama Halo, Lady Joan, Mo Promise.
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