The accomplished juvenile Zulu Kingdom (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}), unraced since finishing seventh in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf last Nov. 1, made a triumphant start to his 3-year-old campaign under Flavien Prat.
Victorious in his Jun. 4 Saint-Cloud debut for trainer Andre Fabre, he next resurfaced at Saratoga with a win in the Aug. 29 GIII With Anticipation Stakes before stepping up to prevail in the Sept. 28 GII Pilgrim Stakes during the Belmont At The Big A meet. After a steady string of workouts on both dirt and turf at Payson Park in recent weeks, he appeared here and was sent off at 8-5 in a field of seven.
After stalking long shot Peace Cloud (War of Will)'s arduous pace set in :23.18, :46.16 and 1:09.19, he took over at the quarter pole and responded well to Prat's urging to hold Reagan's Wit's (Authentic) steady three-wide rally safe to gain a neck win. Revolutionnaire (Fr) (Penny's Picnic {Ire}) came on late to claim third.
The ridgling is a half-brother to the Saxon Warrior (Jpn)-sired gelding Zulu Warrior, SW-Fr, $108,275. His winning dam Zindziswa is out of Zinziberine, winner of the G2-Fr Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte as a 2-year-old. Zindziswa has an unraced 2-year-old Magna Grecia (Ire) colt named Zulu Chant (Ire) and has no reported foals since. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
Zulu Kingdom holds off Reagan's Wit in the Columbia S. at Tampa Bay Downs! 🏆
Flavien Prat piloted the 3YO and Chad Brown trains.
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COLUMBIA S., $100,000, Tampa Bay Downs, 3-8, 3yo, 1mT, 1:33.24, fm.
1–ZULU KINGDOM (IRE), 123, r, 3, by Ten Sovereigns (Ire)
1st Dam: Zindziswa, by Smart Strike
2nd Dam: Zinziberine, by Zieten
3rd Dam: Amenixa (Fr), by Linamix (Fr)
O-Madaket Stables LLC, Dubb, Michael, Strauss, William and Caruso, Michael J.; B-Ecurie Peregrine SAS (IRE); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Flavien Prat. $60,000. Lifetime Record: MGSW, 5-4-0-0, $292,607. *1/2 to Zulu Warrior (Fr) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), SW-Fr, $108,275.
2–Reagan's Wit, 119, c, 3, Authentic–Dayienu, by Sunday Break (Jpn). ($135,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-West Point Thoroughbreds, Ingordo, David and CJ Stables; B-Deann Baer & Greg Baer DVM (KY); T-Cherie DeVaux. $20,000.
3--Revolutionnaire (Fr), 119, c, 3, Penny's Picnic (Ire)–Rive Neuve (Fr), by Enrique (GB). (€25,000 Ylg '23 ARAV2; €280,000 2yo '24 ARARC). O-West Point Thoroughbreds and Winters Equine LLC; B-Haras du Hoguenet, Mr. Gilles Le Baron, Ecurie Vaporetto et al. (FR); T-Christophe Clement. $10,000.
Margins: NK, 3 3/4, NO. Odds: 1.60, 2.90, 7.30.
Also Ran: Early Adopter (GB), Dream On, Sky Masterson, Peace Cloud. Scratched: Tapirs Valor, Versus.
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