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OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN TRAINING
March 12 -13, 2019
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CATHEDRAL READER 2nd in the AMERICAN BEAUTY S
CATHEDRAL READER (Shackleford) added a stakes place finish in the AMERICAN BEAUTY S to her pedigree page going 6 furlongs at Oaklawn Park. Last out sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs in an off the turf allowance race, CATHEDRAL READER saved ground and then angled out to duel with and wear down the favorite for a 3/4 length win. This is her second win in a row in allowance company – the last at Keeneland last month. CATHEDRAL READER has only been off the board once in 7 starts. She has earned $174,450 for G M B Racing and trainer Dallas Stewart.
Excitment in Cape Town
Uncle Mo filly out of 1/2 sister to Kirkwood grad Steel Tango brings 1.5 million rand topping the Cape Thoroughbred Sales’ Premier Yearling Sale in South Africa so far.
MO GAYLE graduates first time out of the gate
Courtesy of the TDN
Fair Grounds, $41,000, Msw, 1-19, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:11.91, gd.
MO GAYLE (f, 3, Uncle Mo–Candor, by Crafty Prospector) was a bit overlooked at 13-1 in this unveiling, but she made sure she would not be ignored next time with a convincing victory. Perched three wide in mid-pack through a snappy first quarter in :22.47, the dark bay gobbled up ground in the lane, sweeping past her rivals to win by two lengths with ears pricked. Bella Falaya (Bellamy Road) completed the exacta. The winner is a half to Perfectly Candid (Pleasantly Perfect), MSW, $244,719; a newly minted 2-year-old filly named Thirst Trap (Stay Thirsty); and a yearling colt by Firing Line. Their dam was bred back to Lea last term. Sales history: $90,000 RNA Ylg ’17 KEEJAN; $105,000 RNA Ylg ’17 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $24,600.
O-G M B Racing
B-Athens Woods LLC (KY)
T- Dallas Stewart
GENERAL DOWNS victorious in the Native Dancer S at Laurel
Kirkwood grad GENERAL DOWNS was a game winner of Native Dancer S at Laurel Park for West Point TB. He rated along the rail and then moved 4 wide to clear the field for the victory. The 6 year old Mineshaft gelding is trained by Kelly Rubley and has earned $209,056.
Kirkwood goes way back with this family including starting his dam Plaid who was trained by Dallas Stewart for Mt Joy Stables
I’M BETTY G a determined 2nd in the MARSHUA’S RIVER S. G2 at Gulfstream
I’M BETTY G is a stakes-winning and multiple graded stakes-placed newly turned 5 year old mare by Into Mischief. She dueled throughout and after a very game try, she had to settle for 2nd in the MARSHUA’S RIVER S. G2. Earlier this year she wired the field to win the Kentucky Downs Preview Ladies Turf Stakes at Ellis Park and right before that, she scored in the Lady Canterbury S. at Canterbury Downs. In 2017 she was victorious in the Pearl Necklace S. at Laurel and added a pair of thirds in the South Beach S. at Gulfstream and the Albert M. Stall Memorial at the Fair Grounds.
Sales history: CONSIGNED BY KIRKWOOD STABLES)$150,000 2yo ’16 EASMAY.
Lifetime Record: SW, 19-5-2-5, $353,1005.
T- Mike Maker
O-Three Diamonds Farm
B-Carol Kaye & Boyce Stable (MD)
Lavender Chrissie Shines Early at Keeneland Day 2
We are proud of our former pupil!
Lavender Chrissie, a daughter of Scat Daddy in foal to Union Rags , was sold for $400,000 to light up the Keeneland bid board early during the Jan. 8 second session of the January Horses of All Ages Sale.
Agent David Ingordo signed the sale receipt in the name of Montia Holdidngs.
Consigned as Hip 410 by Lane’s End, agent, the 7-year-old mare earned $281,093 and won the Zia Park Oaks. Lavender Chrissie was produced from the Rubiano mare Lavender Baby, an eight-time winner who earned $139,830 and is also the dam of grade 3 winner Baby J, and stakes winner and grade 1-placed Laureate Conductor.
BANTY’S GIRL scores in allowance company
Emerging from the fog at Penn National, stakes placed BANTY’S GIRL (Shackleford) easily won in allowance company. Last year she placed third in the Ruthless S. at Aqueduct.
Lifetime Record: SP, 25-3-1-6, $144,644
O-Peter Kazamias
T-Dimitrios K. Synnefias
GENERAL DOWNS wins at Laurel for West Point Thoroughbreds
GENERAL DOWNS has had 8 starts in his 2018 campaign and has been on the board in 7 of them. Today he raced a mile at Laurel and vied 4 wide to score by a neck. The 5-year-old Mineshaft gelding is owned by West Point Thoroughbreds and is trained by Kelly Rubley. He has earned over $150,000.
Coal Front Fires in Mr. Prospector Stakes
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Stay Thirsty ridgling pulled away to win by 3 3/4 lengths.
Bred in Kentucky by Michael Edward Connelly, out of the Mineshaft mare Miner’s Secret, LaPenta purchased Coal Front for $575,000 from the consignment of Krikwood Stables to the 2016 Ocala Breeders’ Sale April Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training. He has won five of his seven starts and earned $477,480.
Robert LaPenta and Head of Plains Parners’ Coal Front proved he was back in top form Dec. 22, when he turned in a dominating performance in the $100,000 Mr. Prospector Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park.
After suffering a condylar fracture to his right front leg in 2017 that required surgery and a layoff of 13 months—the second condylar fracture of his short career—the multiple stakes winner returned to racing in the fall of 2018.
The 4-year-old Stay Thirsty colt’s first effort back in the Nov. 2 Bold Ruler Handicap (G3) at Aqueduct Racetrackwas not on par with his prior efforts, and he finished fifth in the six-horse field.
“Last time at Aqueduct, he drew the one hole going a demanding distance in his first start off a layoff,” said trainer Todd Pletcher, “He got in a speed duel that day, and the track was very deep and tiring. It’s hard to win in those scenarios off that long of a layoff.”
Saturday proved to be a much different story.
After a sharp break from the far outside post 11, Coal Front rated well on the outside in third behind early leader Kroy, who led the field through a half-mile in :45.31.
Four wide with a quarter-mile to go, Coal Front advanced steadily and dueled briefly with Kroy in the upper stretch, where the two made brief contact.
Edging past his rival with a final kick, Coal Front straightened out and pulled away to win by 3 3/4 lengths. The final time for the seven furlongs was 1:23.16.
“It ended up being perfect out there, with so much speed in the race,” said winning jockey John Velazquez. “I let him do his own thing out there, relax well outside horses, and when I asked him he was there for me.”
Cutting through the pack to find clear trip on the rail, Storm Advisory rallied for second and was followed by Heartwood in third. It was another 1 1/4 lengths back to last-out Claiming Crown Rapid Transit Stakes victor Uno Mas Modelo in fourth.
“We’ve targeted this race since then, and he’s trained as well (as) we’d hoped he would have—actually, as well or better than ever—and got the trip we were wanting today,” Pletcher said. “To be honest I’d be really disappointed had he not performed well today based on the way he’s been training.
“The things he’s been showing us training and the way he ran today and galloped out, I think he’s wanting to stretch out. We’ve got to see if that’s a mile or two turns. We’ve got all kinds of options.”
VIDEO: MR. PROSPECTOR S. (G3)