‘TDN Climbing Star’ Vacation Column (Frosted) and the regally bred Clairiere (Curlin) have developed a competitive rivalry as they continue down the GI Kentucky Oaks path, with just one apiece from their two prior conferences. Saturday’s GII Twinspires.com Fair Grounds Oaks was billed as a different match race concerning the two and it was Vacation Column who broke the tie with a decisive score around Clairiere.
Awarded 2-1 favoritism in excess of her acquainted foe, Travel Column came away working from her outdoors submit in this 8-horse affair, but was out-footed to the lead by fellow ‘TDN Soaring Star’ Souper Sensational (Curlin). The grey was content material with urgent the pace from 2nd by way of opening splits of :24.35 and :48.64 with Clairiere nevertheless but to be heard from in her desired placement in close proximity to the again of the pack. Turning up the heat a little bit on the backstretch operate, Journey Column seized command with five-sixteenths remaining to run and stormed distinct of her competitiveness in the lane for a decisive victory. Clairiere tried to operate down the winner with a three-broad bid in the stretch, but unsuccessful to change sales opportunities right until the final strides and was under no circumstances a major danger, ending 2 3/4 lengths back in next before galloping out in front.
A decisive debut winner at Churchill Downs Sept. 4, Travel Column checked in 3rd in the GI Darley Alcibiades S. at Keeneland future out Oct. 2. Besting Clairiere for the first time when rallying from perfectly back again in the GII Golden Rod S. back again at Churchill Nov. 28, the $850,000 FTSAUG obtain altered practices, working up on the speed in the Feb. 13 GII Rachel Alexandra S., but was down by Clairiere in the closing strides to be next by a neck.
Pedigree Notes:
Journey Column is the only graded winner and a person of just two black-style victors from the first crop of MGISW Frosted with the other staying Australian stakes winner Ingratiating (Aus). She is also one particular 19 graded scorers and 34 black-form winners out of a daughter of Victory Gallop. Bayne and Christina Welker obtained Vacation Column’s dam Swingit for just $50,000 at the 2016 Keeneland November Sale carrying a foal by Bodemeister and she has demonstrated to be the cut price of a life time. That Bodemeister foal was a colt, who brought $310,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale, and Vacation Column summoned $850,000 at the identical auction a calendar year later. The Saratoga Sale was delayed to September, blended with the July Sale and New York-Bred Sale and moved to Kentucky, but the outcome for Swingit’s newest foal was nonetheless a dwelling run, in actuality, her greatest to date. Her 2019 colt by American Pharoh–a May well 5 foal now named Corton Charlemagne–summoned $1.25 million from bloodstock agent Marette Farrell, who was acting on behalf of Speedway Stables. The 17-yr-aged mare manufactured a Town of Light colt May possibly 13 of previous yr and was bred back again to Audible.
Saturday, Reasonable Grounds
TWINSPIRES.COM Honest GROUNDS OAKS-GII, $400,000, Reasonable Grounds, 3-20, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:42.75, ft.
1–Vacation COLUMN, 122, f, 3, by Frosted
1st Dam: Swingit (MSW, $345,353), by Victory Gallop
2nd Dam: Free of charge Ransom, by Our Indigenous
3rd Dam: Spend the Ransom, by J. O. Tobin
‘TDN Climbing Star‘ ($850,000 Ylg ’19 FTSAUG). O-OXO Equine
LLC B-Mr. & Mrs. Bayne Welker Jr. & Denali Stud (KY) T-Brad
Cox J-Florent Geroux. $248,000. Life span Record: GISP,
5-3-1-1, $517,184. *1/2 to Neolithic (Harlan’s Getaway),
G1SP-UAE, MGISP-United states, $2,278,028. Werk Nick Ranking:
Simply click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Clairiere, 122, f, 3, Curlin–Cavorting, by Bernardini.
O-Stonestreet Stables LLC B-Stonestreet
Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY) T-Steven M. Asmussen.
$80,000.
3–Souper Sensational, 122, f, 3, Curlin–Kateri, by Indian
Charlie. ‘TDN Increasing Star‘ ($725,000 Ylg ’19 FTSAUG). O-Are living
Oak Plantation B-Newtownanner Stud (KY) T-Mark E. Casse.
$40,000.
Margins: 2 3/4, 2, 2 3/4. Odds: 2.10, 3.40, 13.60.
Also Ran: Obligatory, Li’l Tootsie, Zaajel, Il Malocchio. Scratched: Moon Swag. Simply click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free of charge Equineline.com catalogue-type pedigree. Online video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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