Colts By Bayern, Good Samaritan Fastest Of Abbreviated First OBS March Under Tack Show

With rain forcing the last set of the under tack show to be postponed until tomorrow, Hip 139, a dark bay/brown colt by Bayern turned in an 1/8-mile work in :9 3/5 to post the fastest work at the distance of the first day of the under tack show for the 2022 OBS March Sale.

Consigned by Really and Truly Thoroughbreds as agent, he's out of the Pioneerof the Nile mare Sophia Mia, a daughter of multiple graded stakes placed stakes winner Amie's Dini.

The fastest quarter-mile work of :20 3/5 was turned in by Hip 177 a Good Samaritan colt consigned by Pick View as agent.  He's out of Sweat and Saddle, by Speightstown, a daughter of graded stakes winner Well Monied

Seventeen horses shared the second-fastest one-furlong time of :9 4/5.

  • Hip 10, consigned by Gene Recio as agent, is a bay More Than Ready filly out of the winning Fastnet Rock mare, Nutcracker Suite (IRE). The dam is a three-quarters sister to Group 3 winner Beauty Bright.
  • Hip 14 is a bay Honor Code filly out of the winning Hard Spun mare, Olympic Avenue. The filly is a half sister to stakes placed Gold for Kitten and consigned by Two Oaks Equine.
  • Hip 37 is a More Than Ready colt out of Polish a Diamond by the Factor. The chestnut is a half brother to Grade 1-placed Brilliant Cut, consigned by Coastal Equine LLC (Jesse Hoppel) as agent.
  • Hip 42, consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne) as agent, is a gray or roan Tapwrit colt out of Princess Addy, by Quality Road. From the family of graded stakes winner Desert Party.
  • Hip 44 is a bay Malibu Moon filly consigned by Top Line Sales LLC as agent. She's out of Private Jet, a full sister to champion Lookin at Lucky.
  • Hip 59 is a City of Light filly out of Redbud, by Union Rags, a half-sister to graded stakes winner Wishful Tomcat. The bay filly is consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne) as agent.
  • Hip 61 is a dark bay or brown Unified colt out of the winning mare Red Hot Tweet, by Heatseeker (IRE), a half sister to stakes placed Twitter Pie. He is consigned by Julie Davies LLC as agent.
  • Hip 63, consigned by Halcyon Hammock Farm, agent, is a chestnut Street Boss colt out of Red Tabby, by Bluegrass Cat, a half sister to stakes winner Malibu Way.
  • Hip 81 is a Bolt d'Oro colt out of Roman Bluff, a half sister to multiple graded winner and OBS graduate May Day Rose. The colt is a half brother to stakes placed Flying Frank and Easy Money. Consigned by Wavertree Stables (Ciaran Dunne) Agent.
  • Hip 82 is by Good Magic out of Rose Mine, by Street Cry (IRE). From the family of champion Escena, the chestnut colt is also consigned by Wavertree Stables (Ciaran Dunne) Agent.
  • Hip 89 is a bay Justify colt out of Runway Doll, by Majestic Warrior. Hailing from the family of graded stakes winner Conquest Panthera, he is consigned by Eddie Woods as agent.
  • Hip 95, also consigned by Eddie Woods, is a chestnut Munnings filly out of the El Prado (IRE) mare Saintly Spirit, a daughter of multiple graded stakes placed Saintly Action.
  • Hip 107 is a chestnut Bee Jersey filly consigned by Top Line Sales LLC as agent. She's out of Secretariat Humor, by Distorted Humor, from the family of champion Perfect Soul (IRE).
  • Hip 110, a chestnut filly consigned by Off the Hook as agent, is by Street Boss out of stakes placed Seeking the Light, by Heatseeker (IRE), from the family of graded stakes placed Paddington.
  • Hip 129 is a dark bay or brown Lord Nelson filly out of the Grand Slam mare Slam's Honor, from the family of Horse of the Year and champion Detroit (Fr) and consigned by Off the Hook LLC as agent.
  • Hip 164, consigned by Britton Peak, Agent, is a dark bay or brown colt by Bolt d'Oro out Street Love by Street Boss, a full sister to grade one winner Capo Bastone.
  • Hip 190 is a dark bay or brown Cloud Computing colt out of Tara Brooch, by Montbrook, a half sister to stakes winner Al Max Diner. He is consigned by Paul Sharp, Agent.

Five horses stopped the clock in :20.4.

  • Hip 18, consigned by Woodford Thoroughbreds is a dark bay or brown filly by Mo Town. She's out of On Golden Pawn, by Tiznow, and is a half-sister to stakes placed Brown Panther.
  • Hip 51 a dark bay or brown Bolt d'Oro colt is consigned by SBM Training and Sales. He's out of Queen of May, by Bernardini, a half-sister to graded stakes winner Tizaqueena
  • Hip 185, a chestnut Army Mule filly consigned by Tom McCrocklin as agent is out of Sylphide, by Blame, a half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Cambodia.
  • Hip 198 is a dark bay or brown filly by Girvin. Consigned by Ocala Stud, she's out of The Shady Lady, by Quality Road, a half-sister to stakes placed stakes winner Courtesan.
  • Hip 202, consigned by Pick View, Agent, is a bay filly by Bolt D'oro out of Throbbin' Heart by Smoke Glacken and is a half-sister to stakes placed Roaming.

The Under Tack Show continues Friday morning at 8 a.m. with Hip No.'s 213 – 424 as well as the horses from the third set of day one's under tack show scheduled to breeze.

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Champion Ce Ce Faces Shedaresthedevil In Saturday’s Azeri

A champion and one with championship aspirations meet for the first time in the $350,000 Azeri Stakes (G2) for older fillies and mares Saturday at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark.

Probable post time for the 1 1/16-mile Azeri, the ninth of 10 races, is 5:10 p.m. (Central). Racing begins at 1 p.m. The Azeri is the final major local prep for the $1 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) at 1 1/16 miles April 23. Letruska won last year's Apple Blossom en route to an Eclipse Award as the country's champion older dirt female.

The Azeri has drawn an outstanding cast of nine, led by 2021 Eclipse Award-winning female sprinter Ce Ce for Southern California-based trainer Michael McCarthy and defending champion Shedaresthedevil, a millionaire multiple Grade 1 winner for trainer Brad Cox. Also entered are multiple Grade 3 winner Pauline's Pearl for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen and Grade 3 winner Lady Mystify for trainer Peter Eurton.

“Obviously, a couple of class fillies on the comeback,” McCarthy said. “Brad's filly, Pauline's Pearl, I thought she was pretty impressive when she won the Houston Ladies Classic. It's a great field. I didn't expect it to be easy. It's a solid field, but I think she (Ce Ce) is the class of the field.”

Ce Ce returns to a two-turn race for the first time since finishing fourth in the $200,000 Santa Maria Stakes (G2) at 1 1/16 miles last May at Santa Anita. Ce Ce cut back to one-turn races following the Santa Maria and captured three stakes races, including the $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) Nov. 6 at Del Mar to secure an Eclipse Award as the country's champion female sprinter of 2021.

In her only start this year, Ce Ce finished second in the $200,000 Santa Monica Stakes (G2) at 7 furlongs Feb. 5 at Santa Anita.

Ce Ce was nominated to the $500,000 Beholder Mile (G1) last Saturday at Santa Anita, but McCarthy opted to send the 6-year-old daughter of Elusive Quality back to Oaklawn. Ce Ce won the 2020 Beholder Mile and the Apple Blossom in her next start.

“I never ruled it (two turns) totally out of the question,” McCarthy said. “Obviously, Oaklawn's a racetrack that she's fond of. Thought something like this made sense.”

The projected eight-horse Azeri field from the rail out: She's All Wolfe, Francisco Arrieta to ride, 121 pounds, 12-1 on the morning line; Pauline's Pearl, Joel Rosario, 124, 7-2; Lavender, Ramon Vazquez, 117, 20-1; Ava's Grace, David Cohen, 117, 12-1; Ce Ce, Victor Espinoza, 117, 3-1; Shedaresthedevil, Florent Geroux, 119, 5-2; Golden Curl, David Cabrera, 119, 12-1; and Super Quick, Joe Talamo, 121, 10-1.

Program favorite Shedaresthedevil, who will be making her 2022 debut, was a finalist for champion 3-year-old filly of 2020 and champion older dirt female last year for co-owner Staton Flurry of Hot Springs.

Shedaresthedevil, in her 2021 debut, beat Letruska a head in the Azeri and scored two Grade 1 victories before concluding her campaign with a sixth-place finish in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) Nov. 6 at Del Mar after chasing a torrid pace. Shedaresthedevil has been based this year at Fair Grounds and her six published workouts leading up to the Azeri include a 6-furlong bullet (1:12.40) Feb. 27.

“I feel like she's maybe a little bit tighter (than last year),” Cox said. “She wasn't off quite as long. She didn't miss any training. So, I feel pretty confident she's as good this year as she was last year. It's a good group of fillies, so we're going to need to be. But she's training good. She looks fantastic, so we'll see how it goes.”

Shedaresthedevil came from off the pace to win Oaklawn's $300,000 Honeybee Stakes (G3) for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles in 2020 and was a wire-to-wire winner of the Azeri after breaking from post 5 in the five-horse field. Shedaresthedevil is drawn inside Super Quick, who has led at every point of call in her last three starts, Saturday.

“She's able to set off,” Cox said, referring to Shedaresthedevil's running style. “She doesn't have to have the lead or anything. She broke incredibly sharp last year in the Azeri. So, just play the break and that will be up to Florent on where he feels she's comfortable.”

Pauline's Pearl won the $600,000 Fantasy Stakes (G3) for 3-year-old fillies last year at Oaklawn and the $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic (G3) Jan. 30 at Sam Houston in her 4-year-old debut. Both races were 1 1/16 miles. Golden Curl was second in the Houston Ladies Classic.

Lady Mystify and Pauline's Pearl were 1-2, respectively, in the $200,000 Remington Park Oaks (G3) at 1 1/16 miles Sept. 26 at Remington Park. Ava's Grace returns to the barn of 2020 Oaklawn training champion Robertino Diodoro after finishing second in last year's Fantasy in her two-turn debut.

She's All Wolfe exits a runner-up finish in the $250,000 Bayakoa Stakes (G3) at 1 1/16 miles Feb. 12 for trainer Donnie K. Von Hemel. Bayakoa winner Miss Bigly returned to run second in the Beholder Mile. The Bayakoa is Oaklawn's second of three preps for the Apple Blossom.

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