Month: October 2023

Flameaway’s Dreamfyre Sweats Out Inquiry to Win Surfer Girl

The undefeated Dreamfyre (f, 2, Flameaway–Appreciating, by Sky Mesa), both stretching out and trying turf for the first time, went straight to the front in Sunday's GIII Surfer Girl S. at Santa Anita. Sent at 9-5, she covered the first quarter in :23.55 and half in :48.59 with her ears flicking back and forth as Kentucky Downs maiden winner and Untapable S. third Buttercream Babe (Twirling Candy) tested her from the outside while under a hard hold. Del Mar maiden winner Soho (City of Light) made a huge, eye-catching move on the turn but couldn't sustain her rally as the three lined up across the track coming into the lane. Dreamfyre wasn't done and neither was Buttercream Babe. They left Soho behind and battled nip and tuck to the wire with Dreamfyre holding on by a neck, but a lengthy stewards' inquiry and rider's claim of foul against the winner for making contact ensued. In the end, there was no change to the order of finish. Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf S. winner and $625,000 Keeneland September purchase Flattery (Flatter), who raced in third for the first half, lost position, and came on again, finished third. Final time for the mile was 1.37.11.

“There was a little bit of contact, but I always stayed in my lane,” said winning rider Hector Barrios. “The other horse came very close on my outside, and I think that was all that happened. They were just coming too close together. I didn't think that interfered with the result.”

Dreamfyre was a $140,000 OBS April purchase by Danny Eplin after she worked a furlong in 9 4/5. Breaking her maiden on debut in Pleasanton's Everett Nevin S. in July, she shipped to SoCal and promptly bagged the GIII Sorrento S. at Del Mar in August over the dirt. She is now three-for-three, a multiple graded stakes winner, and a graded winner on both dirt and turf.

Winning Northern California trainer O.J. Jauregui said following the win, “She ran big and I'm glad she did. She should get a lot out of this and maybe after this race she could go a little further. That was the question, the distance and the turf. The sire was a turf horse so I knew we had a shot. If she looks great, we will go and give Breeders' Cup [Juvenile Fillies Turf] a shot.”

 

 

Pedigree Notes:

Top five U.S. freshman sire Flameaway is the sire of Dreamfyre and is one of only two U.S. freshmen of 2023 with a graded stakes winner to date. The Darby Dan sire has two black-type winners in this initial crop and 14 individual winners. Both his stakes winners and a number of his winners are from A.P. Indy-line mares. Dreamfyre is out of a Sky Mesa mare. Sky Mesa, a veteran stallion who stands at Three Chimneys, has 36 stakes winners out of his daughters.

Appreciating, third in the 2013 GII Natalma S., also had the 2020 GI Starlet S. third Nasreddine (Nyquist). Her yearling filly is a full-sister to Dreamfyre and brought $375,000 from Colts Neck Stable at Keeneland September. The mare's 2023 colt by Gun Runner was born June 7. Appreciating is a half to the dam of 2016 GI Longines Just a Game S. winner Celestine (Scat Daddy); Celestine's sire, Scat Daddy, is also Flameaway's sire.

Sunday, Santa Anita Park
SURFER GIRL S.-GIII, $202,000, Santa Anita, 10-8, 2yo, f, 1mT, 1:37.11, fm.
1–DREAMFYRE, 120, f, 2, by Flameaway
                1st Dam: Appreciating (GSP, $105,093), by Sky Mesa
                2nd Dam: Hello Barbara Sue, by Dehere
                3rd Dam: Barbara Sue, by Big Spruce
($130,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP; $140,000 2yo '23 OBSAPR). O-Danny Eplin; B-John C. Oxley (KY); T-O. J. Jauregui; J-Hector Isaac Berrios. $120,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $285,000. *1/2 to
Nasreddine (Nyquist), GISP. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Buttercream Babe, 120, f, 2, Twirling Candy–Runway Ready, by Mr. Greeley. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($140,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP; $180,000 2yo '23 OBSAPR). O-Three Diamonds Farm; B-Repole Stable, Inc. (KY); T-Michael J. Maker. $40,000.
3–Flattery, 124, f, 2, Flatter–Mystic Miracle, by Unbridled's Song. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($180,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP). O-Exline-Border Racing LLC, Burns Racing LLC, Aaron Kennedy and Richard Hausman; B-Machmer Hall, Carrie Brogden & Craig Brogden (KY); T-Peter Eurton. $24,000.
Margins: NK, 1HF, 3/4. Odds: 1.90, 5.00, 4.00.
Also Ran: Where's My Ring, Soho, Zona Verde (Ire), Angiolleta (Ire), Putt for Dough, Sushi Sticks. Scratched: Loterie (Ire).
Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

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Committee Of One Pips Favorite In Indian Summer To Break Maiden

Committee of One earned his first career victory in dramatic fashion by outdueling the favorite Amidst Waves for victory by a nose in the $2250,00 Indian Summer on Sunday at Keeneland.

Trained by Steve Asmussen for Kirk and Judy Robison and ridden by Cristian Torres, Committee of One completed the 5½ furlongs on a firm turf course in 1:02.40. The victory was the first at Keeneland for Torres and the second in the Indian Summer for Asmussen, who won last year with Private Creed.

Riparound shot out to a quick lead in the field of 10 with a first quarter-mile in :21.40 as Committee of One and Amidst Waves raced near the back of the pack. Riparound maintained her advantage until midstretch, when the pack closed in with Committee of One getting a clear run on the outside while Amidst Waves had to weave through traffic.

A $80,000 Keeneland September Yearling Sale purchase in the Threave Main Stud consignment last year, Committee of One is a Kentucky-bred son of Mendelssohn out of the Smart Strike mare Sweetest Sounds. The victory was worth $145,313 and increased Committee of One's earnings to $190,713 with a record of 3-1-2-0.

Committee of One returned $17.34 for the win.

Amidst Waves, ridden by John Velazquez, finished second, a neck in front of Shards, under Adam Beschizza.

It was another four lengths back to Cowes, who was followed in order by Fairhopecurly, Bledsoe, Sponge Bath, Riparound, Pinotslilgirl and Candymaker.

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Dancing Duchess Prevails In Algonquin Thriller At Woodbine

Dancing Duchess, under Javier Castellano, got up just in time to win the $200,000 Algonquin Stakes Sunday at Woodbine.

The dark bay daughter of Munnings out of the Congrats mare Duchess Dancer trained by Mark Casse for Tracy Farmer, sat off the early pace set by longshot Rock to Fame, who took her seven rivals through an opening quarter in :22.48 over an inner turf listed as good.

Still on top heading for home in the five-furlong race for 2-year-olds, Rock to Fame was confronted by a host of rivals to his inside and outside in mid-stretch. It was hard-charging, slight 5-2 choice Dancing Duchess, second-last for most of the race, who had the most momentum, powering by her foes in the final yards to eke out a dramatic half-length victory in a time of :58.38.

Pipit, a last-time out winner of the Victoria Stakes, and Golden Canary, another Casse trainee, dead-heated for second. Split Strike was fourth. Only one length separated the top six finishers.

“She was last for a long time, but what an amazing closing kick and what a great ride from Javier,” said Kathryn Sullivan, assistant to Mark Casse. “I was not sure she was going to get there but I think he was more confident than I was.”

Dancing Duchess, now 2-2-0 from six starts, all at Woodbine, arrived at the Algonquin off a troubled trip in the Natalma (G1) on September 16. Prior to that, she posted a pair of runner-up results, in the Soaring Free (won by Golden Canary) on August 20, and the My Dear on July 15.

Bred in Ontario by Mitchell Kursner, Dancing Duchess paid $7.20 for the win.

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