Scarlet Fusion provided back-to-back graded stakes triumphs for breeder Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings when capturing the $200,000 John B. Connally Turf Cup (G3) Saturday at Sam Houston Race Park.
The 5-year-old son of Curlin, owned by Carl R. Moore Management LLC and Brad Grady, got up in the final strides to best front-runner Another Mystery by three-quarters of a length.
One race earlier on the card, Stonestreet's homebred Grade 1 winner Pauline's Pearl won the $300,000 Houston Ladies Classic.
Ridden by Adam Beschizza for trainer Joe Sharp, Scarlet Fusion finished the 1 1/2-mile Connally Turf Cup in 2:33.50 on turf rated as soft and gained his first stakes victory.
Another Mystery finished a neck to the good of third-place finisher Spooky Channel, the even-money favorite in the field of nine older runners.
Scarlet Fusion, who was third in Oaklawn Park's 1 1/8-mile Tinsel Stakes Dec. 17 in his stakes debut in his previous start, returned $9.80 for Saturday's win while improving to 4-4-7 from 20 lifetime outings. The winner's share of the purse boosted his career bankroll to $427,918.
His owners purchased him last year for $110,000 at the Keeneland April horses of racing age sale, where Eaton Sales was the consignor.
The bay horse was bred in Kentucky from the French Deputy mare Scarlet Tango.
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