Disposing of the early speed horse, Kodama, coming out of the final turn, Miss Alacrity went on to an easy 2¾-lengths victory in the 83rd edition of the Colleen Stakes for 2-year-old fillies going five furlongs on the turf.

The unbeaten daughter of Munnings won her debut by 10 lengths on the dirt. She had no problems transitioning to the grass.

“This is a very nice filly,” said winning rider Paco Lopez. “She has a lot of talent. Wesley Ward had her ready. She was a little green but she is very talented. I can feel it. I was aggressive early because that's how she likes to run but I did not have to make the lead.

“I stayed close to (Kodama) because I know that filly has a lot of speed and I wanted to make sure she didn't get too far away. But this filly was too good. She can hook horses and still have plenty left. You can tell she's a good one.”

Sent off as the 11-10 favorite in the field of seven, Miss Alacrity stayed with the early pace set by Kodama and Tizplenty through an opening quarter in :21:20. The duel came down to Kodama and Miss Alacrity after an opening half in :44.74, at which time Kodama backed out.

Miss Alacrity covered the distance in :57.23 over a turf course listed as firm.

Sail By rallied from far back to get second, 2¼ lengths ahead of Tizplenty.

Owned by CJ Thoroughbreds, Miss Alacrity paid $4.20, $2.80, and $2.40. Sail by paid $4.60 and $3.20. Tizplenty paid $3.00 to show.

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“We liked her as soon as we got her on the grass,” said winning trainer Wesley Ward. “You put her on the turf and she flies. She’s all go and she’s five-eighths, so this suited her perfectly. She’s a very fast filly.”

Flying Aletha, a first-out winner in an off-turfer at Gulfstream in May, was making her stateside return following a 10th-place effort in the G3 Albany S. at Royal Ascot June 19.

“She is going to be all right,” Ward said of the runner-up. “She went over to Ascot and came back and that can take a little toll on them sometimes, but she ran a good race here. I wasn’t quite sure which one was better. Wink showed us a lot on the grass, but the other one looked very good when we had her in Florida. Flying Aletha is a bigger filly, so maybe the longer they go the better she will be.”

In foal to Midnight Storm, Dancing My Way sold for $2,500 at the 2018 Keeneland November sale. Her Midnight Storm filly sold for $25,000 at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton November sale. The mare produced a filly by Good Samaritan this year and was bred back to Maximus Mischief. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

COLLEEN S., $76,500, Monmouth, 8-2, 2yo, f, 5fT, :56.74, fm.
1–WINK, 120, f, 2, by Midshipman
                1st Dam: Dancing My Way, by Wildcat Heir
                2nd Dam: Clever Me, by Not For Love
                3rd Dam: Lady Clever Trick, by Clever Trick
($50,000 Wlg ’18 KEENOV; $110,000 Ylg ’19 KEESEP).
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Stonestreet Stables LLC; B-Tony
Citarrella & RAM Racing (KY); T-Wesley A. Ward; J-Antonio A.
Gallardo. $45,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $80,200.
2–Flying Aletha, 120, f, 2, Tiznow–Afleet Honey, by Uncle Mo.
($100,000 Wlg ’18 KEENOV; $175,000 Ylg ’19 FTKJUL). O-CJ
Thoroughbreds; B-Tami D Bobo (KY); T-Wesley A. Ward.
$15,000.
3–Kewpie Doll, 118, f, 2, Street Boss–Burning Faith, by Cat
Thief. ($7,500 Ylg ’19 FTKOCT). O-Maxis Stable; B-Allen
Poindexter & Kevin Welsh (KY); T-Cathal A. Lynch. $7,500.
Margins: 3/4, 2 1/4, 2. Odds: 1.20, 1.90, 11.90.
Also Ran: Stellar Grace, My Beautiful Belle, Mavilus, Moochie. Scratched: Steal My Sunshine.

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