Tag: Debutante Stakes

Omaha Beach’s Hot Beach Runs Them off Their Feet in Limestone

After the FanDuel Limestone S. was taken off the grass, Hot Beach (Omaha Beach) did not mind a wet main track one bit as she rolled home a winner at Keeneland on Friday.

The dark bay began her career last summer at Ellis Park with a runner-up finish and then won the Debutante S. at the Pea Patch in mid-August. A well beaten third behind 'TDN Rising Star' V V's Dream (Mitole) in the GIII Pocahontas S. at Churchill Downs a month later, Hot Beach was last seen running second to MGSP Youalmosthadme (Oxbow) in the Myrtlewood S. at Keeneland in late October.

Well-backed at the windows as the 4-5 choice here, the Brian Lynch trainee broke like a shot out of the gate and set the tone up the backstretch. With the field unable to reel her in, Hot Beach continued to make every pole a winning one and she kept finding down the lane to secure her second black-type win.

“I tried to follow my good buddy (trainer) Wesley Ward's instructions over the years: Leave there running,” said Lynch. “I hope (she's gotten better); I hope she makes this transition from two to three (years old). She had a great little 2-year-old campaign, and Jose worked her a bit during the winter, so I felt very comfortable with him up on her today. It was a good result. It's a lovely race to win here in the spring.”

The winner's unraced dam last year produced a filly by Charlatan and she foaled a colt Feb. 13 named Flip Flop Freak (Life Is Good). Hot Beach's second dam, GSP Elusive Heat (Elusive Quality), is out of champion 3-year-old filly and GI Prioress S. heroine Xtra Heat (Dixieland Heat).

FANDUEL LIMESTONE S., $244,563, Keeneland, 4-12, 3yo, f, 5 1/2f (off turf), 1:05.70, sy.
1–HOT BEACH, 118, f, 3, by Omaha Beach
                1st Dam: Hot Water, by Medaglia d'Oro
                2nd Dam: Elusive Heat, by Elusive Quality
                3rd Dam: Xtra Heat, by Dixieland Heat
($160,000 Wlg '21 KEENOV; $400,000 Ylg '22 FTSAUG). O-Boardshorts Stables, LLC; B-Cobalt Investments, LLC (KY); T-Brian A. Lynch; J-Jose L. Ortiz. $149,188. Lifetime Record: GSP, 5-2-2-1, $320,883. *1/2 to Tracksmith (Street Sense), SW & GSP, $282,133, Scalding (Nyquist), MGSW, $325,800 and Hot and Sultry (Speightster), GSW & GISP, $621,620.
2–Zoe's Prime, 118, f, 3, Bolt d'Oro–Petunia, by Into Mischief. ($20,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP; $38,000 2yo '23 OBSAPR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Chris S. Aulds and Keith F. Johnston; B-Jumping Jack Racing LLC (KY); T-Jose M. Camejo. $48,125.
3–Kodiac Wintergreen (Ire), 118, f, 3, Kodiac (GB)–Humble And Proud (Ire), by Pivotal (GB). (€160,000 Ylg '22 GOFOR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Bregman Family Racing LLC; B-Patrick Grogan (IRE); T-George R. Arnold, II. $19,250.
Margins: 4, 1, 1 3/4. Odds: 0.99, 5.04, 10.06.
Also Ran: Big Trouble, Antique Silver, Midnight Angel, Foxxy Cleopatra, Greavette. Scratched: Amidst Waves, Crimson Advocate, Nice as Pie, Pipsy (Ire), Toupie, Xtreme Diva.
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Sales history: $160,000 Wlg '21 KEENOV; $400,000 Ylg '22 FTSAUG. O-Boardshorts Stables, LLC; T-Brian Lynch; B-Cobalt Investments (KY).

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Sedamar Could Cap Big Week For Ruis With Win In Solana Beach At Del Mar

A victory by Sedamar in Sunday's $150,000 Solana Beach Stakes would be the latest reason to celebrate for Ruis Racing headed by San Diegans Mick and Wendy Ruis and their daughter Shelbe.

On Tuesday, some initial progeny of prized stallion Bolt d'Oro, whom Mick trained to win the 2017 Del Mar Futurity, battle eventual Triple Crown champion Justify in the 2018 Santa Anita Derby and go on to run in the Kentucky Derby, had an impact on the prestigious Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling Sale.

From Joe Nevills in The Paulick Report:

“The Grade I-winning son of Medaglia d'Oro was responsible for the sale's most expensive yearling by a first-crop sire, when a half-brother to 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra sold to Larry Best's OXO Equine for $1.4 million …

“Bolt d'Oro yearlings were received incredibly well in Saratoga. Ten of the 12 that went through the ring sold for an average of $407,000 and he had three yearlings sell for $500,000 or more.”

Here at Del Mar on Friday, Shelbe, who became the first (and still only) female trainer to win the Grade 1 Debutante (Union Strike, 2016), saddled Ruis Racing's Cool Your Jets ($8.40) to win the fifth race. It was the first win in 16 lifetime starts for Cool Your Jets and the second win for Shelbe Ruis from six starters at the meeting.

It will be something of an upset for Sedamar, a 5-year-old Ruis-homebred daughter of Richard's Kid, to win the Solana Beach, a mile turf test for California-bred older fillies and mares. Among her chief rivals are Warren's Showtime (6-5 morning line), a multiple graded-stakes winner, and Leggs Galore (5-2), who finished ahead of Warren's Showtime twice in three matchups this year.

But Ruis has reason to believe it could happen.

“I think she has a chance to win if she gets the right trip,” Ruis said earlier this week. “I think she could have won her last race (4th in the Osunitas Stakes) against open company.”

The field for the Solana Beach from the rail out with jockeys and morning line odds in parenthesis: Pulpit Rider (Flavien Prat, 5-1); Leggs Galore (Ricky Gonzalez); Nardini (Kyle Frey, 12-1); Sedamar (Drayden Van Dyke, 4-1); Warm Summer (Abel Cedillo, 15-1); Cassie Belle (Tyler Baze, 15-1), and Warren's Showtime (Juan Hernandez).

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Speedy Behave Virginia Gets Second Career Win In Debutante At Churchill Downs

Lucky Seven Stable's Behave Virginia ran down swift pacesetter Wicked Halo and out-kicked 7-5 favorite Ontheonesandtwos in deep stretch to win Saturday's 120th running of the $150,000 Debutante Stakes by one length at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

Ridden by Brian Hernandez Jr. and trained by Kenny McPeek, Behave Virginia ran the first sub-1:10 Debutante since Rated Fiesty's 2007 stakes record of 1:09.27.

The quick final time was the result of a record-setting pace and a fast track. Wicked Halo, who broke from the rail in the field of eight 2-year-old fillies, was rushed to the front with Tizplenty and Mollie Kate just off her hip. Down the backstretch after a first quarter mile in :21.11 and the half in :44.61, Behave Virginia was rated in fourth with Ontheonesandtwos on the outside in the clear. Wicked Halo put away the accompanying speed leaving the turn and was quickly met by the converging Behave Virginia and Ontheonesandtwos at the three-sixteenths pole. Behave Virginia edged clear with a sixteenth of a mile to run and Ontheonesandtwos slipped past an understandably tiring Wicked Halo by a half-length for the place.

“She's a really talented filly to be able to sit behind some pretty good horses like that and win the way she did,” Hernandez said. “When the spot opened up, she went through like an old professional would. It's a testament of how good she is. She answered a lot of questions today and we are very proud of her.”

The victory was worth $90,210 which increased the 2-year-old filly's earnings to $147,698 with a perfect record in two starts. Prior to her Debutante triumph, Behave Virginia broke her maiden at Churchill Downs on May 28 by 5 ¾ lengths at odds of 7-1.

“Typically we don't crank our horses to win first time out,” McPeek said. “Usually when they win first out, it's because they do it on their own talent. That's what she did. She reminds me of Take Charge Lady with her early ability on the racetrack. I think we may have seen a Breeders' Cup contender. I'll point her to the Alcibiades (in the Fall Meet at Keeneland) and go from there. I'll probably take her to Saratoga with me this summer just so I can keep an eye on her.”

Behave Virginia paid $10.20, $4.20, and $3.20 as the 4-1 third betting choice. Ontheonesandtwos, under Florent Geroux, returned $3.20 and $2.40. Wicked Halo, with Ricardo Santana Jr. up, paid $2.80.

Tizplenty, Classiness, Catchusifyoucan, Compressed Energy, and Mollie Kate completed the order of finish.

Behave Virginia is a 2-year-old daughter of Unified out of the Mineshaft mare She's Behaving. She was bred in Kentucky by Khalid Mishref Alkahtani and was purchased as a yearling at the 2020 Keeneland September Sale for Michael J. Mackin's Lucky Seven Stable for $115,000.

The Debutante, first staged in 1895 and one of Churchill Downs' most storied races, was one the second of three stakes races on Saturday's closing day card at Churchill Downs.

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Unified Filly All Business in Debutante

Behave Virginia (Unified), the first winner for Unified when dueling free and airing on debut beneath the Twin Spires May 28, became her freshman sire's first stakes winner in Saturday's $150,000 Debutante S. at Churchill Downs. The 4-1 chance bobbled slightly at the start and sat behind the leaders in an inside fourth. She split horses as they turned for home and ran to the money to stay perfect. The winner's dam, a $25,000 purchase by Arif Kurtel at the 2019 KEENOV Sale, had a colt by Tamarkuz in 2020.

DEBUTANTE S., $150,000, Churchill Downs, 6-26, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:09.83, ft.
1–BEHAVE VIRGINIA, 120, f, 2, by Unified
                1st Dam: She's Behaving, by Mineshaft
                2nd Dam: Behaving, by Rubiano
                3rd Dam: Haveaheavenlytime, by Halo
($30,000 Wlg '19 KEENOV; $115,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP).
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Lucky Seven Stable (Mackin); B-Khalid
Mishref Alkahtani (KY); T-Kenneth G. McPeek; J-Brian Joseph
Hernandez, Jr. $90,210. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $147,698.
*First stakes winner for freshman sire (by Candy Ride {Arg}).
2–Ontheonesandtwos, 120, f, 2, Jimmy Creed–Cue the Moon,
by Malibu Moon. ($37,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-Deuce
Greathouse, Cindy M. Hutson & Madaket Stables LLC;
B-Spendthrift Farm LLC (KY); T-Norm W. Casse. $29,100.
3–Wicked Halo, 120, f, 2, Gun Runner–Just Wicked, by Tapit.
O/B-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC LLC (KY); T-Steven M.
Asmussen. $14,550.
Margins: 1, HF, 12 1/4. Odds: 4.10, 1.40, 2.80.
Also Ran: Tizplenty, Classiness, Catchusifyoucan, Compressed Energy, Mollie Kate. Scratched: Cartel Queen, Mi Estrella. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

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