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Medaglia d’Oro Filly Delahaye Impressively Wires Gulfstream Allowance

5th-Gulfstream, $72,000, Alw (NW1$X), Opt. Clm ($25,000), 1-31, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:40.88, fm, 1 1/4 lengths.
DELAHAYE (f, 4, Medaglia d'Oro–Bella Carina, by War Front) sat a no-cover trip three and four wide on her debut over this course last February, but jockey Javier Castellano lost the crop with judgment day approaching and the filly went down to a narrow defeat behind the future MSP Love Appeals (Speightstown). Away for 8 1/2 months thereafter, the $550,000 Keeneland September yearling raced more prominently in an Aqueduct maiden and shot clear late to graduate by a handy 3 1/4 lengths at 65 cents on the dollar when last seen Nov. 5. Favored here at an arguably overlaid 9-10 and carrying the Three Chimneys colors for the first time, Delahaye tugged her way to the front without expending much energy and led her rivals along through sedate fractions of :24.01 and :48.92. Castellano sat hard against Delahaye around the turn, cut the ribbons once heads were turned for home and she easily held sway to the wire. She covered her final 2 1/2 furlongs in :28.20 and sprinted the final sixteenth in a very slick :5.50. Delahaye is the ninth winner worldwide from 11 runners bred on this cross, a number that includes the stakes winners Ticker Tape Home and Golden Canary. Ben Leon's Besilu Stables acquired the stakes-winning second dam Grand Prayer (Grand Slam) in foal to Medaglia d'Oro for an even $1 million from the Ned Evans dispersal at Keeneland November in 2011, a little more than a year after the mare's daughter Malibu Prayer (Malibu Moon) won the GI Ruffian H. for Evans and Mark Hennig. Grand Prayer's value appreciated further still when her Medaglia d'Oro foal of 2010, Valid, became a three-time graded winner and Grade I-placed on the dirt. Malibu Prayer is also the dam of the MGSP Grand Love, whose sire Gun Runner is out of Quiet Giant (Giant's Causeway), a $3-million purchase by Besilu from the same dispersal. Leon also paid a sales-topping $8.5 million for champion Royal Delta (Empire Maker). Bella Carina is the dam of a 2-year-old Not This Time colt that was bought back on a bid of $350,000 at Keeneland September last fall and a yearling colt by Gun Runner. She was not bred last season. Sales history: $550,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $104,650. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-William H Lawrence & Three Chimneys Farm; B-Three Chimneys Farm LLC (KY); T-Chad C Brown.

 

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Delahaye Graduates After Sharp Big A Return To The Races

4th-Aqueduct, $85,000, Msw, 11-5, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.89, fm, 3 1/4 lengths.
DELAHAYE (f, 3, Medaglia d'Oro–Bella Carina, by War Front) was last seen missing by a neck on debut in February at Gulfstream Park. Rewarded as the 3-5 choice here, the dark bay was taken back into second along the rail as she passed the grandstand, waited for her cue around the far turn and she powered past War Princess (War Front) to triumphantly return to the races. Her unraced dam's first progeny, the winner has a yearling half-brother by Not This Time and an April half-brother by Gun Runner. Not bred for next year, Bella Carina counts as half-siblings MGSW Valid (Medaglia d'Oro) and GI Ruffian Invitational H. victress Malibu Prayer (Malibu Moon), who herself produced $1.2 million Keeneland September buy from last year Cartucho (Gun Runner). Under Delahaye's third dam we find GI Carter H. hero Swagger Jack (Smart Strike) and his older half-sister GSW Tap Dance (Pleasant Tap). Sales History: $550,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $61,450. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-William H. Lawrence and Three Chimneys Farm, LLC (Goncalo B. Torrealba); B-Three Chimneys Farm, LLC (KY); T-Chad C. Brown.

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Speightstown Filly Prevails in Battle of Firsters at Gulfstream

1st-Gulfstream, $70,000, Msw, 2-16, 3yo, f, 7 1/2fT, 1:30.12, fm, neck.
LOVE APPEALS (f, 3, Speightstown–Gioia Stella, by Medaglia d'Oro) just got the better of a final-furlong struggle with fellow first-starter and fellow 7-2 chance Delahaye (Medaglia d'Oro) in the Thursday opener from Gulfstream Park. The late money came for the well-tried Penumbras Maker (Empire Maker), who jumped as the 9-5 chalk, and showed the most early interest,  while Love Appeals relaxed kindly enough for Joel Rosario on the back of the front-runner. Full of run, but lacking room as the field neared the stretch, Love Appeals looked like she was going to split rivals to deliver her challenge. Instead, Rosario rolled the dice and dove back down to the fence, and Love Appeals–momentarily in tight to the inside of Penumbras Maker–fought on bravely to the wire to win the photo from Delahaye, who rallied hard in the three path and proved an unlucky loser. Moyglare Stud acquired Gioia Stella, a half-sister to GISW Nereid (Rock Hard Ten) and SW & GISP Sea Queen (Lemon Drop Kid), for $1.5 million at the 2014 Keeneland September sale and Love Appeals is her second produce. The mare is also responsible for the 2-year-old filly Gioioso (Curlin), a yearling Speightstown filly and is due to Quality Road for her 2023 foal. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $42,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O/B-Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd (KY); T-Christophe Clement.

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