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U Glow Girl Another Spa Winner for Girvin

7th-Saratoga, $83,000, Msw, 8-17, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:12.28, ft, 7 1/4 lengths.
U GLOW GIRL (f, 2, Girvin–Mexican Miss {SW, $121,055}, by More Than Ready) was one of two in this auction price-restricted maiden with previous racetrack experience, having faded to be a distant third after setting the pace as the favorite in a similar spot July 20. Bet down to 1.15-1 favoritism to give her freshman sire (by Tale of Ekati) his eighth first-crop winner, U Glow Girl contested the early pace outside of Ruler of the Night (Midnight Lute) and wrested command from that one midway on the turn. Roused right-handed by Flavien Prat nearing the entrance to the stretch, U Glow Girl padded her advantage and reported home a 7 1/4-length winner. Risk Free (American Freedom) finished with interest down the center for second ahead of the once-raced Crypto Mama (Cloud Computing). Mexican Miss, who won the Jersey Lilly S. for Brad Grady after being claimed for $30,000 five months prior, has had a standing date with Girvin since, but did not produce a foal the last two seasons. Sales history: $36,000 Wlg '20 KEENOV; $28,000 RNA Ylg '21 FTKJUL; $50,000 Ylg '21 FTKOCT. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $55,610. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-Steve Landers; B-Brad & Misty Grady (FL); T-Brad H Cox.

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Pretty In Pink: A Mendelssohn Rising Star at Saratoga

e Five Racing Thoroughbreds' Pink Hue (f, 2, Mendelssohn–Involved, by Speightstown) was a bit short of running room when push was about to come to shove in Sunday's sixth race going two turns over the Saratoga turf course, but once the daylight came, the $310,000 Keeneland September graduate went through her gears and ran up the score to defeat the well-meant Xigera (Nyquist) by 2 3/4 resounding lengths.

Guided down onto the fence after brushing with a rival at the break, Pink Hue got a foothold at the fence from fourth as La Grotte (Bolt d'Oro) led from Xigera, who looked a bit reluctant to settle for Julien Leparoux. The latter–off at 6-1 from a 15-1 morning line–was given a very confident steer and tried to pinch the race in upper stretch, but Pink Hue, locked away inside but traveling strongly passing the quarter pole, found a gap three off the fence with a bit more than an eighth of a mile to gallop and she was off and gone from there. Pink Hue was the workmate of race five winner Raging Sea in the lead-up to this debut.

Pink Hue is the seventh individual winner for her freshman sire (by Scat Daddy) and the Keeneland September topper's first to be named a 'Rising Star'. She is a half-sister to Godolphin's Man of Promise (Into Mischief, $560,378), impressive winner of the G3 Nad al Sheba Turf Sprint at Meydan this past March and subsequently third in the G1 Al Quoz Sprint. Involved, a two-time winner at the races, is a half-sister to dual Grade III winner Skip to the Stone (Skip Trial) and to the stakes-winning My Heavenly Sign (Forest Camp), dam of SP Avasarala (Point of Entry). Not covered during the 2020 breeding season, Involved sold for just $8,000 at the 2021 Keeneland January Sale and most recently produced a colt by Audible.

6th-Saratoga, $105,000, Msw, 8-7, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.51, fm, 2 3/4 lengths.
PINK HUE, f, 2, by Mendelssohn
1st Dam: Involved, by Speightstown
2nd Dam: Winner's Ticket, by Jolie's Halo
3rd Dam: Ticket to Paradise, by Alydar
$310,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $57,750. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG. Click for the free Equineline.com catalog-style pedigree.
O-e Five Racing Thoroughbreds; B-Betz/Davidson/C.Kidder/CoCo Equine (KY); T-Chad C. Brown.

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Curlin Filly All The ‘Rage’ On Saratoga Debut

5th-Saratoga, $105,000, Msw, 8-7, 2yo, f, 7f, 1:25.36, ft, neck.
RAGING SEA (f, 2, Curlin–Stormy Welcome, by Storm Cat), allowed to drift from a 5-1 morning line to jump at a dime short of 7-1, locked horns with favored Peace Cruiser (Violence) entering the final furlong of a seven-furlong maiden and fought on to prevail by a neck at first asking Sunday afternoon. The field was away in good order and the well-bred chestnut raced between rivals in the second flight of horses as Tribal Queen (Bolt d'Oro) cut out the fractions in advance of Bisset (Quality Road) over a main track that continued to yield dull times Sunday. Slipstreaming the latter as they approached the stretch, Raging Sea split rivals and set her sights on Peace Cruiser, who was consigned to a three-wide run on the bend, but looked to be going well at the eighth pole. The chalk boxed on strongly and held the advantage deep into the final 100 yards, but Flavien Prat kept busy aboard Raging Sea and drove through underneath to take it by a neck. The winner is a half-sister to Welcoming (Tapit), MSP, $179,812, and a yearling filly by Twirling Candy. Raging Sea shares her second dam–Grade III winner Welcome Surprise (Seeking the Gold)–with GIII Lecomte S. hero Guest Suite (Quality Road), while third dam Weekend Surprise (Secretariat) needs no introduction, having produced the likes of A.P. Indy, Summer Squall and Honor Grades, et al. Stormy Welcome was most recently bred to City of Light. Sales history: $300,000 RNA Ylg '21 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $57,750. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O/B-Alpha Delta Stables LLC (KY); T-Chad C Brown.

 

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Report: Geroux Heading to Del Mar This Summer

Florent Geroux, who currently sits seventh in the national earnings rankings for jockeys in 2022, will ride in California full-time for the first time this summer at Del Mar, according to a report in Blood-Horse. Geroux, perennially one of the leading rider in Kentucky in the spring and fall, used to spend summers in Saratoga, but had moved his tack to Ellis the past few years.

Geroux's agent, Doug Bredar, told Blood-Horse his client will ride for “almost everybody at the top of the standings” at Del Mar and that the move could serve as a trial run for Geroux to move to California for the long run.

“This is short-term for the moment,” Bredar said. “We just wanted to test the waters. We've had a lot of people, a lot of horsemen out there have asked us to go in the past. We feel that now is the right time.”

The California jockey standings, dominated by Flavien Prat for the better part of the past six years, suddenly have an opening at the top after Prat decided to move his tack to New York full-time in a quest to win his first Eclipse Award. The move has paid off for Prat, who is winning at 21% at the Belmont Park meet and has surged to second nationally in earnings, behind only Irad Ortiz, Jr. The current leading rider in California, Juan Hernandez, is 10th in the country in earnings.

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