None of the seven entrants in the nine-furlong test seemed especially keen to lead, but eventually, Flavien Prat allowed School Dance (Animal Kingdom) through to take up the running in advance of Bellamore (Empire Maker), as odds-on Queens Goddess (Empire Maker) took back off that pair with a circuit remaining. Brazilian native Tiago Pereira, whose biggest career victory came in the 2010 G1 Dubai World Cup aboard Brazilian-bred Gloria de Campeao, had Macadmia settled at the back of the field, but not too far away, as the pace was moderate at best. Luis Saez asked Queens Goddess to apply some pressure to the outside of the leaders and hit the front going well with 2 1/2 furlongs to race, but Macadamia was traveling equally strongly in her wake a few lengths in arrears. The chalk went for home in upper stretch, but Macadamia always seemed to have the move covered and surged past late en route to a cozy success. The in-form Quatroelle (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) outfinished Queens Goddess for second.

“She is a nice filly,” said winning trainer Phil d'Amato. “I have to give Tiago a lot of credit for just getting on her every week, just breezing her and developing her. She was a quirky kind of backwards filly when we got her.

“She just needed to acclimate to North America. She's taken he time and now she is a Grade I winner. [Tiago] has a great attitude in the morning and I think it translates to the horses.”

Macadamia posted a pair of close third-place efforts from four starts on this circuit in the second half of 2022 and kicked off the new year with a 1 1/2-length allowance tally over Monday's course and distance Feb. 3. A troubled second to Quatroelle in the one-mile GII Buena Vista S. Mar. 4, the bay–still a late-season 4-year-old on Southern Hemisphere time–turned the tables with a one-length victory in the GIII Wilshire S. going eight panels Apr. 30.

Pedigree Notes:

Macadamia is one of 14 worldwide Group 1/Grade I winners for Hat Trick, who passed away in Brazil in August 2020. In the United States, the Sunday Silence stallion has been responsible for 17 stakes winners and nine at the graded level, including the additional Grade I winners King David and Win Win Win.

Macadamia is one of three winners from four to race out of her dam, a stakes-placed daughter of Fares Farm's 1991 GIII Selima S. heroine Ken de Saron, who also produced Brazilian Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old colt Sal Grosso (Brz) (Our Emblem) and the three-time French group-placed Jipapibaquigrafo (Irish River {Fr}).

Monday, Santa Anita
GAMELY S.-GI, $401,000, Santa Anita, 5-29, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8mT, 1:48.01, fm.
1–MACADAMIA (BRZ), 122, m, 5, by Hat Trick (Jpn)
           1st Dam: Une Autre Etoile (Brz) (SP-Brz), by Northern Afleet
           2nd Dam: Ken de Saron, by Kenmare (Fr)
           3rd Dam: Lyre de Saron (Fr), by Luthier (Fr)
O-R Unicorn Stable; B-Haras Springfield (BRZ); T-Philip D'Amato; J-Tiago Josue Pereira. $240,000. Lifetime Record: Ch. 2yo filly & MG1SW-Brz, 13-5-3-2, $444,413. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Quattroelle (Ire), 124, m, 5, by Mehmas (Ire)
           1st Dam: Heavenly River (Fr), by Stormy River (Fr)
           2nd Dam: Aaliyah (Ger), by Anabaa
           3rd Dam: Arpista (Ger), by Chief Singer (Ire)
1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. (€10,000 RNA Ylg '19 TIRSEP). O-Red Baron's Barn LLC and Rancho Temescal LLC; B-Rossenarra Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Jeff Mullins. $80,000.
3–Queen Goddess, 122, m, 5, by Empire Maker
           1st Dam: Royal Story (SP), by Lemon Drop Kid
           2nd Dam: Bauble, by Tale of the Cat
           3rd Dam: Just Reward, by Deputy Minister
($285,000 RNA Ylg '19 FTSAUG; $1,525,000 4yo '22 FTKNOV). O-Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Gary Barber; B-Tolo Thoroughbreds (KY); T-Michael W. McCarthy. $48,000.
Margins: 1, NO, 1 3/4. Odds: 6.20, 7.10, 0.80.
Also Ran: Viareggio (Ire), Bellamore, Closing Remarks, School Dance.
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Graduating second out on the Lingfield all-weather in December of 2020, the bay was third in a pair of British stakes before shipping in for Hugo Palmer to run sixth after a slow start in the GI Maker's Mark Filly & Mare Turf before finishing full of run to get up in the last stride of a Keeneland allowance first out for this barn Apr. 15 Pegged as the third choice behind odds-on Going Global in this six-horse group, Ocean Road broke awkwardly under Umberto Rispoli and settled in last behind a loose longshot leader through fractions of :23.49 and :47.81. Picking it up while swinging five wide at the top of the lane started to reel in the leaders at the sixteenth pole and closed determinedly to just tag Going to Vegas in the shadow of the wire.

“I think there's some more improvement in her and I can't see why she wouldn't keep going forward,” said winning trainer Brendan Walsh, who is based in Kentucky and flew in earlier Sunday from Lexington. “Umberto had her in a nice spot and he was able to creep in a little closer going to the [far] turn. There were a couple nice fillies in this race and we knew we weren't going to get by them too easy. She showed a nice kick and it's always good to see that from a horse coming over here to run in this country. The guys that came out with her here to Santa Anita have been telling me all week how good she's been doing, that she's just blossomed out here. Today, she had a bit of a swagger about her. I knew she was going to run a good race, whether it was going to be good enough or not remained to be seen.”

“It's very special,” added Rispoli, who despite relocating in early April to Kentucky, opted to return to Santa Anita recently. “Sheikh Fahad [owner, Qatar Racing] always was a big supporter of mine when I was in France and even overseas a couple of times, he came to run in Hong Kong with a couple of horses and I was always pleased to wear his colors … Coming back and having a Grade I win here makes me very happy.”

Pedigree Notes:
With the win, Ocean Road becomes the fifth Grade I/Group 1 winner, 26th stakes winner and 16th graded stakes winner for Coolmore's Australia. She is the third black-type winner out of her dam, following MGISW Wigmore Hall and German stakes winner Lady Liberty (Ire) (Shirocco {Ger}). Out of a Canadian GSW, Love And Laughter has a yearling colt by Saxon Warrior (Jpn).

Monday, Santa Anita
GAMELY S.-GI, $400,500, Santa Anita, 5-30, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8mT, 1:46.66, fm.
1–OCEAN ROAD (IRE), 122, f, 4, by Australia (GB)
                1st Dam: Love And Laughter (Ire), by Theatrical (Ire)
                2nd Dam: Hoh Dear (Ire), by Sri Pekan
                3rd Dam: Miss Kristin (Ire), by Alzao
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN, 1ST GRADE I
WIN. (140,000gns Wlg '18 TATFOA; 150,000gns Ylg '19
TATOCT). O-Qatar Racing Limited; B-K. & Mrs Cullen (IRE);
T-Brendan P. Walsh; J-Umberto Rispoli. $240,000. Lifetime
Record: GSP-Eng, 8-3-1-2, $351,772. *1/2 to Wigmore Hall
(IRE) (High Chaparral (IRE)), Hwt. Colt-Eng- at 9 1/2 – 11f,
MGISW-Can, GSW & G1SP-UAE, GISP-USA, MGSP-Eng,
$2,099,316. Werk Nick Rating: C. 
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Going to Vegas, 124, m, 5, by Goldencents
                1st Dam: Hard to Resist (SW, $284,538), by Johannesburg
                2nd Dam: Anja, by Gulch
                3rd Dam: Knoosh, by Storm Bird
O-Abbondanza Racing, LLC, Medallion Racing & MyRacehorse;
B-J. Kirk Robison & Judy Robison (KY); T-Philip D'Amato.
$80,000.
3–Going Global (Ire), 124, f, 4, by Mehmas (Ire)
                1st Dam: Wrood, by Invasor (Arg)
                2nd Dam: Ras Shaikh, by Sheikh Albadou (GB)
                3rd Dam: Aneesati (GB), by Kris (GB)
(€15,500 Ylg '19 GOFSPT). O-CYBT, Michael Dubb, Saul
Gevertz, Michael Nentwig & Ray Pagano; B-N. Hartery (IRE);
T-Philip D'Amato. $48,000.
Margins: HF, 1, 1. Odds: 5.10, 2.10, 0.80.
Also Ran: Canoodling, Eddie's New Dream, Thrumps Dream (Ire). Scratched: England's Rose, Neige Blanche (Fr). Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

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