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Klaravich Homebred ‘Surges’ To Valley View Victory

Favored on the morning line at 3-1 for Friday's GIII Bank of America Valley View S. at Keeneland, Klaravich Stable's Surge Capacity (Flintshire {GB}) launched a furious final-furlong flourish and was along in the dying strides to–somewhat remarkably–give trainer Chad Brown a first victory in the event at an overlaid 5-1.

The homebred was off alertly from gate nine and was able to cross down to ride the rails into the first turn as Yesternight (Midnight Storm) was hard sent from the 11 hole to make the running. Appearing to overrace while traveling on the back of the speed through the middle furlongs, Surge Capacity continued to sit a good trip, but took an awkward stride as the field approached the stretch. Shuffled back a few spots as a result, the well-related filly commenced her rally in earnest at the eighth pole, was switched to the inside of GIII Music City S. winner Secret Money (Good Samaritan) shortly after and charged home along the fence to just touch off Heavenly Sunday (Candy Ride {Arg}), who raced prominently throughout. Bling (American Pharoah) was third. The victory provided a timely and valuable pedigree update for her dam, who just Thursday was supplemented to the Fasig-Tipton November Sale Nov. 7.

A debut winner over the Monmouth turf course June 10, Surge Capacity offered similarly juicy odds off 11-2 when proving 3/4 of a length too strong for her better-fancied and commonly owned stablemate Tax Implications (GB) (Mehmas {Ire}) in the GIII Lake George S. over yielding Saratoga turf July 21. No better than the third choice to Tax Implications in the GII Lake Placid S. Aug. 19, Surge Capacity was beaten to the punch by the Brown-trained Aspray (Quality Road) and was forced to settle for second.

Pedigree Notes:

Surge Capacity's dam was acquired by Klaravich for $200,000 at the 2014 OBS April Sale and, campaigned in partnership with William H. Lawrence, she won the 2015 Jammed Lovely S. The mare's first foal, Dew Springs (Temple City), was bred in partnership, but future GSW Highly Motivated (Into Mischief), Surge Capacity and 'TDN Rising Star' and troubled GI Spinaway S. runner-up Ways and Means (Practical Joke) all raced or race as Klaravich homebreds.

A half-sister to MSP Hall Pass (Freedom Child) and to the dam of 2022 GII Penn Mile S. upsetter Wow Whata Summer (Summer Front), Strong Incentive was blank the past two years and is currently in foal to Good Magic.

 

Friday, Keeneland
BANK OF AMERICA VALLEY VIEW S.-GIII, $299,375, Keeneland, 10-27, 3yo, f, 1mT, 1:35.80, fm.
1–SURGE CAPACITY, 118, f, 3, by Flintshire (GB)
         1st Dam: Strong Incentive (SW, $123,568), by Warrior's Reward
         2nd Dam: G G's Dolly, by Comic Strip
         3rd Dam: Parfait, by Kingmambo
O/B-Klaravich Stables (KY); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Joel Rosario. $169,725. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0, $338,975. *1/2 to Highly Motivated (Into Mischief), GSW, $667,375; and Ways and Means (Practical Joke), 'TDN Rising Star', GISP, $117,750. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Heavenly Sunday, 120, f, 3, Candy Ride (Arg)–Alien Giant, by Giant's Causeway. ($170,000 RNA Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-Miacomet Farm (William Harrigan); B-Randal Family Trust (KY); T-Brad H. Cox. $54,750.
3–Bling, 118, f, 3, American Pharoah–Blonde Bomber, by Fort Larned. ($160,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-G. Watts Humphrey, Jr.; B-Clarkland Farm LLC (KY); T-Victoria H. Oliver. $27,375.
Margins: 3/4, HF, NK. Odds: 5.08, 6.47, 5.36.
Also Ran: Sacred Wish, Safeen, Eternal Silence, Pride of the Nile, Speirling Beag (Ire), Secret Money, Flashy Gem, Abundancia, Yesternight. Scratched: Bolivie (Ire), Erna, Junipermarshmallow, Sweetlou'sgotaces.
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Cox Team Readies for Next Test at Saratoga

Trainer Brad Cox sent out a host of graded-stakes winners for workouts at Saratoga this weekend, including GI Coaching Club American Oaks winner Wet Paint (Blame), who is targeting Saturday's GI Alabama S.

The Godolphin homebred posted her second work since her Oaks victory, covering five furlongs in 1:02.24 over the Oklahoma dirt training track in company with recent allowance winner and GSP Slip Mahoney.

“1:02 and a super good work,” said Cox. “She's been very steady and very good up here in the mornings. I like the way she came out of it and she's set up to go the mile and a quarter.”

Cox also sent out Godolphin's Matareya (Pioneerof the Nile) for a sharp five-furlong move in :59.22 over the Oklahoma track Saturday, her penultimate work before the GI Ballerina H. Aug. 26.

“Awesome work. It was very quick and good, not just quick,” said Cox. “A good gallop out as well, so she's set up for the Ballerina.”

Matareya was last seen finishing third in the June 24

GIII Chicago S. at Ellis behind Steve Asmussen trainee Society (Gun Runner), who also worked five-eighths in 1:00 flat Sunday over the Oklahoma main track.

Victorious in last season's GI Acorn S., Matareya took the GI Derby City Distaff at Churchill Downs two starts back.

On Sunday, Miacomet Farm's Heavenly Sunday (Candy Ride) breezed over the Oklahoma training turf in preparation for Saturday's GII Lake Placid S. She was last see finishing second in the July 1 Tepin S. at Ellis.

“She's doing great. It was an awesome breeze, and all of her works here over the turf have been great,” said Cox. “I love her gallop outs and the way she's acting. I'm super pleased with her and hopefully, we get a good setup.”

Cox indicated a decision has not been made as to where Juddmonte's Set Piece would return following a win in Saturday's GI Arlington Million at Colonial Downs.

“I'll talk it over with Prince Khalid and his family and make a decision,” said Cox.

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Candy Ride Filly Takes Them All the Way in Edgewood

Florent Geroux nursed HEAVENLY SUNDAY (f, 3, Candy Ride {Arg}–Alien Giant, by Giant's Causeway)'s speed to perfection as the pair went wire to wire at 9-1 to annex the GII Edgewood S. presented by Forcht Bank Friday on the GI Kentucky Oaks undercard at Churchill Downs. A stampede followed them under the line with Revalita (Fr) (Recoletos {Fr}), Mission of Joy (Kitten's Joy), and Pipilio (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) just necks and heads apart vying for the place and show spots.

When the gates flew, Heavenly Sunday hopped and stuttered out of the stalls and immediately got sandwiched hard between two fillies as she tried to maintain her forward momentum and gain position. Undaunted, she extricated herself from the tight squeeze and shot to the front. Stablemate Flashy Gem (Bolt d'Oro) at 9-2 tracked while Heavenly Sunday set all the pace, ears pricked under a hard hold through fractions of :23.19 and :47.89. Ears still flicking on the turn as Flashy Gem went after her, Heavenly Sunday held sway in the stretch and was game all the way to wire, not for catching. Her final margin of victory was three-quarters of a length.

“I think there was an honest pace but I don't think I was going extremely fast,” said Geroux, who was winning the Edgewood for the third time since 2016. “It was just a good rhythm for her to keep her comfortable. It looked like the horse was trying to make a run for me at the end but my filly had a major turn of foot.”

One of the more lightly raced fillies in the Edgewood, Heavenly Sunday races for William Harrigan's Miacomet Farm. The $170,000 Keeneland September RNA had debuted last September at two with a seven-length score in a turf maiden special weight at Horseshoe Indianapolis, then followed up with an allowance at Keeneland before being put away for the winter. She has since been third in Gulfstream's GIII Sweetest Chant S. Feb. 4 and Keeneland's GII Appalachian S. Apr. 8. Heavenly Sunday was one of four runners in the Edgewood coming out of the Appalachian.

“We've been pointing towards this race since last fall at Keeneland,” said trainer Brad Cox, who also won the Unbridled Sidney S. earlier on the Churchill card with Breeders' Cup heroine Caravel (Mizzen Mast). “I was disappointed in her first two races this year because I thought she would win. She put it all together today.”

Pedigree Notes:

Heavenly Sunday's win makes her the 53rd graded winner among the 108 black-type winners for Lane's End's stalwart sire Candy Ride (Arg). While she's also the 197th stakes winner out of a daughter of the late Giant's Causeway, what's especially notable here is the cross. Four of Candy Ride's graded winners are from Giant's Causeway mares, including Horse of the Year and superstar young sire Gun Runner, as well as Churchill GSW and 2019 GI Kentucky Oaks runner-up Liora.

Randal Family Trust bought the winner's dam in foal to Malibu Moon at the 2018 Keeneland November sale for $240,000 and bred her the next year to Candy Ride, resulting in Heavenly Sunday. Alien Giant was not bred for 2021 and lost her Game Winner foal in 2022 before delivering a colt by The Factor Jan. 29 this year. Although Heavenly Sunday marks the first graded winner in the immediate family in a few generations, Alien Giant's fourth dam, Victorian Queen (Victoria Park), was both the champion grass horse and champion older mare in Canada in 1975. She produced no fewer than three Grade I winners: Judge Angelucci (Honest Pleasure), War (Majestic Light), and Peace (Naskra).

Friday, Churchill Downs
EDGEWOOD S. PRESENTED BY FORCHT BANK-GII, $500,000, Churchill Downs, 5-5, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.40, fm.
1–HEAVENLY SUNDAY, 118, f, 3, by Candy Ride (Arg)
             1st Dam: Alien Giant (SP), by Giant's Causeway
             2nd Dam: Alienation, by Rock Hard Ten
             3rd Dam: Alienated, by Gone West
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($170,000 RNA Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-Miacomet Farm (William Harrigan); B-Randal Family Trust (KY); T-Brad H. Cox; J-Florent Geroux. $291,400. Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-2, $428,833. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Revalita (Fr), 118, f, 3, Recoletos (Fr)–Ebareva (Ire), by Machiavellian. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. (€12,000 Ylg '21 ARQDOY). O-Wise Racing LLC; B-Sarl Darpat France (FR); T-Chad C. Brown. $94,000.
3–Mission of Joy, 120, f, 3, Kitten's Joy–Smart Mission, by Smart Strike. ($32,000 Ylg '21 FTKOCT). O-RyZan Sun Racing, LLC and Madaket Stables LLC; B-Sam-Son Farm (ON); T-H. Graham Motion. $47,000.
Margins: 3/4, NK, HD. Odds: 9.68, 8.51, 7.21.
Also Ran: Papilio (Ire), Liguria, Girl Named Charlie, Cairo Consort, Sabalenka, Comanche Country (Ire), Flashy Gem, Preliminary (GB).
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Candy Ride’s Heavenly Sunday Impressive in Keeneland Allowance

5th-Keeneland, $100,145, Alw, 10-28, (NW1X), 2yo, f, 1mT, 1:36.88, gd, 2 3/4 lengths.
HEAVENLY SUNDAY (f, 2, Candy Ride {Arg}–Alien Giant {SP}, by Giant's Causeway) was hammered to 7-5 favoritism on debut Sept. 27 against a Horseshoe Indianapolis 7 1/2-panel maiden turf race, and made it look like a gift when she won by seven, geared down lengths. Once again enthusiastically supported at 8-5 here, she mildly brushed with the inside horse at the jump but secured a ground saving position from midpack early. Advancing between runners approaching the five furlong marker, she loomed the danger around the far turn and slipped to the inside of the leader through a narrow hole at the three-sixteenths. Kicking away in the furlong grounds, she put a comfortable 2 3/4 lengths on Isabel Alexandra (Ire) (Expert Eye {GB}), who experienced tight quarters in upper stretch while searching for racing room.  The latter's conditioner claimed foul against Florent Geroux and Heavenly Sunday, but the stewards disallowed it. The second winning filly to the races from two to hit the ground, Heavenly Sunday's dam aborted her 2022 Game Winner foal and visited The Factor for 2023. Alien Giant is a stakes-placed daughter of MGISP Alienation (Rock Hard Ten), herself half to GISP Rally Cry (Uncle Mo). The Grade I black-type extends to the fourth dam Extraterrestral (Storm Bird), who is the half-sister to millionaire MGISW Judge Angelucci, GISW War, and GISW Peace. Sales history: $170,000 RNA Ylg '21 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $82,633. Click for the Equibase.comchart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

O-Miacomet Farm (William Harrigan); B-Randal Family Trust (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.

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