A recent RNA out of the OBS April Sale, No Nay Mets booked his ticket to Royal Ascot with a win Saturday in the inaugural Royal Palm Juvenile. Facing a field of mostly first-time starters, the son of Ireland-based No Nay Never was given only a mild 10-1 shot but broke right to the front from an outside gate under Luca Panici. With the best speed of the group, he out-sprinted his rivals to clear into the far turn through a half in :45.44 and only pulled further away from there, hitting the wire going away. With the win, No Nay Mets earned an automatic start into one of the six 2-year-old races at this year's Royal Ascot meet happening from Jun. 20-24 and his connections also earned a $25,000 travel stipend.
“He's a pretty nifty colt,” said trainer George Weaver. “He was on a rushed schedule for this. There's no reason not to go over there. It's a lot of fun, and he's got as good a chance as anybody.”
The first and to date only foal out of group-stakes winner Etoile, herself a full-sister to GSW/MG1SP Ancient Rome, No Nay Mets traces back to G1 Investec Epsom Derby winner Pour Moi (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) and GSW/G1SP Dawn Patrol (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). This is also the extended family of GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf heroine Pizza Bianca (Fastnet Rock {Aus}). Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
No Nay Mets, with @LPanici, in front in the #RoyalPalmMeet Juvenile Stakes, a Win-and-You're-in Royal Ascot! #GulfstreamPark pic.twitter.com/q4iopM7tlM
— Gulfstream Park (@GulfstreamPark) May 13, 2023
ROYAL PALM JUVENILE S., $100,000, Gulfstream, 5-13, 2yo, 5fT, :57.50, fm.
1–NO NAY METS (IRE), 118, c, 2, by No Nay Never
1st Dam: Etoile (GSW-Ire), by War Front
2nd Dam: Gagnoa (Ire), by Sadler's Wells
3rd Dam: Gwynn (Ire), by Darshaan (GB)
(€180,000 Ylg '22 ARAUG; $335,000 RNA 2yo '23 OBSAPR).
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Bregman Family Racing LLC;
B-Coolmore (Ire); T-George Weaver; J-Luca Panici. $58,900.
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $58,900.
2–Mattingly, 118, c, 2, Bucchero–Battingstar, by Grand Slam.
($70,000 2yo '23 OBSMAR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Ironhorse
Racing Stable LLC and Harlow Stables LLC; B-Lance Colwell (FL);
T-Joseph F. Orseno. $19,000.
3–Zaino, 118, c, 2, Vino Rosso–It's All Me, by Congrats.
($20,000 Ylg '22 SARAUG; $15,000 RNA 2yo '23 OBSMAR).
1ST BLACK TYPE. O-EAC Racing Stable, LLC; B-Apache Farm LLC
(NY); T-Enrique Amado. $9,500.
Margins: 3HF, 3/4, HF. Odds: 10.80, 9.10, 77.30.
Also Ran: Blast Furnace, Northshore Drive, Praiseworthy, Holding the Line (Ire), Tiberian Sun, Reaper, Shotgun Pro.
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