Alda Seeks BC Berth in Natalma

Wertheimer and Frere homebred Alda (Munnings) will attempt to keep her hot streak going and secure a post in the gate for the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Sunday in Woodbine’s GI Natalma S. A second-out graduate at Belmont July 9, the Graham Motion trainee captured the Catch a Glimpse S. going 6 1/2 panels on the local lawn Aug. 23. Finishing second that day was Dreaming of Drew (Speightster), who romped by six lengths in her main track graduation here July 18.

Jimmy Toner ships one in who certainly has the pedigree of a Grade I winner in Seasons (Tapit), daughter of Winter Memories, who won seven graded events, two of which were Grade Is. Seasons won her debut going two turns at Saratoga Aug. 9.

Another debut winner jumping up the class ladder here is Charles Fipke homebred Lady Speightspeare (Speightstown), who donned cap and gown by 3 3/4 lengths in a seven-panel event on the Woodbine lawn Aug. 22. Big Big Plans (Point of Entry) also enters off a first-out graduation, winning by six lengths in a $25,000 maiden optional claimer on the aynthetic Aug. 20.

Completing the field are a pair of maidens in Sleek Lynx (GB) (War Front) and Stunning Princess (Cairo Prince). Trained by Mark Casse, Sleek Lynx finished a half-length second as the favorite in a one-mile turf event at Gulfstream July 23. Danny Gargan pupil Stunning Princess was runner-up in a pair of 1 1/16-mile tests on the Saratoga lawn July 23 and Aug. 19. The bay receives Lasix for the first time in this “Win and You’re In” event.

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Tapit Daughter of Winter Memories Successful in Eventful Saratoga Unveiling

2nd-Saratoga, $72,000, Msw, 8-9, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:44.94, fm.
SEASONS (f, 2, Tapit–Winter Memories {MGISW, $1,268,100}, by El Prado {Ire}) got the job done in her much-anticipated first start Sunday, but not without plenty of drama. The regally bred filly showed a very upbeat worktab leading up to this unveiling, punctuated by a :48.79 bullet over the Oklahoma turf Aug. 3 (XBTV Video), and was backed down to 4-5 from an already telling 9-5 morning line prediction. Away in good order, the chestnut took up a stalking spot along the fence as second timer Frankel At Ascot (Fr) (Frankel {GB}) showed the way through poky fractions. Seasons looked like she might run into traffic trouble as the field bunched up turning for home, but she pushed her way through a seam outside of the pacesetter in midstretch. Just as she was striking the front, Frankel At Ascot veered in abruptly, broke through the temporary rail and lost rider Tyler Gaffalione. Still with her mind on business, Seasons boxed on to fend off longshot Ice Queen (Cairo Prince) by a neck. Both Frankel At Ascot and Gaffalione reportedly escaped serious injury. The winner is a full to Winter Sunset, MSW & MGSP, $248,873. Her uber talented dam was a debut winner here in 2010 and concluded her career with a victory in the local GI Diana S. two years later for Darby Dan’s Phillips Racing Partnership and trainer Jimmy Toner. Winter Memories, herselfa daughter of MGSW Memories of Silver (Silver Hawk), produced a Union Rags colt in 2019 and a Quality Road filly earlier this term before being bred back to American Pharoah. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $39,600. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-LNJ Foxwoods and Phillips Racing Partnership; B-Phillips Racing Partnership (KY); T-James J. Toner.

 

 

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