Finneus, Rosario Click In Golden State Juvenile

Given a patient, well-timed ride by jockey Joel Rosario, Lovingier, Fasihuddin and Navarro's Finneus rallied determinedly in the stretch to win the $175,000 Golden State Juvenile for California-bred 2-year-olds, the fourth and final added money-event on the undercard of Friday's Breeders' Cup Championships at Del Mar.

Placed in mid-pack in the early stages of the seven-furlong sprint, Finneus forged to the front nearing the wire to tally by a half-length over even-money favored Slow Down Andy, with Fast Draw Munnings third in the field of a dozen runners.

Finneus, trained by Walther Solis, stepped the seven furlongs in 1:23 flat and paid $10.00, $4.00, and $3.00 after his second success in six starts. He is a son of Stay Thirsty. Runner-up Slow Down Andy returned $3.00 and $2.60, while Fast Draw Munnings paid $4.80 to show.

JOEL ROSARIO (Finneus, winner) – “No special instructions [from trainer Walther Solis]. He just said hold him together and give him a good ride. My trip was good all the way. And he was game. That's the best kind of horse to ride.”

WALTHER SOLIS (Finneus, winner) “He's a special horse and every single race he's learning more and more. He's going to get to the point where he really has it figured out. This was a better race than [his runner-up finish in] the Del Mar Futurity. He was a little bit closer up today and now he's switching leads on time. The first couple races he didn't want to switch leads and that makes a lot of difference.”

FRACTIONS; :22.15 :45.11 1:10.21 1:23.00. See the full chart here.

The stakes win was the 31st at Del Mar for rider Rosario.

The stakes win was the first of the meet and the third at Del Mar for trainer Solis.

The winning owners are Terry Lovinger of Long Beach, Calif., Muhammed Naseer Fasihuddin, and Amanda Navarro.

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Stay Thirsty Colt On Top At Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearlings Sale

A colt by Stay Thirsty topped the 2020 edition of the Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearlings sale, held Monday at Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress, Calif.

Stay Thirsty led all California-based sires in earnings in 2018 and 2019 and is the state's leading sire by blacktype stakes winners in 2020. The Grade 1 Travers Stakes-winning son of Bernardini sired two of the sale's top three offerings.

Hip 79, a colt by Stay Thirsty out of stakes winning Ghostzapper mare My Fiona, sold for $200,000 to top the sale. The dark bay or brown colt was purchased by Naseer Fasihuddin from the consignment of Lovacres Ranch, agent. The colt was bred in California by Terry C. Lovingier.

Fasihuddin went to $110,000 to purchase the second most expensive colt of the day in Hip 51, a colt by Stay Thirsty out of the winning Malibu Moon mare Moon River Gal. That mare is a half-sister to nine other winners, including last year's G3 Charles Town Oaks winner Lady T N T. Hip 51 was also consigned by Lovacres Ranch, agent for California breeder Terry C. Lovingier.

Nyquist, current leading first crop sire by Grade 1 winners, was responsible for the sale's top filly, which sold for $135,000 as Hip 75. The dark bay or brown filly out of G2 Santa Monica Stakes winner Lost Bus was purchased by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners from the consignment of Fairview LLC. Hip 75 was bred in California by Thomas W. Bachman.

Overall, 166 yearlings sold for $3,735,700. The average was $22,504 and the median was $10,000.

Full results are available online.

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