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Midshipman’s Wink Wires the Colleen

Wink, a debut winner at this trip over the Belmont lawn June 12, made it two-for-two with a front-running victory at Monmouth Sunday. The chestnut filly sprinted right out to the early lead and raced keenly through an opening quarter in :21.12. In front by three lengths entering the straight, the favorite held sway over her late-closing stablemate Flying Aletha.

“We liked her as soon as we got her on the grass,” said winning trainer Wesley Ward. “You put her on the turf and she flies. She’s all go and she’s five-eighths, so this suited her perfectly. She’s a very fast filly.”

Flying Aletha, a first-out winner in an off-turfer at Gulfstream in May, was making her stateside return following a 10th-place effort in the G3 Albany S. at Royal Ascot June 19.

“She is going to be all right,” Ward said of the runner-up. “She went over to Ascot and came back and that can take a little toll on them sometimes, but she ran a good race here. I wasn’t quite sure which one was better. Wink showed us a lot on the grass, but the other one looked very good when we had her in Florida. Flying Aletha is a bigger filly, so maybe the longer they go the better she will be.”

In foal to Midnight Storm, Dancing My Way sold for $2,500 at the 2018 Keeneland November sale. Her Midnight Storm filly sold for $25,000 at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton November sale. The mare produced a filly by Good Samaritan this year and was bred back to Maximus Mischief. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

COLLEEN S., $76,500, Monmouth, 8-2, 2yo, f, 5fT, :56.74, fm.
1–WINK, 120, f, 2, by Midshipman
                1st Dam: Dancing My Way, by Wildcat Heir
                2nd Dam: Clever Me, by Not For Love
                3rd Dam: Lady Clever Trick, by Clever Trick
($50,000 Wlg ’18 KEENOV; $110,000 Ylg ’19 KEESEP).
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Stonestreet Stables LLC; B-Tony
Citarrella & RAM Racing (KY); T-Wesley A. Ward; J-Antonio A.
Gallardo. $45,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $80,200.
2–Flying Aletha, 120, f, 2, Tiznow–Afleet Honey, by Uncle Mo.
($100,000 Wlg ’18 KEENOV; $175,000 Ylg ’19 FTKJUL). O-CJ
Thoroughbreds; B-Tami D Bobo (KY); T-Wesley A. Ward.
$15,000.
3–Kewpie Doll, 118, f, 2, Street Boss–Burning Faith, by Cat
Thief. ($7,500 Ylg ’19 FTKOCT). O-Maxis Stable; B-Allen
Poindexter & Kevin Welsh (KY); T-Cathal A. Lynch. $7,500.
Margins: 3/4, 2 1/4, 2. Odds: 1.20, 1.90, 11.90.
Also Ran: Stellar Grace, My Beautiful Belle, Mavilus, Moochie. Scratched: Steal My Sunshine.

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Laoban Firster Scores at the Spa

1st-Saratoga, $72,000, Msw, 8-2, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:44.76, fm.
SIMPLY RAVISHING (f, 2, Laoban–Four Wishes, by More Than Ready), looking to become her freshman sire Laoban’s (Uncle Mo) second career winner, stalked a moderate early pace set by Uyuni (Uncle Mo) before taking command in the stretch and rolling home a one-length winner over the slow-closing favorite Mrs Frankel (Ire) (Frankel {GB}). The $50,000 Fasig-Tipton October yearling purchase went off the longest shot in the field at 14-1. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $39,600.
O-Harold Lerner LLC, Magdalena Racing (Sherri McPeek) & Nehoc Stables; B-Meg Levy (NY); T-Kenneth G. McPeek.

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Unique Bella Brother Wins Smartly on Sapporo Debut

Vanishing Point (Tapit), a full-brother to two-time Eclipse Award and three-time Grade I winner Unique Bella, was very green, but very good in his racecourse debut Sunday afternoon at Sapporo Racecourse, leading every step of the way en route to a seven-length tally.

The mount of perennial leading jockey Christophe Lemaire, the son of GI Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Distaff heroine Unrivaled Belle (Unbridled’s Song) jumped alertly from the widest gate in the field of seven and was switching back and forth across his leads while establishing the front passing under the line for the first time. Well rated on the lead, Vanishing Point was asked for a bit of a sprint with a little more than a quarter mile to run, opened a clear advantage while having a look around and once again switching his leads multiple times and crossed the line a convincing winner. The final time for the metric mile and a quarter on firm turf was 2:02.4.

“He is still a big baby,” the winning jockey commented. “He didn’t stretch out much and his back end is still a bit weak, but he has great potential. Around the turn he showed fantastic speed. I think this was the perfect distance for him.”

Brother to Unique Bella, the $1.5 mil @keenelandsales September grad Vanishing Point destroys the competition in his debut. The exact kind of results you expect for a price like that! Congratulations to Mr. Hasegawa and his whole team who picked this guy out themselves! https://t.co/6M7KH8jSLY

— Kate Hunter • Marugai Racing • ケイトハンター• まるがいレーシング (@KeibaKate) August 2, 2020

Vanishing Point was bred by Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm LLC, who acquired Unrivaled Belle for $3.8 million at the 2016 Keeneland November sale carrying a full-sister to Unique Bella. The 3-year-old filly, named Unrivaled Princess, is unraced to date. Through the Timber Town draft, Pope sold Vanishing Point for $1.5 million to Hiroyasu Takeuchi, agent for new owner Yuji Hasegawa, at last year’s Keeneland September Yearling sale. Unrivaled Belle was barren to Tapit for 2019, but foaled a full-sister to Unique Bella and Vanishing Point Mar. 19 and returned to the Gainesway stallion this past breeding season.

“The plan is to take him back to Japan and hopefully take him on the Japanese Road to the Kentucky Derby and bring him back over here as a Derby horse,” Takeuchi told the TDN’s Jessica Martini via translator Kate Hunter following the purchase last fall.

Vanishing Point is the 32nd Japanese winner from 36 runners for his sire, including Testa Matta, winner of the G1 February S.; and Rabbit Run, a Group 2 winner on the turf and a listed winner on dirt. Tapit is also represented in Japan by MSW & GSP Tahltan and MSW Golden Barows.

WATCH: Vanishing Point goes gate to wire to score by daylight on debut

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Twirling Candy’s Collusion Illusion Bests Elders in Bing Crosby

Collusion Illusion (Twirling Candy) got the better of his elders and earned a spot in the gate for the GI Breeders’ Cup Sprint, holding off a late rally from Lexitonian (Speightstown) to take Del Mar’s GI Bing Crosby S. Settling near the back of the pack, the 9-5 chalk ran off the fence with only Lexitonian, who trailed the field by several lengths, beat as the remaining five scrambled for control through a sharp first quarter in :21.58. Wildman Jack (Goldencents) gained a very narrow advantage as the half went up in :44.73. Collusion Illusion wove his way between horses at the top of the stretch, pushing through at the fence to take control in the final sixteenth, and held off a powerful late rally from Lexitonian to win by a nose.

A debut winner at this venue last July, Collusion Illusion followed suit with a win in the GII Best Pal S. over track and trip a month later. Pulled up and walked off when trying two turns in the GI American Pharoah S. at Santa Anita last fall, he was subsequently shelved for the reason and returned a winner in an Arcadia sprint May 17. The $300,000 OBSAPR purchase captured the GIII Laz Barrera S. last time at Santa Anita June 20.

Pedigree Notes:

Collusion Illusion is the fourth Grade I winner for Twirling Candy and one of nine graded victors and 24 black-type scorers for the stallion. The winner’s unraced dam Natalie Grace is a half-sister to GSW & GISP Bahamian Squall (Gone West) and Apriority (Grand Slam). Collusion Illusion is the only foal for his dam.

Saturday, Del Mar
BING CROSBY S.-GI, $251,500, Del Mar, 8-1, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:10.41, ft.
1–COLLUSION ILLUSION, 118, c, 3, by Twirling Candy
                1st Dam: Natalie Grace, by First Dude
                2nd Dam: Midway Squall, by Storm Bird
                3rd Dam: Oh So Precious, by Best Turn
   1ST GRADE I WIN. ($50,000 Ylg ’18 KEESEP; $300,000 2yo ’19
OBSAPR). O-Agnew, Dan J., Orr, Rodney E., Schneider, Jerry
and Xitco, John V.; B-Donald R. Dizney, LLC (FL); T-Mark Glatt;
J-Flavien Prat. $150,000. Lifetime Record: 6-5-0-0, $398,751.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick
   Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*.
2–Lexitonian, 122, c, 4, Speightstown–Riviera Romper, by Tapit.
O/B-Calumet Farm (KY); T-Jack Sisterson. $50,000.
3–Law Abidin Citizen, 122, g, 6, Twirling Candy–Honest Answer,
by Tale of the Cat. ($100,000 Ylg ’15 KEESEP). O-Agnew, Dan J.,
Schneider, Gerry and Xitco, John V.; B-Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine
Holdings, Inc (KY); T-Mark Glatt. $30,000.
Margins: NO, 1 1/4, NK. Odds: 1.90, 8.00, 10.00.
Also Ran: Wildman Jack, Heartwood, Fashionably Fast, Anyportinastorm, Desert Law. Scratched: McKinzie, P R Radio Star. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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