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Averly Jane Dominates Indian Summer, Punches Ticket To BC Juvenile Turf Sprint

A perfect 3 for 3 in her short career, Averly Jane entered the gate for the Indian Summer Stakes at Keeneland a heavy favorite and her front-running turn demonstrated why. From the break to the wire, the filly was dominant under jockey Tyler Gaffalione, earning a spot in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint.

At the Lexington, Ky., track, Averly Jane exited post seven quickly, finding the front in the opening strides of the 5 1/2-furlong sprint. Roman Poet and Diamond City traded second and third as Averly Jane held onto a safe lead, Gaffalione gave the filly a short breather on the far turn. Into the stretch, though, the field had no chance to challenge the favorite as she stretched her advantage with ease, hitting the wire three lengths in front. Kaufymaker was second and Circle Back Jack was third.

The final time for the 5 1/2 furlongs was 1:02.65. Find this race's chart here.

Averly Jane paid $3.80, $2.40, and $2.20. Kaufymaker paid $3.40 and $2.80. Circle Back Jack paid $7.00.

The Indian Summer Stakes is part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series. Winners of Challenge Series races earn a fees-paid, guaranteed spot in the starting gate for the corresponding event at the Breeders' Cup World Championship Nov. 5-6 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif.

Bred in Kentucky by the University of Kentucky, Averly Jane is by Midshipman out of the Richter Scale mare Sh Sh Shakin'. Owned by Hat Creek Racing, the 2-year-old filly is trained by Wesley Ward. Consigned by Maine Chance Farm, Averly Jane was sold to Newt Dobbs for $35,000 at the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale. With her win in the Indian Summer, she maintains her perfect record, 4 for 4, with career earnings of $313,140.

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Averly Jane Rockets to Indian Summer Win

Hat Creek Racing's Averly Jane (Midshipman–Sh Sh Shakin', by Richter Scale) powered home a much-the-best winner in Keeneland's Indian Summer S., a 'Win and You're In' race for the GII Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Del Mar Nov. 5. Undefeated in three prior starts for trainer Wesley Ward, including a commanding score in Saratoga's Skidmore S. Aug. 20, she was installed the 4-5 choice while facing the boys and getting blinkers off here. To the front like a shot, she rolled through opening splits of :21.64 and :44.50. Turning on all boosters late, Averly Jane crossed the wire a commanding four-length winner over stablemate Kaufymaker (Jimmy Creed). With the win, Averly Jane set a new stakes record of 1:02.65 for 5 1/2 furlongs.

The Indian Summer marked Averly Jane's third score over colts as she'd also faced and beaten them in both the Skidmore and in Churchill's Apr. 28 Kentucky Juvenile S. The bay filly has faced her own gender just once when debuting with an 8 3/4-length victory Apr. 15 at Keeneland. The Indian Summer was her first start on the lawn.

Trainer Ward also won the Indian Summer in 2019 with another filly in Kimari (Munnings), whose further exploits included victory in Keeneland's GI Madison S. this past April.

Sh Sh Shakin' has also produced 2018 Skidmore winner Chattel, whose injuries sustained when clipping heels and falling in the stretch at Kentucky Downs later that year caused his death. The mare also has a yearling colt by Brody's Cause, who sold for $45,000 to Emerald Farm as a Fasig-Tipton short yearling, and was bred to World of Trouble for next term.

Sunday, Keeneland
INDIAN SUMMER S. PRESENTED BY KEENELAND SELECT, $200,000, Keeneland, 10-10, 2yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:02.65, gd.
1–AVERLY JANE, 117, f, 2, by Midshipman
               1st Dam: Sh Sh Shakin', by Richter Scale
               2nd Dam: Capote's Gift, by Capote
               3rd Dam: Bubbles Darlene, by Fappiano
($35,000 Ylg '20 FTKOCT). O-Hat Creek Racing; B-University
of Kentucky (KY); T-Wesley A. Ward; J-Tyler Gaffalione.
$120,000. Lifetime Record: 4-4-0-0, $313,140. *1/2 to
Chattel (Giant Oak), SW, $111,540.
2–Kaufymaker, 116, f, 2, Jimmy Creed–Heaven's Touch, by
Montbrook. O/B-Gregory Kaufman (KY); T-Wesley A. Ward.
$40,000.
3–Circle Back Jack, 118, g, 2, Tonalist–Sucat, by Medaglia
d'Oro. O-Susan Evans & Cathy Sweezey; B-Susan Evans &
Mary Catherine Sweezey (KY); T-Sarah Hamilton. $20,000.
Margins: 3, NK, NK. Odds: 0.90, 3.20, 47.50.
Also Ran: Detroit City, Pure Panic, Roman Poet, Big Boss Ben, Bonus Appreciation, Diamond City. Scratched: Sonnyisnotsofunny.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

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Campanelle Heads Field For Friday’s Franklin County At Keeneland

Stonestreet Stables' Campanelle (IRE), a two-time Group 1 winner in Europe, heads a field of 12 fillies and mares entered Sunday for Friday's 25^th running of the $150,000 Grade 3 Buffalo Trace Franklin County going 5½ furlongs on the turf at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky.

The Buffalo Trace Franklin County will go as the ninth race on Friday's 10-race program with a 5:16 p.m. ET post time. First post Friday is 1 p.m.

Trained by Wesley Ward, Campanelle will be making her first start since being unplaced in the Group 1 Prix de Maurice de Gheest at Deauville, France in August. Joel Rosario will have the mount Friday and exit post position four.

Also figuring to attract interest are the 1-2 finishers from last month's Grade 3 Mint Ladies Sprint at Kentucky Downs in Franklin, Ky., In Good Spirits and Catch a Bid.

Bal Mar Equine's In Good Spirits, trained by Al Stall Jr., scored a two-length victory at Kentucky Downs and in the race prior to that was runner-up in the Grade 3 Caress at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in July. John Velazquez has the mount on In Good Spirits, who will leave from post position five.

Highlander Training Center's Catch a Bid, trained by Joe Sharp, won the West Virginia Senate President's Cup at Mountaineer Park in New Cumberland, W. Va., in August prior to her Kentucky Downs race. She drew post position six and will be ridden by Tyler Gaffalione.

The field for the Buffalo Trace Franklin County, with riders and weights from the inside, is: She's So Special (Flavien Prat, 120), Ambassador Luna (James Graham, 120), Lagertha (CHI) (Hector Berrios, 120), Campanelle (IRE) (Rosario, 122), In Good Spirits (Velazquez, 122), Catch a Bid (Gaffalione, 120), Lead Guitar (Ricardo Santana Jr., 120), Violenza (Chris Landeros, 120), Elle Z (Mitchell Murrill, 120), Yes It's Ginger (Marcelino Pedroza Jr., 120), Signify (Florent Geroux, 120), Change of Control (Colby Hernandez, 122).

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Golden Pal Regains Winning Ways In Woodford Stakes Over Keeneland Turf

Prominent from the start, the Uncle Mo 3-year-old colt Golden Pal, proved too quick for his six rivals in Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 Woodford Stakes presented by TVG at Keeneland racecourse in Lexington, Ky.

Ridden by John Velazquez, the Wesley Ward runner went right to the front, fought off a challenge from Firecrow on the turn for home, then pulled away down the stretch under steady encouragement to win by 2 1/4 lengths. He covered 5 1/2 furlongs on good turf in 1:03.12 after fractions of :21.51, :44.53 and :56.67

“He was very game,” said Velazquez. “Before the race – I never rode him so I asked Julio (Garcia, an exercise rider and jockey for trainer Wesley Ward). He said, 'Just put your hands down and he'll run for you; even if he gets passed he'll run for you.' I left him alone and when the other horse (Firecrow) came to him and put the head in front, I was like, 'Hey, we got to come back and run.' I got after him, and he gradually got away from the other horse. It took me two or three jumps to engage him back into the race, and after that he was pretty good.”

Extravagant Kid, an 8-year-old turf veteran from the barn of Brendan Walsh, closed to be second, with County Final another half length back in third, Johnny Unleashed fourth, Inhalation fifth, Firecrow sixth and Charcoal seventh.

“We are delighted,” said Walsh. “We can never be disappointed with this horse. He ran great again. The winner is a very, very good horse. Extravagant Kid is a model of consistency.”

Owned by Mr. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and Westerberg, Golden Pal was winning for the fourth time in seven career starts. He paid $3 to win as the 1-2 favorite. He was bred in Florida by Randall E. Lowe.

Golden Pal was coming off his worst performance, a seventh-place finish in the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes at York racecourse in England on Aug. 20. One of his other defeats came when narrowly beaten in the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot in June 2020. Out of the crack sprinter Lady Shipman, by Midshipman (she finished second against males in the G1 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Keeneland in 2015), Golden Pal ran off three consecutive victories following the Norfolk, including a victory at Keeneland in the G2 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint.

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