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PLUM PRETTY COLT DEBUTS AT GULFSTREAM

7th-GP, $47K, Msw, 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 3:00p.m.

Whisper Hill Farm homebred PLUM FUNNY (Distorted Humor), a son of MGISW Plum Pretty (Medaglia d’Oro), makes his career bow in this test for Ralph Nicks. Mandy Pope paid $4.2-million for GI Kentucky Oaks victress and millionaire Plum Pretty at the 2012 Keeneland November Sale. She has produced one winner from two foals of racing age and her recent foals include the juvenile filly Plum Awesome (Curlin) and a yearling colt by Arrogate. St. George Stable homebred Mascabroni (Hard Spun) also debuts here. His second dam is GISW Love Lock (Silver Ghost), dam of MSW Love Locket (Thunder Gulch), who in turn produced MSW Ghost Locket (Ghostzapper). TJCIS PPs

MCGAUGHEY UNVEILS BLUE-BLOODED WAR FRONT FILLY

6th-LRL, $40K, Msw, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/6mT, 3:10p.m.

The regally bred ONE WAY PASSAGE (War Front) heads to the post for the first time here for Hall of Famer Shug McGaughey. Bred by Joe Allen and Emory Hamilton and racing under their colors, the dark bay is a half to MGSW & MGISP Hungry Island (More Than Ready); GSW Soaring Empire (Empire Maker); GSP Tokyo Time (Medaglia d’Oro); and the dam of GISW Preservationist (Arch). Their second dam is GISW Chic Shirine (Mr. Prospector) and this is also the family of GISWs Verrazano (More Than Ready), Serra Lake (Seattle Slew), Somali Lemonade (Lemon Drop Kid), Harmonize (Scat Daddy) and Keen Ice (Curlin). TJCIS PPs

SEA THE STARS COLT MAKES CAREER BOW AT ELLIS

4th-ELP, $37K, Msw, 2yo, 1mT, 3:14p.m.

Stonestreet Stables went to 500,000gns to acquire THE RIGHT STUFF (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) at the Tattersalls October Sale last term and he debuts in this spot for trainer Wesley Ward. His dam is a half to Italian Group 1 winner Sudan (Ire) (Peintre Celebre) and his third dam Special Happening (Relaunch) was a GSW & GISP on these shores. Dane Kobiskie saddles another firster of interest in Brew Pub (Street Sense), a $310,000 FTSAUG buy. His second dam is Canadian champion Ginger Brew (Milwaukee Brew), who is a half-sister to MGSW Bourbon Bay (Sligo Bay {Ire}). TJCIS PPs

SON OF PERFECT SHIRL GETS STARTED AT WOODBINE

10th-WO, $123.2K, Msw, 3yo/up, 7fT, 5:48p.m.

Charles Fipke homebred SHIRL’S SPEIGHT (Speightstown) looks to open her account at first asking at Woodbine Saturday. His dam is fellow Fipke homebred and GI Breeders’ Cup F/M Turf heroine Perfect Shirl (Perfect Soul {Ire}), who is a half-sister to MGISW Shakespeare (Theatrical {Ire}), MGSW Lady Shakespeare (Theatrical {Ire}) and SW & MGSP Fantastic Shirl (Fantastic Light). TJCIS PPs

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First Winner For Brody’s Cause Comes At Woodbine

Spendthrift Farm stallion Brody's Cause registered his first winner at stud on June 28 when Gospel Way bested a maiden special weight field at Woodbine, BloodHorse reports.

Gospel Way chased the two leaders through the opening part of the five-furlong race, then was angled out by jockey Emile Ramsammy in the stretch, where they gained the advantage as the finish approached to win by 1 1/4 lengths. The gelding stopped the clock in :58.37 seconds over Woodbine's all-weather Tapeta surface.

Trained by Nathan Squires, Gospel Way was bred in Virginia and races as a homebred for William Thompson Jr. He is out of the winning Pulpit mare Bible Belt.

Brody's Cause a 7-year-old son of Giant's Causeway, stands at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky., for an advertised fee of $7,500.

He won three of eight starts during his on-track career, highlighted by a sweep of the marquee races for colts, taking the Grade 1 Breeders' Futurity at two during the fall meet, then coming back during the spring meet to win the G1 Blue Grass Stakes. Brody's Cause also finished third in the 2015 Breeders' Cup Juvenile, which was also held at Keeneland.

Brody's Cause is out of the multiple stakes-placed Sahm mare Sweet Breanna, making him a half-brother to stakes-placed Midnight Sweetie. His extended family includes Grade 1 winner Cure the Blues and Grade/Group 3 winners Went the Day Well, Evangelical, and Duke of Venice.

Freshman Brody’s Cause Gets First Career Winner

William Thompson Jr.’s Gospel Way (Brody’s Cause) came from off the pace to graduate in his career unveiling at Woodbine Sunday afternoon. Sent off at 24-1 in the five-furlong main track test, the homebred settled in the second flight third early as Dancing Dragon (Old Forestor) established early fractions. Improving his position while two paths wide turning for home, the gelding bore down on the frontrunner through the lane, took over with relative ease and drew off to win by 1 1/4 lengths. The victory represented the first winner for his freshman sire Brody’s Cause (Giant’s Causeway), who won the GI Breeders’ Futurity and GI Blue Grass S. during his racing career. The victor’s dam Bible Belt (Pulpit), a full sister to graded-placed Angel on Watch, is also responsible for Grade III-placed Hardworkcleanlivin (Colonel John) and a pair of Runhappy colts produced over the past two seasons.

5th-Woodbine, C$81,088, Msw, 6-28, 2yo, 5f (AWT), :58.37, ft.
GOSPEL WAY (g, 2, Brody’s Cause–Bible Belt, by Pulpit) Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $31,549. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O/B-William B. Thompson (VA); T-Nathan Squires.

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Elizabeth Way Collars Another Time At The Wire In Woodbine’s Nassau

Elizabeth Way got up in the final strides to steal the spotlight in the $175,000 Nassau Stakes (Grade 2) featured on Saturday's program at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson worked out the winning trip in the one-mile fillies and mares turf event for Hall of Fame trainer Roger Attfield and owner John McCormack.

Elizabeth Way was led along by pacesetter Another Time through a quarter in :24.41, half-mile in :46.92 and three-quarters in 1:09.61 before digging in down the stretch and getting up to collar the front-runner at the wire in 1:33.26.

Sent postward as the 5-1 fourth choice, Elizabeth Way returned $13.30 to her backers. Favorite Malakeh followed the winner's cover and rallied home for third-place while Amalfi Coast closed from the backfield to finish fourth. Nantucket Red and Eyeinthesky completed the field. Lunar Garden was scratched.

A 4-year-old Godolphin-bred daughter of Frankel out of the Giant's Causeway mare Maids Causeway, Elizabeth Way started her career in Ireland and ventured to Woodbine after making four starts in the U.S. earlier this year under Attfield's care. Following a maiden-breaking score when trying 1 1/16 miles on the turf at Gulfstream Park, she won the Grade 3 Very One Stakes next time out in late-February over 1 3/16 miles. Saturday's victory was her third in 10 career starts and boosted her bankroll well over the $200,000 mark.

A confident Wilson, who studied replays and spoke with the chestnut filly's trainer to determine the winning strategy, said she knew Elizabeth Way had a chance to catch the front-runner and was happy to have another horse lead her along throughout the race.

“Her form is all over the place – one minute she's on the lead, one minute she's at the back of the bus. Watching the replays gave me a real understanding as to what she needed to do,” said Wilson. “It was really about getting her into a good rhythm and that's what Roger and I talked about as well. I got her out of the gate… and just got her happy into a rhythm and, you could see, she just galloped them down and she just kept on. She's a stayer.”

The Nassau is the first leg of Woodbine's Ladies of the Lawn Series, which offers $75,000 in bonuses to the top performers based on points accumulated in the designated graded turf routes for fillies and mares (10 points for 1st, seven points for 2nd, five points for 3rd, three points for 4th, two points for 5th, one point for 6th through last).

The second leg of the series is the $175,000 Dance Smartly Stakes (Grade 2) on August 15 followed by the $250,000 Canadian Stakes (Grade 2) on September 12 and the $600,000 E.P. Taylor Stakes (Grade 1) on October 18.

Wilson doubled up on the 10-race card as did Rafael Hernandez. Both jockeys are tied for the top spot in the 2020 standings with 15 wins through the first 12 race days.

Live Thoroughbred racing continues, without spectators, on Sunday afternoon. Post time for the 10-race program is 1 p.m.

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