1st-Woodbine, C$72,100, Msw, 7-1, 2yo, 5f (AWT), :57.78, ft.
ARMISTICE DAY (c, 2, Declaration of War–Harmony Lodge {GISW, $851,120}, by Hennessy) rallied from well off the pace and showed a sharp turn of foot in the stretch to take his debut going away Sunday at Woodbine. Bought for $245,000 as a Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling, the chestnut showed an above-average local worktab for this debut, including a half-mile from the gate in :48 2/5 (15/63) June 9, but drifted up to 33-5 by post off a 3-1 morning line quote. Away a bit awkwardly from his inside draw, Armistice Day sat third-last early as favored firster Tricky Magician (Magician {Ire}) dueled with longshot The Newfie Express (Victor's Cry) through a :22.82 quarter. Those two continued to spar into the lane, but Armistice Day quickly appeared on the scene three deep and blew past the leaders an eighth of a mile from home, leveling off nicely from there to score by 5 1/2 lengths. The Newfie Express nosed out his pace foe for second. The winner's dam, who hammered for $1.65 million at the 2000 Fasig-Tipton February sale, captured the GI Ballerina H. in 2003 as one of five graded stakes victories in her career. Her second foal and first to race is Stratford Hill (A.P. Indy), GSW, $160,400. Selling to Hunter Valley Farm for $280,000 at Fasig-Tipton July in 2014, she is responsible for a yearling American Pharoah colt and foaled a filly by Uncle Mo Apr. 29. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $27,860. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Bruce Lunsford & Landson Robbins; B-Glenvale Stud (KY); T-Barbara J. Minshall.[bullet ad=”hunter-valley-farm-sold”][bullet ad=”eqb-2yopurchase”][bullet ad=”webb-carroll-another-wctc-grad”]
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