By Sean Cronin
6th-DUN, €12,000, Mdn, 4-12, 3yo, f, 10f 150y (AWT), 2:16.53, stn.
KEY TO MY HEART (IRE) (f, 3, Galileo {Ire}–A Z Warrior {GISW-US, $286,906}, by Bernardini), who hit the board going one mile at Leopardstown last time Oct. 23, broke well and led from the outset racing in first-time blinkers here. In command throughout and holding a healthy buffer turning for home, the 11-4 second choice was shaken up at the quarter-mile marker and stayed on well under continued urging in the latter stages to deny stablemate Puppetshow (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) by 2 1/2 lengths. “The blinkers sharpened her up a bit as she's a bit laid back at home and she did it well,” said winning jockey Ana O'Brien. “We went a nice gallop, she stays well and kept going.” The second-highest lot through the ring when knocked down for a whopping 1,300,000gns at Tattersalls October 1 sale in 2015, she is out of GI Frizette S. heroine and GI Santa Anita Oaks third A Z Warrior (Bernadini), and is a full-sister to a 2-year-old filly, herself a 750,000gns TATOCT purchase last year. A Z Warrior is out of the four-times stakes-placed Carson Jen (Carson City) and is kin to three black-type performers, namely MGSW GI Cotillion S. third Jojo Warrior (Pioneerof the Nile), GSW GI King's Bishop S. third E Z Warrior (Exploit) and MSW J Z Warrior (Harlan's Holiday). Lifetime Record: 6-1-1-3, $17,469. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Markus Jooste; B-Triermore Stud (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien.
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