3rd-Santa Anita, $50,345, Msw, 9-30, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:11.28, ft.
IT'SJUSTANILLUSION (f, 2, Uncle Mo–Silent Fusaichi {SP}, by Fusaichi Pegasus) took the majority of the play for her debut Sunday at Santa Anita and rewarded her backers with a frontrunning success. Showing a strong local worktab, capped by a five-furlong bullet in 1:00 flat (1/101) Sept. 23, the homebred broke alertly as the 4-5 chalk and showed the way through a sharp :21.78 quarter. Getting a bit of a breather past a :45.65 half, she was confidently handled into the lane by Mike Smith and shook clear under hand urging in the final furlong to score by 2 3/4 lengths. Enamored (Curlin) was second-best. The winner's second dam is four-time graded stakes-winning millionaire Silent Eskimo (Eskimo). Her dam foaled a filly by Old Topper Mar. 12 before being bred to Tommy Town Thoroughbreds stallion Boisterous. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $30,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY); T-Jerry Hollendorfer.
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