Jaywalk is back!
Adding blinkers, the champion juvenile filly took the field wire-to-wire for a dominant score in the GIII Delaware Park Oaks Saturday. Taking up her preferred position at the head of affairs, the 7-5 second-choice ticked off early fractions of :24 flat and :47 3/5. Challenged by favored Fashion Faux Pas briefly turning for home, the gray quickly dismissed that rival and rolled clear to win for fun.
Jaywalk won the Eclipse Award as last term's top juvenile filly after dominant scores in both Belmont's GI Frizette S. in October and the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies S. at Churchill Downs Nov. 2. A disappointing fourth as the favorite in the GII Davona Dale S. at Gulfstream on seasonal bow Mar. 2, the $190,000 KEESEP buy was third when heavily bet again in Keeneland's GI Ashland S. Apr. 6. She crossed the line sixth in the GI Kentucky Oaks last time May 3, but was disqualified and placed last for coming out at the start and causing Positive Spirit (Pioneerof the Nile) to clip heels and somersault.
Pedigree Notes:
Jaywalk is the only graded winner for her second-crop sire Cross Traffic, who was the leading freshman sire last term thanks to the Eclipse winner's accomplishments. The winner is a half-sister to SW & GSP Danzatrice; the unraced juvenile filly Magnanimous (Karakontie {Jpn}); a yearling filly be Empire Maker and a 2019 colt by that Gainesway stallion. She hails from the family of MGSW & MGISP millionaire Mission Impazible (Unbridled's Song) and graded winners Forest Camp (Deputy Minister) and Spanish Empire (Pleasant Colony). Click here for a TDN profile on Jaywalk's part owner Len Green of D J Stable.
Saturday, Delaware Park
DELAWARE OAKS-GIII, $288,000, Delaware, 7-6, 3yo, f,
1 1/16m, 1:43.21, ft.
1–JAYWALK, 116, f, 3, by Cross Traffic
1st Dam: Lady Pewitt, by Orientate
2nd Dam: Spin Room, by Spinning World
3rd Dam: La Paz, by Hold Your Peace
($190,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP). O-D. J. Stable LLC and Cash is King
LLC; B-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd. (KY); T-John C. Servis;
J-Joe Bravo. $155,000. Lifetime Record: Ch. 2yo Filly & MGISW,
9-5-1-1, $1,611,500. *1/2 to Danzatrice (Dunkirk), MSW &
GSP, $312,145. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click
for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Fashion Faux Pas, 116, f, 3, Flatter–Clash, by Arch. ($65,000
Ylg '17 KEESEP). O-Denlea Park, Ltd. & Kent Spellman;
B-Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider (KY); T-Arnaud
Delacour. $55,000.
3–Ujjayi, 117, f, 3, Smarty Jones–Ocean Road, by War Front.
O-T. L. Wise; B-T L Wise (PA); T-Erin C. McClellan. $32,000.
Margins: 9, 4, HD. Odds: 1.40, 0.90, 69.00.
Also Ran: Afleet Destiny, Avalina, Gotta Be Strong. Scratched: Our Super Freak. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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