Duly favored after an easy two-length win going 1 1/16 miles at Saratoga on debut July 23, she made the jump up to black-type company look easy at Kentucky Downs Monday. Well off the pace while saving ground against the fence, she continued to rate patiently at the half-mile mark in :48.23. Set down for the drive and shifted out to the center of the course through the long Kentucky Downs stretch, the chestnut seized command inside the final 300 yards and quickly put the race to bed, winning with ears pricked. Flown was best of the rest in second.
Plum Ali is the 28th black-type winner for her Claiborne Farm-based sire. She is followed by fillies by Lemon Drop Kid in 2019 and a full-sister this term. For next year her dam, a half-sister to Grade III winner Meribel (Peaks And Valleys), was covered by Mastery.
MINT JUVENILE FILLIES S., $462,400, Kentucky Downs, 9-7, 2yo, f, 1mT, 1:35.74, fm.
1–PLUM ALI, 120, f, 2, by First Samurai
1st Dam: Skipping, by Stroll
2nd Dam: Count to Six, by Saratoga Six
3rd Dam: Countess Aura, by Halo
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. ($65,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP). O-Michael
Dubb, Madaket Stables LLC & Bethlehem Stables LLC; B-Stone
Farm (KY); T-Christophe Clement; J-Tyler Gaffalione. $291,400.
Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $331,000.
2–Flown, 118, f, 2, Kitten's Joy–Rumbaua, by Bernstein.
($90,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP; $90,000 2yo '20 OBSAPR). O-Marc
Detampel; B-John R Cummins & Kenneth L & Sarah K Ramsey
(KY); T-Brendan P. Walsh. $56,400.
3–Oliviaofthedesert, 120, f, 2, Bernardini–Queenie's Song, by
Unbridled's Song. ($320,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP). O-Susan
Moulton; B-Timber Town Stable LLC & Jane Winegardner (KY);
T-Kenneth G. McPeek. $47,000.
Margins: 2 3/4, NK, NK. Odds: 1.20, 12.30, 11.90.
Also Ran: Cecile's Chapter, Beautiful Star, Dream Quist, Yogurt, Sunshine City, Stephanies Jewel, Long Monday, Maci's Jamming. Scratched: Ava's Grace, Blissful Change, Royal Approval.
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