Michael Hui homebred Fadethenoise (Mendelssohn), well-beaten, but troubled on Churchill dirt debut June 9, took beautifully to the turf course at Ellis Park Saturday, becoming the first North American winner for his freshman sire (by Scat Daddy) in graduating by a half-dozen lengths.
Sent off at 6-1, the chestnut broke alertly and attended a sharp pace while about four off the inside to the turn. Going better than the rail-skimming Spanish Dubloon (Malibu Moon) as they raced on the bend, Fadethenoise pinched a break in upper stretch and pulled well clear through the final furlong.
Fadethenoise is the first starter for Hey Paige, a daughter of the treble stakes-placed Nina Fever (Borrego), herself the dam of GI Frizette S. heroine Nickname (Scat Daddy). The latter's first foal, Starry Eyed (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), topped last year's Goffs Orby Sale on M.V. Magnier's bid of €1.5 million. Hey Paige is also responsible for a yearling City of Light filly and a filly foal by Outwork.
Fadethenoise is the second winner overall for Mendelssohn, who was represented by the debuting Shaqra'a Sultan (KSA) on the dirt surface at Ta'if in Saudi Arabia June 30. It was Magnier's name on the docket at $3 million when Mendelssohn, the half-brother to boom sire Into Mischief (Harlan's Holiday) and to four-time Eclipse Award winner Beholder (Henny Hughes), topped the 2016 Keeneland September Sale, and he would go on to upset the 2017 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf before demolishing his rivals in the G2 UAE Derby the following season. Mendelssohn was also runner-up in the GI Runhappy Travers S. and was third in the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup before retiring to stud. He stood the 2022 breeding season at Ashford for $35,000 and his first crop of 2-year-olds sold for up to $1.3 million this year.
4th-Ellis, $60,000, Msw, 7-16, 2yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:03.35, gd, 6 lengths.
FADETHENOISE (c, 2, Mendelssohn–Hey Paige, by Stay Thirsty) Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $37,138. Click for the Equibase.com chart.
O/B-Michael Hui (KY); T-Michael J Maker.
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