Private Creed, a last-out winner of the $500,000 Global Tote Juvenile Turf Sprint S. at Kentucky Downs Sept. 8, added another notch to the win column in Sunday's Indian Summer S. while earning an automatic spot in the starting gate for the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint S. to be run over the same Keeneland course and distance Nov. 4.
Off as the second choice with the scratch odds-on morning-line favorite Love Reigns (Ire) (U S Navy Flag)–who is reportedly training up to the Breeders' Cup–Private Creed was taken in hand by Joel Rosario early to attempt to save some ground from the 10 post. He tugged his way up into fourth just behind the leaders at the top of the lane, and slowly built up his momentum to eventually reel in Love Reigns's favored stablemate No Nay Hudson) in the final sixteenth. An extremely green Mo Stash was flying late, but ran out of real estate and came up 3/4 of a length short. No Nay Hudson held third.
“It worked out perfect,” said Rosario. “He showed a lot of speed, [coming from] the post position on the outside. The whole time I was just the passenger. He did the job.”
A $45,000 KEESEP yearling turned $155,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic juvenile off a :10 3/5 breeze but very strong gallop out, the bay graduated on debut at Ellis July 30, and was third–one slot and 3/4 of a length behind No Nay Hudson–in Saratoga's Skidmore S. Aug. 19. Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen added blinkers ahead of the race at Kentucky Downs, which was contested over 6 1/2 panels.
“He acts like he'd go farther, but with the success he's having sprinting we're very happy to keep doing this with him for now,” said Asmussen, adding, “With the addition of blinkers he's two for two, so we definitely like that.”
The winner's dam was a minor stakes winner going two turns on the dirt and was purchased by Sharon and Ed Hudon's Sierra Farm for $85,000 at KEENOV '15. Unlucky in her first three breeding seasons, South Andros's first foal to survive was Private Creed. Her yearling colt by Vino Rosso fetched $200,000 from Spendthrift Farm at Fasig-Tipton July. Next in the pipeline is a Complexity colt, and South Andros is back in foal carrying a full to Private Creed.
INDIAN SUMMER S. PRESENTED BY KEENELAND SELECT, $244,688, Keeneland, 10-9, 2yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:02.30, fm.
1–PRIVATE CREED, 120, c, 2, by Jimmy Creed
1st Dam: South Andros (SW, $207,125), by Sky Mesa
2nd Dam: Misty Rain, by Rubiano
3rd Dam: Vigorous Search, by Vigors
($45,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP; $155,000 2yo '22 EASMAY). O-Mike
McCarty; B-Sierra Farm (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen; J-Joel
Rosario. $145,313. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-1, $509,313.
2–Mo Stash, 118, c, 2, Mo Town–Making Mark Money, by
Smart Strike. ($130,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE.
O-BBN Racing, LLC; B-Rhineshire Farm LLC (KY); T-Victoria H.
Oliver. $46,875.
3–No Nay Hudson (Ire), 118, c, 2, No Nay Never–Raw Silk, by
Malibu Moon. ($190,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-Andrew Farm &
For the People Racing Stable LLC; B-RJB Bloodstock (IRE);
T-Wesley A. Ward. $18,750.
Margins: 3/4, 1, 1. Odds: 2.64, 5.80, 1.81.
Also Ran: Ghent, Mounsieur Coco, Bourbon Therapy, Kbcya Later, Revere Note, Numero Seis, Castelmola. Scratched: Love Reigns (Ire). Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
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