3rd-Kentucky Downs, $120,500, Alw (NW3$X)/Opt. Clm ($80,000), 9-7, 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:41.01, gd, 1 1/4 lengths.
LINDY (FR) (f, 3, Le Havre {Ire}–Llanita {GB} {SP-Fr, SP-USA, $135,802}, by Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), backed down to 1-5 in this scratch depleted U.S. unveiling, settled in a stalking third behind Delight (Mendelssohn) through an opening quarter in :25.25. With Do You Love Me (English Channel) assuming control through a :50.36, the French-bred took aim at the leader in the final furlong, gained control late en route to a confident 1 1/4-length victory over Poca Mucha (Tourist) with Do You Love Me staying on for third. Victorious at two in her first three starts in the French provinces, including a listed score at Toulouse in November, the Arqana August graduate returned at three to finish runner-up behind the classy Blue Rose Cen (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}) in the G3 Prix de la Grotte at ParisLongchamp Apr. 13. Finding that rival once again too good in the May 14 G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, Lindy came home eighth while stretching out in the G1 Prix de Diane at Chantilly June 18. A half to Nirliit (Fr) (Iffraaj {GB}), SW-Fr, $103,573, Lindy also has an unraced juvenile half-brother by Siyouni (Fr) and a yearling brother by Zelzal (Fr). Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
Sales history: €90,000 Ylg '21 ARAUG. Lifetime Record: SW & G1SP-Fr, 7-4-2-0, $267,662.
O-Everest Racing; B-Ecurie La Vallee Martigny Earl (FR); T-Brendan P. Walsh.
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