Maclean's Music Colt Perfect Magic Relishes Switch to Dirt at CD

4th-Churchill Downs, $118,875, Msw, 9-26, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:03.98, ft, 2 lengths.
PERFECT MAGIC (c, 2, Maclean's Music–You Asked {MGSP, $245,934}, by Yes It's True) made the most of his first spin on the dirt here at overlaid odds. Off at 10-1 from a 3-1 morning line, the bay colt veered in sharply from gate seven, bothering each of the rivals to his inside to varying degrees, but ultimately set up shop outside of Troubleshooting (Not This Time) through an opening couple of furlongs in :22.38. Narrowly in front passing the three-eighths peg, the $300,000 KEESEP yearling shrugged off both Troubleshooting and perfect-trip Zat's the One (McKinzie) in upper stretch, rolled down towards the rail at the furlong grounds and held sway by two lengths, giving jockey Erik Asmussen his 100th winner in the saddle. The eye-catcher of the race was Kraken (Justify), who took perhaps the worst of it at the break from the three hole and was a detached last and very much in the penalty box down the back. Last to make the stretch, he kicked it into high gear to finish a highly promising third, having covered his final quarter in a slick :23.17 before galloping out past the top two on the clubhouse turn. Perfect Magic, fifth over the Ellis turf course Aug. 11 and ninth at Kentucky Downs Aug. 31, is a half-brother to Do Share (Candy Ride {Arg}), GSW, $740,682; and Dalton (Kantharos), MSP, $233,030.You Asked is represented by a yearling Quality Road filly and a weanling colt by Twirling Candy. She was not bred this year. Sales history: $300,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 3-1-0-0, $72,488. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. –ALC
O-Mike McCarty; B-Colts Neck Stables LLC (KY); T-Steven M Asmussen.

#7 Perfect Magic gets on the dirt and upsets at 10/1 in R4 at @churchilldowns for trainer Steve Asmussen with Erik Asmussen in the saddle! 💫

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