Peter Redekop's And Tell Me Nolies paid tribute to her late champion sire Arrogate Saturday, nailing heavy favorite and 'TDN Rising Star' Home Cooking (Honor Code) on the line to take the GI Del Mar Debutante S.
Given a 9-1 chance with Home Cooking pounded down to 3-5, And Tell Me No Lies shuffled a bit at the start as her neighbors on each side broke in her direction, but she did not falter and moved up to establish position as the chalk took control, clocking a :22.01 first quarter. One off the fence in fifth, she kept the favorite within her sights as the half went in a swift :44.36. And Tell Me Nolies ranged up two wide on the far turn as Home Cooking entered the stretch on a clear lead. The Bob Baffert runner grew a bit leg weary in the final strides and And Tell Me Nolies found just enough to push past her late for a narrow upset in a tight photo finish. Ice Dancing (Frosted) completed the trifecta.
“I told Peter [Miller] that I had confidence in this filly right from the start,” said winning rider Ramon Vasquez. “I'm glad he was loyal to me and let me ride her in this one. She was a runner all the way today. And I knew I was the winner at the wire. This is my first Grade I win. It is so amazing. I want to thank Peter for giving me this chance. This is amazing.”
“I didn't see a ton of speed on the form,” Miller said. “We were drawn inside. I think he [Vasquez] wanted to get position, which he did. I did like some of the moves he made. At the five-eighths pole when he beat Cedillo ([Vegas Magic] to the spot, and then when he got her outside around the two-and-a-half furlong pole, I felt really good.”
A $70,000 KEESEP acquisition by D.J. Stable, And Tell Me Nolies brought $230,000 from agent Bryan Anderson at OBS April after breezing in :10 flat. Rallying for fourth behind Satin Doll (Congrats)–who was scratched from this event–when unveiled in a five-panel event at this oval July 23, she broke through next out with a narrow graduation going 6 1/2 furlongs over this strip Aug. 14. Ice Dancing finished third that day.
Pedigree Notes:
And Tell Me Nolies is the second Grade I/graded winner for her late sire Arrogate. She hails from his second of three crops and his other graded scorer comes from his first in this year's GI Kentucky Oaks victress Secret Oath. They are two of the Eclipse winners four black-type scorers. Breeder Lara Run acquired GSW & GISP Be Fair for $50,000 at the 2018 KEENOV sale in foal to Practical Joke and sold her to Jim Ballinger in foal to super sire Gun Runner for $35,000 at the OBSWIN sale. The resulting foal is a now-yearling colt, who brought $150,000 from McMahon & Hill Bloodstock at Keeneland November last term. The half-sister to GISW Macho Again (Macho Uno) failed to get in foal to The Big Beast for 2022, but was bred to Mo Town this spring.
Saturday, Del Mar
TVG DEL MAR DEBUTANTE S.-GI, $301,000, Del Mar, 9-10, 2yo, f, 7f, 1:23.29, ft.
1–AND TELL ME NOLIES, 120, f, 2, by Arrogate
1st Dam: Be Fair (GSW & GISP, $313,517), by Exchange Rate
2nd Dam: Go Donna Go, by Wild Again
3rd Dam: Proud Nova, by Proud Birdie
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN, 1ST GRADE I
WIN. ($70,000 Ylg '21 KEEJAN; $230,000 2yo '22 OBSAPR).
O-Peter Redekop B. C., Ltd.; B-Lara Run, LLC (KY); T-Peter
Miller; J-Ramon A. Vazquez. $180,000. Lifetime Record:
3-2-0-0, $232,800. Werk Nick Rating: D.
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2–Home Cooking, 120, f, 2, by Honor Code
1st Dam: Olympic Avenue, by Hard Spun
2nd Dam: Picketline, by Street Cry (Ire)
3rd Dam: Mepache, by Iron Constitution
'TDN Rising Star'. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE,
1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. ($34,000 RNA Ylg '21 FTKJUL; $11,000 Ylg
'21 FTKOCT; $260,000 2yo '22 OBSMAR). O-Michael E. Pegram,
Karl Watson & Paul Weitman; B-Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey
(KY); T-Bob Baffert. $60,000.
3–Ice Dancing, 118, f, 2, by Frosted
1st Dam: Welcome Dance (MSW, $164,442), by Henny Hughes
2nd Dam: Choreograph, by Dynaformer
3rd Dam: Dance for Vanny, by Sovereign Dancer
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE, 1ST G1 BLACK
TYPE. O-Perry R. & Ramona S. Bass; B-Bass Stables, LLC (KY);
T-Richard E. Mandella. $36,000.
Margins: HD, 3 3/4, 8 1/4. Odds: 9.80, 0.70, 5.10.
Also Ran: Vegas Magic, Fast and Shiny, Kissed by Fire, Arella Star. Scratched: Satin Doll.
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