Pegram, Watson and Weitman's Speed Boat Beach (Bayern), owner of a gaudy 104 Beyer Speed Figure for his Sept. 10 debut score on the Del Mar dirt over $3.55-million stablemate Hejazi (Bernardini) after blazing a furlong in a bullet :9.3 at OBSMAR, took to the turf with aplomb in Sunday's Speakeasy S. at Santa Anita, earning an automatic berth into the starting gate for the Nov. 4 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint.
Backed like a lock at 2-5 making a rare dirt-to-turf move for Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, the dark bay locked on to even speedier Helladic (Kantharos) early after a slightly awkward break, pounced on that one at the head of the lane and inched clear from him by 1 1/4 lengths, stopping the clock in :55.25. These same connections took the GII Zenyatta S. one race earlier with Midnight Memories (Mastery), and the GI Awesome Again S. on Saturday with Defunded (Dialed In).
Speed Boat Beach is the lone foal to race out of his dam, a daughter of SW & MGSP Amie's Dini (Bandini). The further female family includes MSW Kid Kate (Lemon Drop Kid) and Frank's Honor (Honor Code), an impressive five-length maiden winner at Churchill Downs Oct. 1. Sophia Mia s the dam of a yearling Distorted Humor filly, a weanling filly by Violence and was bred to Army Mule this season.
SPEAKEASY S., $102,000, Santa Anita, 10-2, 2yo, 5fT, :55.25, fm.
1–SPEED BOAT BEACH, 120, c, 2, by Bayern
1st Dam: Sophia Mia, by Pioneerof the Nile
2nd Dam: Amie's Dini, by Bandini
3rd Dam: Run Kate Run, by Cherokee Run
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. ($12,000 Ylg '21 OBSOCT; $200,000 2yo '22 OBSMAR). O-Michael E Pegram, Karl Watson & Paul Weitman; B-Caperlane Farm (FL); T-Bob Baffert; J-Juan J Hernandez. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $108,000.
2–Helladic, 120, g, 2, Kantharos–Gal About Town, by City Zip. 1ST BLACK-TYPE. ($50,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-Robin D Dunn, Richard Gardner & Ryan Hanson; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Ryan Hanson. $20,000.
3–Ah Jeez, 120, c, 2, Mendelssohn–Poetic, by Violence. 1ST BLACK-TYPE. ($80,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP; $55,000 2yo '22 OBSAPR).
O-Mark Davis; B-Machmer Hall (KY); T-Doug F O'Neill. $12,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, HF, HD. Odds: 0.40, 9.00, 8.80.
Also Ran: Mas Rapido (GB), Wound Up, Straighten Up, Arman, Flame Rider, Taltariate. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
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