Spendthrift's freshman sire Omaha Beach (by War Front) picked up his first stakes winner Sunday when daughter Hot Beach came from off the pace to take down the Ellis Park Debutante S. Still a maiden since settling for second as the beaten favorite when tackling five furlongs on debut over this track July 7, the dark bay got bet all the way down to 2-1 from her 10-1 morning line. Fourth behind a pair of early longshot leaders in Intermittent Fast (Tapwrit) and Twirling Queen (Twirling Candy), Hot Beach rated patiently before coming with a three-wide charge into the turn to effectively seal the race. Favored Youalmosthadme, who sat further back than usual after a stumble at the break, tried to close into her but Hot Beach had things wrapped up despite never changing leads, going on to win safely.
In addition to being Omaha Beach's first stakes winner, Hot Beach is also her sire's seventh individual winner this year. Already a half-sister to a trio of graded-stakes runners, Hot Beach counts her third dam as champion 3-year-old filly Xtra Heat (Dixieland Heat). Her dam foaled a Charlatan filly this year before visiting WinStar's Life Is Good for next season. Click for the Equibase.com chart.
https://twitter.com/TVG/status/1690801190102290432?s=20
ELLIS PARK DEBUTANTE S., $150,000, Ellis, 8-13, 2yo, f, 7f, 1:24.32, ft.
1–HOT BEACH, 118, f, 2, by Omaha Beach
1st Dam: Hot Water, by Medaglia d'Oro
2nd Dam: Elusive Heat, by Elusive Quality
3rd Dam: Xtra Heat, by Dixieland Heat
($160,000 Wlg '21 KEENOV; $400,000 Ylg '22 FTSAUG).
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Boardshorts Stables, LLC; B-Cobalt
Investments, LLC (KY); T-Brian A. Lynch; J-Declan Cannon.
$88,520. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $103,920. *1/2 to
Tracksmith (Street Sense), SW & GSP, $282,133; Scalding
(Nyquist), MGSW, $325,800; Hot and Sultry (Speightster),
SW & GISP, $409,970.
2–Riperton, 120, f, 2, Constitution–Kimberlea K, by Indian
Evening. 1ST BLACK TYPE. O/B-OXO Equine LLC (KY); T-Paulo
Lobo. $30,200.
3–Youalmosthadme, 122, f, 2, Oxbow–Good Gator, by Good
and Tough. ($12,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP). O-Qatar Racing LLC,
Swinbank Stables, Steve Adkisson and Black Type
Thoroughbreds; B-Pope McLean, Marc McLean & Pope
McLean Jr. (KY); T-Brad H. Cox. $14,600.
Margins: 2, 3/4, NK. Odds: 2.20, 7.26, 0.96.
Also Ran: Tx Women for Arts, Twirling Queen, Edistrudis, Grace Given, Easy Red, Intermittent Fast. Scratched: Dancing Princess.
#10 Hot Beach graduates in the Ellis Park Debutante to give @decky_cann back-to-back wins! Also a training double for trainer @BLynchRacing! 🏖️🏆
🎥 #TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/VbrToGfo3S
— TwinSpires Racing 🏇 (@TwinSpires) August 13, 2023
Not a subscriber? Click here to sign up for the daily PDF or alerts.
