In a battle of two touted maiden winners, it was ENDLESSLY (Oscar Performance) who got the final say in Sunday's GIII Del Mar Juvenile Turf S.
Lined up opposite 'TDN Rising Star' Boltage (Bolt d'Oro), the 5-2 second choice kept to what he knew after a winning debut over this same distance earlier in the meet July 30. Also facing two of his stablemates in this spot, Endlessly broke with the pack but was quickly outrun passing the wire the first time by. A keen Des Doigts (Hootenanny), chased intently by both Bear River (Flameaway) and Boltage, blitzed into the first turn through an opening quarter in :22.71. Bear River went on with it to take command up the backstretch as Endlessly checked in near the rear of the field. The top three began to come back to them as Boltage made an early move past a :46.61 half mile and Endlessly followed suit to pick up positions outside of horses. Three across the track at the quarter pole, Boltage tried to make a race of it but the Mike McCarthy trainee went right on by, opening up inside the final sixteenth to win going away.
“I had a good trip,” said winning jockey Juan Hernandez, also aboard for the maiden win. “Mike (trainer Mike McCarthy) told me the horse had really been training well. When you hear that, you don't get nervous out there if you get in a little trouble. You know the horse is going to run strong. My horse did that today. I was tracking the favorite (Boltage) and when I got by him I knew I was in good shape.”
“The horse had drawn a little bit outside today and I told Juan (Hernandez) just go ahead and bounce out of there and hopefully not get yourself stuck too far out in the middle of the racetrack around the first turn,” added McCarthy. “The horse was attentive to him and he put himself in a great spot. He looked like he was always traveling comfortably. It did look like Juan took it to him a little early. It just seemed like he couldn't wait any longer and he was able to finish off nicely.”
ENDLESSLY ($7.60), easily under @JJHernandezS19 in the $100,000 @DelMarRacing Juvenile Turf (G3). A colt by @millridgefarm's Oscar Performance who was trained by @mwmracing. Congrats to owners Amerman Racing! 🏆
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Pedigree Note:
The third graded-stakes winner for sophomore sire Oscar Performance, Endlessly is out of an unraced Langfuhr mare who is a half-sister to the dam of both GISW Coffee Clique (Medaglia d'Oro), MGSW Admission Office (Point of Entry) and MGSP Royal Fury (Langfuhr). Dream Fuhrever has been a frequent visitor of Oscar Performance as Endlessly has a 3-year-old full-sister and a weanling full-brother with another full-sibling expected in 2024.
Sunday, Del Mar
DEL MAR JUVENILE TURF S.-GIII, $101,500, Del Mar, 9-10, 2yo, 1mT, 1:35.28, fm.
1–ENDLESSLY, 120, c, 2, by Oscar Performance
1st Dam: Dream Fuhrever, by Langfuhr
2nd Dam: Society Dream (Fr), by Akarad (Fr)
3rd Dam: Society Bride, by Blushing Groom (Fr)
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. O-Amerman
Racing LLC; B-Jerry Amerman (KY); T-Michael W. McCarthy;
J-Juan J. Hernandez. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0,
$109,200. Werk Nick Rating: D+.
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2–Lord Bullingdon, 118, c, 2, Lord Nelson–Ms Silver Oak, by
Leroidesanimaux (Brz). 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK
TYPE. ($22,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP; $55,000 2yo '23 EASMAY).
O-Colbart Stables and Michael McCarthy Racing Stable, Inc.;
B-Veloce LLC (KY); T-Michael W. McCarthy. $20,000.
3–Boltage, 120, c, 2, Bolt d'Oro–Ultimate Prize, by Smart Strike.
'TDN Rising Star'. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE.
($20,000 Ylg '22 KEEJAN; $240,000 Ylg '22 FTKJUL). O-Pin Oak
Stud LLC; B-Virginia Moore & Malia Hopkins (KY); T-Richard E.
Mandella. $12,000.
Margins: 2 1/4, 1, 1 1/4. Odds: 2.80, 9.00, 1.10.
Also Ran: Andreadytorumble, Bear River, Glandford (GB), Sea Singer (Ire), Des Doigts. Scratched: Osage Creek.
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