The Doug O'Neill-trained Vegas Magic became the first black-type winner for freshman sire Good Magic (by Curlin) with a late-closing, nail-biting rush to the front in Pleasanton's Everett Nevin S. One of three fillies going up against colts, Vegas Magic bided her time near the back of the field early, content to let others duke it out up front as the fractions clicked by in :22.07 and :45.17. Still well back in sixth at the top of the stretch, Vegas Magic suddenly closed with a vengeance, splitting horses late and hurling toward the wire in a rush. She got up just in time, winning by a nose as the 6-5 favorite.
Vegas Magic is unbeaten in two starts. The bay was unveiled June 11 at Santa Anita, winning a five-furlong maiden special weight by a length to become her sire's second career winner and is now his first stakes winner. Good Magic, the champion 2-year-old colt of 2017, stands at Hill 'n' Dale Farm near Paris, Kentucky and has four career winners to date.
A $100,000 purchase at OBS March after working in :10 2/5, Vegas Magic has a yearling half-sister by Kantharos. Her dam also produced a filly by Sharp Azteca Apr. 9. Click for the Equibase.com chart.
EVERETT NEVIN S., $76,800, Pleasanton, 7-9, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:05.39, ft.
1–VEGAS MAGIC, 118, f, 2, by Good Magic
1st Dam: Heidi Maria (MSW, $220,764), by Rockport Harbor
2nd Dam: Third Street, by Salt Lake
3rd Dam: Bisque Doll, by Quadrangle
($130,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP; $100,000 2yo '22 OBSMAR). 1ST
BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Omar Aldabbagh, Todd Cady, & Ty
Leatherman; B-Machmer Hall (KY); T-Doug F. O'Neill; J-Frank
Alvarado. $45,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $85,200.
2–Fumano's Girl, 117, f, 2, Big Bad Leroybrown–Boo Who
Who, by Unusual Heat. 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Jeffery Berger,
& Thomas N. Valenzuela; B-Tom Wyrick & Janis Wyrick (CA);
T-Michael Lenzini. $15,000.
3–Man Oh Man, 121, c, 2, Stanford–Alwazabridesmaid, by
Kafwain. 1ST BLACK TYPE. O/B-Tommy Town
Thoroughbreds, LLC (CA); T-Jonathan Wong. $9,000.
Margins: NO, 1, 3/4. Odds: 1.30, 19.00, 5.60.
Also Ran: Stolen Vote, Electric Lettuce, Passarando, Good N Thirsty, Kid Azteca, Chuckanut Bay.
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