8th-Ellis, $73,000, Alw, 8-10, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, 5 1/2fT, 1:00.73, fm, 5 3/4 lengths.
ELLEN JAY (f, 3, Constitution–Covfefe {Ch. Female Sprinter, Ch. 3-year-old Filly, MGISW, $1,110,025}, by Into Mischief) broke her maiden by a nose at third asking over the grass at Ellis Park July 15.
The 2-1 favorite here was quickest out of the gate and she established a clear lead up the backstretch. With some competitors on her back around the far turn, the homebred was poised to accelerate spinning into the turn. Her turn of foot was too much as she won by 5 3/4 lengths over Huntress for Hire (Nyquist).
LNJ Foxwoods paid $250,000 for Covfefe at the 2017 Keeneland September Sale and she went on to become champion 3-year-old filly and champion female sprinter in 2019, winning the GI Test Stakes and the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.
The first foal for her dam, the winner has a half-brother in 2-year-old Rothko (Tapit) and a weanling half-sister by Gun Runner who was foaled Feb. 4. A half-sister to Japanese Group 1 NHK Mile Cup runner-up Albiano (Harlan's Holiday), Covfefe was bred to Olympiad–who LNJ Foxwoods partially owns–for next term. Ellen Jay's third dam produced UAE Horse of the Year Festival of Light (A.P. Indy) and his half-sister GI Juddmonte Spinster Stakes heroine Acoma (Empire Maker). Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-1, $102,348. Click for the Equibase.com chart.
O/B-LNJ Foxwoods (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.
#4 ELLEN JAY ($6.26) shows off on the Ellis Park turf with @flothejock in the saddle for the @bradcoxracing team. Congratulations to @LNJFoxwoods on this impressive win with the 3YO filly by @WinStarFarm's Constitution. @Fijithegreat pic.twitter.com/ao80rcsuLN
— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) August 10, 2024
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