By Jill Williams
It was all Woodbine this past weekend for Insights, with one filly winning impressively first out and another finishing a bang-up third. Each hails from a storied breeding program and will likely improve with some added distance off their sprint debuts.
SATURDAY'S INSIGHTS: $450k Into Mischief Firster Debuts At Woodbine
2nd-Woodbine, C$92,730, Msw, 5-14, 2yo, f, 4 1/2f (AWT), :52.41, ft, 4 3/4 lengths.
The Sam-Son legacy continues to deliver as ADORA (f, 2, Into Mischief-Southern Ring {MGSW-Can, SP-USA, $343,998}, by Speightstown) burst onto the racing scene at Woodbine. Bred by the iconic farm and making her career bow for Tracy Farmer, the bay 2-year-old battled for the early lead from the outside, dispensed her challenger and was already 2 1/2 lengths the best at the :46.17 half, then sailed home unthreatened. Farmer plucked her out of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale for $450,000 before sending her to Hall of Famer Mark Casse. Adora's dam was an $875,000 Determined Stud purchase at the Keeneland January sale last year as part of the Sam-Son dispersal. The winner is a fourth-generation Sam-Son bred who traces directly to 1956 Broodmare of the Year Swoon. Adora's granddam is a full-sister to the great-granddam of 'TDN Rising Star' and highly regarded recent GI Kentucky Derby contestant Messier (Empire Maker). Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
SUNDAY'S INSIGHTS: Godolphin Unveils Secret Spice Half At Woodbine
4th-Woodbine, C$125,200, Msw, 5-15, 3yo, f, 7f (AWT), 1:23.14, ft, 9 1/2 lengths.
The Juddmonte-bred EPHRATA (GB) (f, 3, Ghostzapper–Grand Jete {GB} {GSW & MGISP, $335,759}, by Dansili {GB}), sold for 200,000gns at the Tattersalls December Mare Sale and since transferred across the pond from the John Gosden yard to the Josie Carroll barn, upended the debut of Aioli (Medaglia d'Oro). Aioli had been scheduled for unveiling in a 5 1/2-furlong maiden at Laurel on the grass nine days prior, but scratched when the race was moved off the turf and was rerouted here. She had an educational trip, breaking nicely from the outside, getting shuffled back and looking beaten in seventh or eighth at the top of lane, then maneuvering through traffic to finish with enthusiasm and nab the show spot. The Godolphin homebred hails from the Mike Stidham barn. She is out of $3.1-million Keeneland September purchase Chimayo (A.P. Indy), dam of 2019 GI Beholder Mile S. winner Secret Spice (Discreet Cat). Secret Spice hammered at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton November sale for $1.4 million to Katsumi Yoshida. Chimayo's half-sister produced 2018 Canadian Horse of the Year Wonder Gadot by the same Darley sire as Aioli and 2019 GI La Brea S. winner Hard Not to Love to the cover of Darley sire Hard Spun. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
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