Sunday, Del Mar
GREEN FLASH H.-GIII, $152,500, Del Mar, 9-4, 3yo/up, 5fT, :55.87, fm.
1–LIEUTENANT DAN, 125, g, 6, by Grazen
1st Dam: Excusabull, by Indian Charlie
2nd Dam: Otti, by Rahy
3rd Dam: Grifix, by Green Forest
O/B-Nicholas B. Alexander (CA); T-Steven Miyadi; J-Juan J.
Hernandez. $90,000. Lifetime Record: 18-9-4-4, $923,740.
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free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Werk Nick
Rating: F.
2–Lane Way, 120, g, 5, Into Mischief–Corderosa, by Aldebaran.
1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($550,000 2yo '19 OBSMAR).
O-MyRacehorse; B-GWTW Horses LLC (KY); T-Richard E.
Mandella. $30,000.
3–Coulthard (Ire), 119, g, 4, Coulsty (Ire)–Iamnoangel (Ire), by
Dark Angel (Ire). (€2,000 RNA Ylg '19 TIRSEP; £27,000 2yo '20
TTIGOR; 90,000gns 2yo '20 TATAHI). O-Jay & Julie Manoogian;
B-J. Waldron & J. Barton (IRE); T-Philip D'Amato. $18,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, HD, HF. Odds: 0.90, 9.10, 24.20.
Also Ran: Dubai Key (Arg), Whatmakessammyrun, Chasin Munny, Super Ocho (Chi), Barristan The Bold (GB), Nero, Maven. Scratched: Yes He Can. Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
Lieutenant Dan, runner-up in last year's GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, punched his ticket for the 2022 renewal in his first start since, successfully defending his title in the GIII Green Flash H. Sunday at Del Mar.
A winner of two California-bred stakes in 2019, the gelding added a third in the Sensational Star S. in March of 2020, then headed to the bench for over 13 months following a runner-up effort in the Crystal Water S. Returning with a local allowance/optional claiming success last July, he repeated in the Green Flash and added a score in the GII Eddie D S. at Santa Anita before running second to Golden Pal (Uncle Mo) over this course in the Breeders' Cup.
Backed to odds-on here, Lieutenant Dan found a perfect spot in third at the rail, drafting behind second choice Dubai Key (Arg) (Key Deputy) as that rival clicked off a :21.77 quarter. Well held by Juan Hernandez on the turn, the chalk found an inside seam straightening for home as Dubai Key came off the fence, swept to the front at the eighth pole and kicked clear under hands and heels for the victory. Lane Way won a photo for the place.
Pedigree Notes:
One of 16 stakes winners and four graded stakes winners for stalwart California sire Grazen, Lieutenant Dan is the lone black-type performer from eight foals to race thus far out of his stakes-winning dam. He has a yearling full-brother named Butch O'Hare.
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