1st-Saratoga, $72,000, Msw, 8-23, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.14, fm.
CALDEE (f, 2, More Than Ready–Holiday's Jewel {SP, $393,052}, by Harlan's Holiday), let go at a tick under 9-1 off an even fifth-place run sprinting on the dirt here July 19, seemed to find her preferred surface Sunday with a dominant front-running score. Facing minimal early resistance as she cruised along through splits of :25.25, :49.49 and 1:13.58, the bay had plenty left in the tank for the stretch drive, and widened at will to defeat fellow second timer Uptown Flirt (Speightster) by 6 3/4 lengths. Favored firster Black Sand (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) advanced ominously heading for home but flattened out in the lane to settle for third. The winner is the second foal and first to race out of a mare who was stakes-placed on the Aqueduct inner track before being purchased for $160,000 by John Ed Anthony's Shortleaf Stable at the 2015 Keeneland November sale. Holiday's Jewel produced a Street Boss filly in 2019 and a Collected filly this term. She most recently visited Arkansas-based Double Irish. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $42,480. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-Shortleaf Stable (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.
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