Pricey Paynter Filly Wins Well First Out at Gulfstream

Saratoga Affair | Ryan Thompson

4th-Gulfstream, $38,000, Msw, 4-12, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:11.78, ft.
SARATOGA AFFAIR (f, 3, Paynter–Mallory Street {SP, $111,837}, by Street Sense) cost three times as much as the next-priciest Paynter juvenile last term when she brought $450,000 at OBSAPR off a strong :10 flat breeze. She was given a 7-2 chance off an upbeat-looking worktab at Palm Meadows, and was spotting most of her well-bred foes a race or two worth of experience. Off towards the back of the pack, the bay was scrubbed on to sit midpack among a strung-out group down the backside. She came into view entering the lane after a :45.12 half, and kicked past rivals down the center of the course to win by a comfy 1 1/2 lengths. GIII Forward Gal S. third Nikki and Papa (Mineshaft) took a tight photo for second. The winner has a yearling half-brother by Practical Joke. Sales history: $50,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP; $450,000 2yo '19 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $22,800. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Pick Five Racing, LLC; B-Falcon Wood Partners (KY); T-Chad C. Brown.

 

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