Quality Road's Integration Bests The Field At Colonial

4th-Colonial Downs, $60,000, Msw, 8-12, 3yo/up, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.17, fm, 6 1/2 lengths.
INTEGRATION (c, 3, Quality Road–Harmonize {GISW, $827,860}, by Scat Daddy) earned even-money favoritism in his first start since bringing $700,000 as a yearling at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton New York Select Yearling Sale. 30-1 longshot Elon (Great Notion) was eager to go on with it and surged ahead to open up nearly five lengths on the field through a half in :47.58. Integration, though caught a bid wide throughout, easily took over into the far turn as the front group began to inhale the early leader, and was the class of the maidens to the wire, cruising to a 6 1/2-length win. Second wagering choice Utah Beach (English Channel) came home the best of the rest in a strung-out pack. A son of GI Del Mar Oaks winner Harmonize, Integration traces back to MGSW/MGISP Al Khali (Medaglia d'Oro). Just the second foal out of the dam, he has an unraced 2-year-old Curlin half-brother who was a $400,000 Keeneland September yearling buy, a yearling Nyquist half-sister, and a weanling half-brother by Gun Runner. Harmonize was accepted as part of the first book of Horse of the Year Flightline for next year. Sales History: $700,000 Ylg '21 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $36,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-West Point Thoroughbreds, Woodford Racing, LLC, Pine Racing Stables, William T. Freeman, Michael Valdes and John A. Ballantyne; B-Larkin Armstrong (KY); T-Claude R. McGaughey III.