5th-Keeneland, $71,000, Alw, 10-10, (NW2L), 3yo/up, 6f, 1:09.10, ft, 9 3/4 lengths.
NASHVILLE (c, 3, Speightstown–Veronique, by Mizzen Mast), a $460,000 KEESEP yearling purchase, ran away with his career bow in the slop with a dazzling, front-running 'TDN Rising Star' performance at Saratoga Sept. 2, good for a 91 Beyer Speed Figure. He displayed a string of sharp works in the interim, including a pair of bullets, working four furlongs over Saratoga's Oklahoma training track in :48 (1/32) two back Sept. 27. Hammered down to 1-2 favoritism in this first attempt versus winners, the bay ran the field off their feet right from the start. Jumping out to a clear advantage, Nashville was well within himself as he zipped through opening splits of :22.18 and :45.06, and he cruised home under a motionless Ricardo Santana, Jr. to win by a jaw-dropping 9 3/4 lengths over Sounion (Liam's Map). Nashville's unraced dam is also represented by the placed 2-year-old colt Market Cap (Candy Ride {Arg}) and a Mastery colt of 2019 and filly of 2020. The 9-year-old was bred to Collected for 2021. Nashville's third dam Set Them Free (Stop the Music) produced 2005 GI Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo (Holy Bull) and MGISW Tiago (Pleasant Tap). Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $82,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-CHC INC. & WinStar Farm LLC; B-Breffni Farm (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen.
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