Distance specialist Temple City Terror picked up the first graded stakes win of her career as she nears the end of her6-year-old season in the GIII Rood & Riddle Dowager S. Sunday at Keeneland.
Victress of the 12-furlong Keertana S. each of the last two seasons at Churchill, the dark bay ran second to MGISW War Like Goddess (English Channel) in the GII Glens Falls S. two back Aug. 6 at Saratoga and was last seen finishing fourth in the GII Flower Bowl S. there four weeks later. Off as the second choice here, Temple City Terror settled third-last while saving ground as her cause was aided by Flying Fortress (Uncle Mo) dueling with favored Beside Herself (Uncle Mo) through a sizzling :22.66 quarter. Dropping back a spot as the pace moderated past a :48.14 half and the favorite went on with it going by three-quarters in 1:13.40, she picked it up sharply while going gradually wider on the far turn, blew past the sputtering favorite inside the quarter pole and kicked away from Luck Money in the final furlong to score as clearly best.
“Unbelievable,” winning trainer Brendan Walsh said of Temple City Terror's development into a graded stakes winner. “If you had told me three years ago that she was going to do something like this, I'd have said you were crazy. Once she got her maiden–I think she took eight or nine starts to break her maiden–she gradually, gradually improved. She's as honest as the day is long, and she leaves it all out there. It's great for syndicates like this [owners Pocket Aces Racing and Somewhere Stable Kentucky] to have a horse as good as her, and she's just a pleasure to train.”
Pedigree Notes:
One of 27 stakes winners for Spendthrift's stalwart turf stallion Temple City, Temple City Terror is now his 13th graded stakes winner. Slated to see at Keeneland November as Hip 197, she is the last reported foal for her dam. Her second dam Chastity Belle is a half-sister to MGSW turfer Ready's Gal (More Than Ready).
Sunday, Keeneland
ROOD AND RIDDLE DOWAGER S.-GIII, $294,688, Keeneland, 10-23, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/2mT, 2:27.98, fm.
1–TEMPLE CITY TERROR, 121, m, 6, by Temple City
1st Dam: It Takes Two, by More Than Ready
2nd Dam: Chastity Belle, by Gilded Time
3rd Dam: Exquisite Mistress, by Nasty and Bold
1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($22,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP).
O-Pocket Aces Racing LLC & Somewhere Stable Kentucky
LLC; B-Upson Downs Farm (KY); T-Brendan P. Walsh; J-Tyler
Gaffalione. $174,375. Lifetime Record: 28-6-5-5, $696,218.
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pedigree.
2–Luck Money, 121, m, 5, Lookin At Lucky–Flagrant, by Rahy.
O/B-Catherine M. Wills (KY); T-Arnaud Delacour. $56,250.
3–Sister Otoole, 121, m, 5, Amira's Prince (Ire)–O' Toole, by
Distorted Humor. O-Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners; B-Helen
Barbazon & Joseph Barbazon (FL); T-H. Graham Motion.
$23,438.
Margins: 3, 2, 3. Odds: 2.97, 6.73, 10.11.
Also Ran: Coastana, Flying Fortress, Mia Martina, Core Values, Beside Herself, Stand Tall, Go Big Blue Nation. Scratched: Queen Bourbon.
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