Third Time's The Charm For Runhappy's Half-Sister, Rarify

6th-Keeneland, $99,588, Msw, 10-27, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:05.38, ft, 3 3/4 lengths.
RARIFY (f, 2, Justify–Bella Jolie, by Broken Vow) opened her account with a pair of seconds at Saratoga earlier this summer, trying both 6 and 6 1/2 furlongs. The half-sister to Runhappy (Super Saver), Ch. Sprinter, MGISW, $1,496,250, Thursday's 2-5 chalk, raced with blinkers for the first time over her shortest distance yet and settled into a stalking position early while racing in the three path into the far turn. Fanned out wider still, Rarify loomed outside of the leaders at the top of the lane, struck the front with a furlong to run, and drew away convincingly despite hanging on her left lead to win by 3 3/4 lengths. Malibu Toast (Tapwrit) checked in second. A $750,000 yearling and the 21^st winner for her freshman sire (by Scat Daddy), Rarify's only younger sibling is a yearling half-brother by Speightstown. Her dam visited Charlatan for the 2023 season. Sales History: $750,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 3-1-2-0, $101,675. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-Jonathan Poulin, Westerberg, Mrs. John Magnier, Derrick Smith & Michael B. Tabor; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Wesley A. Ward.