1st-LEO, €21,000, Cond, 7-7, 2yo, 7f 30yT, 1:33.39, gd.
+RADIO SILENCE, c, 2, by War Front
1st Dam: Maryfield (Ch. Female Sprinter & GISW-US, $1,334,331), by Elusive Quality
2nd Dam: Sly Maid, by Desert Wine
3rd Dam: Sly Charmer, by Valdez
Radio Silence, a notable first for conditioner Jim Bolger, was restrained to race last of four runners after the break in this debut. Gaining ground on the home turn, the crowd's 9-10 pick loomed large inside the two pole and quickened smartly, despite alternating leads, in the closing stages to prevail by two lengths from Pipes of Peace (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). “I tucked him in behind to educate him, he arrived there going well going to the furlong pole and he'll come on a lot for the run,” explained rider Kevin Manning. Bolger added, “He's the first War Front I've had and he has potential. He'll either go for the [July 21 G3] Tyros [S.] back here or he might go to The Curragh for the [July 16 G3] Anglesey [S.].” Half to a filly foal by Candy Ride (Arg), he is the third winner out of US champion female sprinter, the inaugural Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint and GI Ballerina S. victress Maryfield, a $1.25-million purchase by Mike Moreno's Southern Equine Stables out of the 2007 Fasig-Tipton November sale. Radio Silence hails from the female family of MGSW Sir Pele (Bold Forbes) and MGISP Swoon (Secretariat). A $150,000 FTKJUL yearling acquisition, Radio Silence breezed a quarter-mile in :20 3/5 and was knocked down for $675,000 at this year's OBSMAR sale (click here for sales coverage from Brian DiDonato). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $14,337. Click for the Racing Post chart and Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
O-LNJ Foxwoods/Mrs J S Bolger Partnership; B-Southern Equine Stables LLC (KY); T-Jim Bolger.
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