Forbes' Firsters - 2yo Pedigrees

 
By Jon Forbes | August 22, 2010 Email Bookmark and Share

FORBES’ FIRSTERS FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 22

 

RACE 10, TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLIES,  1 1/16th MILES, TURF, 6:04 P.M.

 

FLYING VISION (2yo dark bay or brown filly) is a half-sister to Tapitsfly, who has made three starts on the turf, including victories in the P.G. Johnson here at Saratoga and the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. A homebred, Flying Vision is by Pollard’s Vision, the sire of Blind Luck.

 

Owner: Frank L. Jones Jr.

Trainer: Dale Romans

Jockey: Miguel Mena

 

STREET CHIMES (2yo dark bay or brown filly), a homebred by Street Cry, is the first foal out of Pleasant Chimes, who won two minor stakes and finished third in the Grade 2 Comely and Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan. Pleasant Chimes is a half-sister to Freefourinternet, winner of the Grade 2 Kelso Breeders’ Cup Handicap and Grade 2 Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap.

 

Owner: Edward P. Evans

Trainer: Todd Pletcher

Jockey: David Cohen

 

PARTING WORDS (2yo dark bay or brown filly) will attempt to become the first winner for freshman sire Artie Schiller, unless Fly on the Wall captures Saturday’s eighth race at Saratoga. Out of Lost Love, a half-sister to two stakes-placed runners, Parting Words is kin to I Love Silver, a listed stakes winner who finished third in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby and Grade 1 Malibu and earned $437,142; The Max, a two-time black-type winner at Assiniboia Downs; and Chosen Chief, who placed in seven stakes, including two Grade 3 events.

 

Owner: Lael Stable

Trainer: Barclay Tagg

Jockey: Javier Castellano

 

HEAR MY CRY (2yo dark bay or brown filly), out of the stakes-placed mare Wassifa, is a half-sister to Hold To Ransom, a stakes winner in England. A homebred, Hear My Cry is by Giant’s Causeway.

 

Owner: Ben P. Walden, Jr. & Brad Ray

Trainer: James Jerkens

Jockey: Alan Garcia