Sunday, August 12, 2012
Jon Forbes
RACE 7, TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLIES, 5 ½ FURLONGS, TURF, 4:21 P.M.
COCONUT SHRIMP (2yo chestnut filly, Giant’s Causeway—Weekend Whim, by Distorted Humor) is the first foal out of his unraced dam, a full-sister to Grade 1 Haskell Invitational winner Any Given Saturday. A half-sister to Weekend Whim, Bohemian Lady, won the Grade 3 Cicada. Weekend Whim has no siblings who have won on turf.
Owner: Repole Stable
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
Jockey: Javier Castellano
Sales history: $170,000 Keeneland September yearling
JONATA (2yo chestnut filly, Proud Citizen—Romp and Stomp, by Olympio) is a half-sister to Pinch Pie, winner of a minor stakes on turf at Monmouth Park and third in the Grade 1 Alabama on dirt, and a pair of stakes-placed runners. Their dam, a winner on turf, is a half-sister to Volponi, who upset the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic and was a multiple graded stakes winner on grass.
Owner: Barry K. Schwartz
Trainer: Michael Hushion
Jockey: Ramon Dominguez
Sales history: $100,000 Keeneland September yearling
DANCING FOR GLORY (2yo gray/roan filly, Exchange Rate—Hard Evidence, by Alleged) is a half-sister to Rapid Proof, who on turf won the listed Robert B. Connally Handicap, and Second Offense, who was stakes placed on grass. Another half-sibling, Hot Springs, won a non-black-type stakes over timber.
Owner: Michael J. Ryan
Trainer: Chad Brown
Jockey: Jose Lezcano
Sales history: $100,000 Fasig-Tipton July yearling; $105,000 Fasig-Tipton Timonium 2-year-old (one furlong in 10 4/5 seconds, video)