Saturday, September 01, 2012
Jon Forbes
RACE 2, TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLIES, SEVEN FURLONGS, DIRT, 1:32 P.M.
CUE THE MOON (2yo bay filly, Malibu Moon—Red Hot Bertie, by Tabasco Cat) is a half-sister to Red Hot Buddha, who won a minor stakes on dirt at the Fair Grounds as a 2-year-old and the listed Inaugural Stakes on Tapeta at Presque Isle as a 3-year-old. All four of Red Hot Bertie’s foals, which also include stakes-placed runners Knock Out Bertie and Red Hot Maria, have won. Red Hot Bertie is a winning half-sister to Allamerican Bertie, who captured four graded stakes and was second in the Grade 1 Alabama, and Hurricane Bertie, whose three graded stakes wins include the Grade 2 Prioress and who was third in the Grade 1 Ballerina Handicap. Cue the Moon was the second most expensive of 47 yearlings by her sire to sell at auction in 2011.
Owner: Spendthrift Farm LLC
Trainer: Harold James Bond
Jockey: Ramon Dominguez
ANTIPATHY (2yo bay filly, A.P. Indy—Love Style, by Mr. Prospector) is a half-sister to Scat Daddy, who won the Grade 1 Champagne as a 2-year-old and the Grade 1 Florida Derby as a 3-year-old, and minor stakes winner Grand Daddy. Love Style is an unraced daughter of Grade 1 Las Virgenes heroine Likeable Style, who is also the dam of minor stakes winner Grat, who in turn produced Grade 2 La Jolla Handicap victor Old Time Hockey.
Owner: Darley Stable
Trainer: Kiaran McLaughlin
Jockey: Irad Ortiz, Jr.