Delay or not, Michael Lund Petersen’s Faiza ready to fire. Again.
The 3 year old daughter of the second male breeder girvin who won the second place bet two days later Dorth Vader ‘s Davona Dale Stakes (G2) is in full swing at Gulfstream Park March 5th, keeping their perfect record with a convincing 2/4 win first And Tell Me Nolies on March 5 $100,000 Santa Ysabel Shares (G3).
Santa Anita . Park rescheduled Santa Ysabel from its scheduled run date of February 25 due to heavy flooding and thunderstorms in the Southern California area. The 1/16-mile test for the runners resulted in a total of 100 points for the Kentucky Oaks (G1), 50 of which went to the winner, and attracted a compact but full-featured field. competition consisting of five sophomores after the first part of Global expansion . Santa Ysabel Attracts New Candidates and Class 1 Winners And Tell Me Noliesunmatched since their eighth-place attempt in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) last fall. Pride of the Nile And justice who finished 2-3 after Faiza in the Battle of Las Virgenes Stakes (G3) on January 28, also returned to try again.
No result.
Breaking through from the outside post, jockey Flavien Prat locates Faiza right ahead lucky touch because one reads the terms through the moderate initial fractions :24 and :48,32. In the three-eighth column, Prat relaxed Faiza on the treadmill and flew up to the tempo, racing nose and nose with Bless Touch as the two rolled onto the ramp.
And Tell Me Nolies started her bid from the middle of the group, but Faiza took the lead over her opponent, scrapping a stubborn touch in the final game and taking the lead to win. easy.
Faiza ($3.60) stops the chronograph at 1:44.66 on the fast main road.
“(Faiza) went around very well,” Prat said. “I felt the pace was pretty easy, so I was able to get around the turn myself and she stretched her legs down the lane very well.
“She seems to be getting better, race after race.”
And Tell Me Nolies comes in at second, a quarter more in length than Bless Touch in third. Justique and Pride of the Nile completed the finishing order.
Coach Bob Baffert said of Faiza: “She’s got a great mind and she’s with one of the hottest gentlemen, Girvin, who is unbelievable,” coach Bob Baffert said of Faiza. . “His descendants (Dorth Vader) won the Davona Dale yesterday. We are so lucky to have her…”
Since Baffert-trained horses did not qualify for the Kentucky Derby or Oaks points after the conditioner’s two-year ban on Churchill Downs Inc., Faiza received no points with her win. And Tell Me Nolies, coached by Peter Miller, racked up 20 points in second place, taking her to eighth place on the leaderboard with a total of 30. Bless Touch, powered by her own connections San Felipe Stakes (G2) winner yesterday Realistic move get 15 points.
Faiza was purchased by the owner for $725,000 at the age of 2 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale last year from a Paul Sharp consignment. Bred in Kentucky by Brereton Jones, who represented Girvin at the Airdrie Stud in Lexington, Faiza was the first bet winner produced from a Sweet Strike mare Sweet Pistol pistol. Faiza comes from the immediate family of many classified stake winners Pomeroys pistols And Thousands of words .
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