Nest was running as a 1-5 favorite so for the 12th of February $100,000 Suncoast Staking at Tampa Bay Downs—Defeat your opponents to show the highest level of professionalism and class.
Daughter Trained by Todd Pletcher’s Curlin a full hero of Santa Anita Handicap (G1) in 2021 Idol , has nurtured high hopes from the very beginning for her owners, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Repole Stable, and Michael House. The debut winner dominated last fall at Belmont ParkNest merged Demoiselle Stock (G2) 1/8 mile (G2) on December 4 at Aqueduct race track in her third initiation.
Starting for the first time as a 3-year-old at Suncoast, she settled into stalking in early third under jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. Longshot Chrome Mining covered a moderate distance: 24.52 started a quarter mile and: 49.29 half mile, but continued at a further turn Alittleloveandluck , followed closely by Nest, pounced on the leader and took command with six feathered grips clocked at 1:13.41. Alittleloveandluck managed to stick to the lane lead but was overtaken by Nest halfway, who went to a six-minute victory.
Ortiz was a late finish, who stopped the timer at 1:39.30 for a mile and 40 meters on the fast track. Alittleloveandluck lead 3 1/4 length Blamethechampagne in part three. Ha ‘Penny is Wednesday.
Suncoast awarded the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) a qualifying score on a 10-4-2-1 scale, giving Nest a total of 20 points after also winning 10 in Demoiselle. Nest is second on the Kentucky Oaks leaderboard behind last year’s fat 2-year-old champion Echo Zulu, who has 30 points.
Bred in Kentucky by Ashview Farm and Colts Neck Stables, the Nest sold to Eclipse and Repole for $350,000 at the 2020 Keeneland Promotion in September from Ashview Farm consignment. Nest is no longer the mare AP Indy wins the bet Marion Ravenwood . In addition to being a sister to Idol, Nest is also a half-sister with shares Dr. Jack (Pioneers of the Nile). Marion Ravenwood has a 2-year-old juvenile son of Violence named Lost Ark and was last reported to have crossed with Curlin in 2022.
Videotapes: Suncoast S. (BT)
Bank on Shea Edges Baby Yoda
Take advantage of this economical trip led by Ortiz Jr., Bank on Shea annoyed with heavy favorites slow start Baby Yoda in $75,000 Pelican Book a race ahead of Suncoast.
Bank On Shea (yellow cap) prevails over Baby Yoda in Pelican Stakes
Fourth down the backside behind a trio of dueling leaders and an opening round: 22.45 in a six-time race, Bank On Shea slid up the fence as it weakened the leader. R Mercedes Boy drift off the track. Bank On Shea then overcame three competitors, taking command with a half-mile in: 45.63.
Baby Yoda, three meters tall for most of the race, fought, edging past Bank On Shea in the middle of the track, but Bank On Shea proved stronger in the final 70 yards, winning by neck. He finished the mile in 1:09.61, paying $9.60 as second choice.
Pudding is 1 3/4 the other length back by a third.
The winner, a 5-year-old son of Central Bank was bred by Dr. Scott Pierce of New York, racing for Shea D Boy’s Stable and trainer Carlos David. He was purchased $110,000 by his owner from Niall Brennan Stables consignment for the Ocala Breeders Spring Sale of 2019 for 2-year-olds in training. His gross is 497,750 and he has a 5-1-1 record in eight starts.
He’s one of the two ponies among the underrated Uncle Mo mare Miss Moultree Whose other products are Givealittlegeea 2 year old child Brave’s homepage . The mare was bred with Thousands of words for the year 2022.
Videotapes: Pelican S. (BT)
By Sam Wilensky Give a suggestion won another bet race on the Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3) card in Tampa, the $50,000 Minaret Stakes. Antonio Gallardo was above the 5-year-old daughter coached by Herman Wilensky Into Mischief who won by a neck, completing six hooks in a ratio of 1: 10.48.
