Lord Nelson Filly, Basking, rolls to double-digit debut victory at Gulfstream
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Basking turned in a sparkling career debut Friday at Gulfstream Park, bounding to a 10 ½-length victory in a six-furlong maiden special weight race for 2-year-old fillies.
After sitting several lengths off the lead early on, the dark bay showed tremendous acceleration going into the turn as she rolled past the leaders with a quarter mile to run. She left nothing to chance as she ran away from the field in the stretch and was eased up late to cover the ground in 1:12.02 over a very wet racetrack.
Basking was bred by Spendthrift Farm and is the third foal out of multiple stakes placed Anahauc and through her third dam is related to Grade 1 winner Diplomat Lady and Grade 2 winner Dream Play.
Basking is owned by Peter Brant and sold for $100,000 at the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Select Yearling sale.
Basking is Lord Nelson’s second winner from his first crop of runners. His first, Bueno Bueno, came back to win on Friday as well, taking an Ellis Park allowance for his second victory in as many starts.
Race Replay
Bueno Bueno wins on the Ellis Park turf course on July 23, 2021 – Coady photo
Bueno Bueno very sharp in Ellis Park turf tally
Shortly after Basking’s blowout maiden win at Gulfstream Park, Lord Nelson got his second winner of the day when Bueno Bueno went gate-to-wire in a turf allowance at Ellis Park, winning by two lengths.
The 2-year-old colt, who broke his maiden by 7 ¼-lengths on July 2 at Ellis, now has wins on the main track and turf. He is owned by Calumet Farm.
Bueno Bueno broke very well from post four to take command immediately. He laid down fast fractions of :21.80 and :44.10 and was still well within himself when he crossed the wire in 1:01.17 for the 5 ½-furlongs on the firm turf, just a second off the track record.
Bueno Bueno was bred in Kentucky by Mike Abraham and is out of Multitasker, who is a half-sister to the brilliant 2-year-old champion Shared Belief, a winner of nearly $3 million and five Grade 1 events.
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Into Mischief’s Mundaye Call triumphs in Clarksville S.
Mundaye Call scored her second career stakes win in the inaugural running of the $65,000 Clarksville S. Wednesday, July 21 at Indiana Grand.
The 4-year-old Into Mischief filly set a track record in last year’s Audubon Oaks at Ellis Park.
Ridden by Florent Geroux, Mundaye Call got away alertly and pressed Euphoric through a swift half-mile in :45.16. The duo were side-by-side through the stretch until Mundaye Call inched clear late to win by three-quarters of a length in 1:09.40 for the six furlongs on a fast track.
“She (Mundaye Call) always gives you high regards because she has great works in the morning,” said Geroux, who has been aboard in half her career starts. “She ran a great race today and I was very pleased with her performance.”
Trained by Brad Cox for OXO Equine, Mundaye Call in 4-2-0 in 10 starts and has earned $252,080. She was bred in Kentucky by Three Chimneys Farm.
Mundaye Call is one of 22 stakes winners this year for Into Mischief, who leads the General Sire list once again this year after topping it in both 2019 and 2020.
Hit It A Bomb filly Puppymonkeybaby storms to victory in stakes debut in M. Tyson Gilipin S. at Colonial
Puppymonkeybaby came flying through the stretch to win the $100,000 M. Tyson Gilipin S. Monday at Colonial Downs in the first stakes start for the 3-year-old Hit It a Bomb filly.
The dark bay filly was near the back of the pack for the first three furlongs of the 5 ½-furlong turf contest before swinging four-wide coming into the stretch. Full of run down the lane, she passed most of the field to win by three-quarters of a length in 1:02.81 on the firm turf.
Now a winner of two of her three lifetime starts, Puppymonkeybaby has earned $78,300 for Big Lick Farm. The winner was bred by Spendthrift Farm and is out of the stakes-placed Officer’s Holiday, who has five stakes-winning siblings, led by Pimlico Special (G1) winner Include and Grade 3 winner Magic Broad.
Hit It a Bomb has had an excellent past 30 days, with three stakes winners over the span, led by graded winner Hit It Dubai (ARG).
Spendthrift Farm News Release
Photo: Basking cruises to her maiden victory on July 23, 2021, at Gulfstream Park – Coglianese photo
All photos courtesy of Spendthrift Farm
