Twirling Candy’s Evvie Jets Takes Ballston Spa at 29-1

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Chad Brown may have sent three of the eight contestants in Saratoga's GII Mohegan Sun Ballston Spa S., but it was Mertkan Kantarmaci's 29-1 trainee Evvie Jets (m, 5, Twirling Candy–Natchez Trace, by Consolidator) who set the Spa lawn on its ear with a bold win Thursday. She broke like a shot on top when the gates flew, but stepped aside as Sister Bridget (Ire) (Galileo Gold {GB}) and Technical Analysis (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) were intent on the lead. Those two pulled more than a half dozen lengths clear of the field with Sister Bridget getting the first fractions of :23.50 and :48.67. As the field closed in and swallowed up the two leaders in the stretch, Evvie Jets snuck up the inside under Manny Franco and kept her neck in front, despite being on her wrong lead, as Fluffy Socks (Slumber {GB}) and Jumbly (GB) (Gleneagles {Ire}) followed in a tight finish. Final time for the 1 1/16 miles was 1:43.06.

A winner two back of Belmont's July 2 Perfect Sting S. over Ballston Spa 6-5 favorite Technical Analysis, Evvie Jets was winning the second graded race of her career following a 2022 win in the GIII Noble Damsel S.

O-The Estate of Robert J. Amendola; T-Mertkan Kantarmaci; J-Manual Franco.

EVVIE JETS, by @LanesEndFarms stallion Twirling Candy, flies down the stretch in the @MoheganSun Ballston Spa Stakes (G2) under @jockeyfranco! #Saratoga @mertkantarmaci pic.twitter.com/ROg57rouXD

— NYRA () (@TheNYRA) August 24, 2023

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