Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted October 5, 2024 Journalists Share Posted October 5, 2024 Godolphin homebred East Avenue (Medaglia d'Oro), tabbed as a 'TDN Rising Star' following a runaway debut victory sprinting at Ellis Park Aug. 24, romped in front-running fashion at odds of 5-2 while making his two-turn debut in Saturday's 'Win and You're In' GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland. Favored 'Rising Star' Ferocious (Flatter), runner-up in the GI Hopeful Stakes, was second. Longshot Filoso (City of Light) was third. The final time for 1 1/16 miles was 1:43.17. East Avenue cleared the field heading into the first turn as Ferocious raced greenly and bounced off the rail. East Avenue cruised up front through fractions of :23.18 and :46.76, hit the top of the stretch in a race of his own and kept on rolling down the lane to win for fun. The result stood following an objection lodged by the rider of the runner-up claiming interference into the run into the clubhouse turn. Godolphin and trainer Brendan Walsh won this same race with Maxfield (Street Sense) in 2019. East Avenue becomes the 27th Grade I/Group 1 winner worldwide for Medaglia d'Oro. East Avenue was produced by the unraced Dance Music (Ghostzapper), a half-sister to Horse of the Year Cody's Wish (Curlin). She is also responsible for a Hard Spun colt of 2023 and an Authentic filly of this year. She was bred back to Not This Time. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0. O/B-Godolphin (Ky); T-Brendan Walsh. What a performance! It was all #5 EAST AVENUE ($7.56) in the @BreedersCup Win and You're In $600,000 Breeders' Futurity (G1). The son of Madaglia d'Oro was ridden by @Tyler_Gaff and is trained by @brenpwalsh. Watch more on @FanDuelTV. pic.twitter.com/caeGwysNKI — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) October 5, 2024 The post Easy Street: Unbeaten ‘Rising Star’ East Avenue Romps in Wire-to-Wire Fashion in Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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