Gun Runner’s Howin Graduates on Debut at Santa Anita

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6th-Santa Anita, $55,500, Msw, 10-12, 2yo, f, 1m, 1:40.10, ft, 3 3/4 lengths.

HOWIN (f, 2, Gun Runner–Flora Dora {MSW & GISP, $607,152}, by First Dude), a $550,000 Keeneland September yearling, graduated on debut Saturday against three other fillies who also brought $500,000 or better at various sales. Favored at 6-5, the chestnut broke sharply and had a shot to set the pace, but backed off to let Watershed Moment (Omaha Beach) and Boujee Beach (Global Campaign) take the honors instead. Howin stayed in touch with the first two through the :22.39 and :46.89 fractions, took command with authority on the turn, and held sway by 3 3/4 lengths as Wren (Into Mischief), a $500,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling, chased her home.  Out of a multiple black-type winner who placed third in the 2016 GI CCA Oaks, Howin has a yearling half-brother by Candy Ride (Arg), who sold at the recent Keeneland September sale for $250,000 to Frank Fletcher Racing Operation. The mare was covered by Munnings and Liam's Map for next term. Sales History: $550,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $32,400. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

O-Baoma Corp; B-Coffee Pot Stables (KY); T-Bob Baffert.

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