Sharp Azteca’s Family Gives Them the Business on Turfway Debut

[Wandering Eyes]

4th-Turfway, $78,125, Msw, 3-6, 3yo, f, 6f (AWT), 1:12.25, ft, 4 3/4 lengths.
FAMILY (f, 3, Sharp Azteca–Heidi Maria {MSW, $220,764}, by Rockport Harbor) was let go on this unveiling at a chilly 27-1 but ran like the favorite en route to her graduation.

Employing her early foot to get out and lead, she was challenged by Maclean's Lullaby (Maclean's Music) entering the bend after splits of :23.01 and :46.45, but managed to repel that rival coming into the lane. Giving the field the slip, she strode out to a 4 3/4-length victory while the early hopeful held on comfortably to second.

Family is a half-sister to Vegas Magic (Good Magic), GSW, $247,200, the victress of the GII Sorrento Stakes in 2022, as well as the dam of MGSP Don't Bring Crazy (Maximus Mischief). The winner is the most recent to the races but does have a juvenile half-brother named Collecting (Collected) in the wings. The mare aborted her 2024 Good Magic foal and visited both Epicenter and Practical Joke for the 2025 season. This is the extended female family of MSW & GSP Beth's Dream (Jess's Dream) as well as GSW & GISP Sweet Whiskey (Old Fashioned). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $47,269. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Machmer Hall Thoroughbreds; B-Machmer Hall (KY); T-Michelle L. Elliott.

 

Family takes them gate-to-wire to upset at 27/1 on debut in R4 at @turfwaypark for trainer Michelle Elliot with Fernando De La Cruz in the saddle!

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