Echo Sound Gives Echo Town A First Graded Winner in Miss Preakness

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Winner of the Listed Myrtlewood Stakes at Keeneland last October and last seen finishing second in the Fern Creek Stakes at Churchill Downs the following month, Gabriel Duignan's ECHO SOUND (f, 3, Echo Town–Eagle Sound, by Fusaichi Pegasus) became the first graded-stakes winner for her Coolmore America-based sire when making a successful sophomore debut in Friday's GIII Miss Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. A 3.90-1 chance despite the lengthy absence, the bay won the break and made the running through the opening exchanges, but instead of going on with it, Luis Saez elected to take a bit of a hold and settled his mount just off a four-pronged battle for the lead. Content to concede ground loss for the run around the turn, Echo Sound loomed boldly outside of a tiring Family (Sharp Azteca) at the quarter pole, wandered around a bit once striking to the front at the furlong grounds and went on to score comfortably. Longshots You'll Be Back (Practical Joke) and Hollygrove (Complexity) fought out the minor awards.

Saturday, Pimlico
MISS PREAKNESS S.-GIII, $150,000, Pimlico, 5-16, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:11.14, ft.
1–ECHO SOUND, 124, f, 3, by Echo Town
                1st Dam: Eagle Sound, by Fusaichi Pegasus
                2nd Dam: Synformer, by Sovereign Dancer
                3rd Dam: Anjelicco, by Angle Light
1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. O-Gabriel Duignan; B-Springhouse Farm, Vision TBs, Bruce Pieratt & Patricia Pieratt (KY); T-George R. Arnold II; J-Luis Saez. $90,000. Lifetime Record: 5-4-1-0, $363,745. *1/2 to Pick of the Litter (Kitten's Joy), GSW, $419,110 and Deer District (Oscar Performance), MGSP, $419,731. Werk Nick Rating: D. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-    style pedigree.
2–You'll Be Back, 118, f, 3, Practical Joke–Advance Party, by Empire Maker. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($115,000 Wlg '22 KEENOV; $575,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-Greenwell Thoroughbreds, LLC; B-Alexander-Groves Thoroughbreds (KY); T-Thomas M. Amoss. $30,000.
3–Hollygrove, 122, f, 3, Complexity–Moon and Stars, by Orb. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($57,000 RNA Wlg '22 KEENOV; $65,000 Ylg '23 FTKJUL). O-Legion Racing; B-Glendalough LLC (KY); T-D. Whitworth Beckman. $15,000.
Margins: 2, 3/4, 3. Odds: 3.90, 29.40, 23.20.
Also Ran: G W's Girl, Mila Rose, High Paf, Not Too Late, Stunner, Volleyballprincess, Delray, Family. Scratched: Long Neck Paula, Vodka With a Twist.
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ECHO SOUND ($9.80) gets her first graded win in the $150,000 Miss Preakness Stakes (G3) at @PimlicoRC! The three-year-old Echo Town (@CoolmoreAmerica) filly has won four of five starts for trainer George “Rusty” Arnold. @luissaezpty was in the irons. pic.twitter.com/7yBcyxhuDY

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