She’s Country Gives Late Combatant His First NY Winner

[Wandering Eyes]

3rd-Saratoga, $90,000, (S), Msw, 8-13, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:45.16, fm, 6 lengths.
SHE'S COUNTRY (f, 2, Combatant–Lunar Affair, by Malibu Moon) became the second winner overall and first on this circuit for her sire (by Scat Daddy), who sadly left behind just one crop after succumbing to colic while on dual-hemisphere duties in Chile in 2022.

Sold for $80,000 at this year's OBS April sale after breezing an eighth of a mile in :10 1/5, the Mar. 20 foal bounced neatly from gate four and took up a spot just off the flank of pacesetting Ryan Elizabeth (Twirling Candy) through easy fractions of :23.96 and :48.55. She's Country claimed the pacesetter at will at the midway point of the turn and when asked to sprint by Irad Ortiz, Jr. opened up on her rivals to score by a half-dozen convincing lengths. My Devine One (Essential Quality) just nosed out fellow second-time starter Mia Sophia (Goldencents) for second.

The winner's dam, a daughter of SP Magical Affair (Giant's Causeway), sold for $7,500 with this filly in utero at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton New York October Mixed Sale and foaled a colt by Corniche after etching $20,000 at Keeneland January in 2024. That produce is cataloged as hip 3291 at next month's Keeneland September sale. Sold on once more for $5,000 in foal to Americanrevolution at the Saratoga Mixed Sale last fall, Lunar Affair produced a colt this season and was sent to Timberlake for her 2026 foal. Sales history: $5,000 Ylg '24 KEEJAN; $19,000 RNA Ylg '24 OBSOCT; $80,000 2yo '25 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $49,500. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-West Point Thoroughbreds, James Politano & LVD Racing; B-Twin Oaks Bloodstock LLC (NY); T-George Weaver.

 

 

She's Country was a hot little number on debut in R3 at Saratoga!@iradortiz was aboard for trainer George Weaver and owner @westpointtbred! pic.twitter.com/AiKIm9DLh0

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