Salamis A Second Fresh Graded Winner For Speightstown In Hollywood Derby

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Juddmonte homebred SALAMIS (c, 4, Speightstown–Antonoe, by First Defence) largely avoided traffic issues in what ended up a sit-sprint renewal of the GI Hollywood Derby, and, with clear sailing through the final furlong, was along in the final strides to give his late sire his second new graded winner on the program.

The half-brother to GI Matriarch Stakes hopeful Segesta (Ghostzapper) was taken back to the latter third of the field by Umberto Rispoli, with odds-on Test Score (Oscar Performance) riding the rails to his inside and Salamis had cover on the back of Tom's Magic behind a dawdling half-mile in :49.92.

With no traffic to his outside, Salamis continued to follow the move of Tom's Magic around the turn, while Test Score was ridden more for luck, sweating on an inside run beneath Juan Hernandez. Rispoli steered Salamis off Tom's Magic's heels with three-sixteenths of a mile to race and accelerated sharply to be along in the nick of time. Test Score was blocked for a run entering the final furlong and kicked hard once clear, but all too late.

Salamis is the 71st graded winner and 27th top-level scorer for Speightstown.

 

 

#4 SALAMIS ($8.20) prevailed in the $300,000 Hollywood Derby (G1) at @DelMarRacing! The @JuddmonteFarms homebred by Speightstown had @umbyrispoli aboard for Chad Brown! pic.twitter.com/n4cogvSVhj

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) November 29, 2025

 

Saturday, Del Mar
HOLLYWOOD DERBY-GI, $301,500, Del Mar, 11-29, 3yo, 1 1/8mT, 1:50.74, fm.
1–SALAMIS, 122, c, 3, by Speightstown
1st Dam: Antonoe (GISW-USA, GSW-Fr, $565,377), by First Defence
2nd Dam: Ixora, by Dynaformer
3rd Dam: Imroz, by Nureyev
1ST GRADED STAKES WIN, 1ST GRADE I WIN. O/B-Juddmonte (KY); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Umberto Rispoli. $180,000. Lifetime Record: 7-3-0-2, $353,363. *1/2 to Segesta (Ghostzapper), MGSW & MGISP, $1,010,275. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Tom's Magic, 122, c, 3, Justify–Dixie Chicken, by Rahy.
1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE, 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. ($200,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-CJ Thoroughbreds and Mo Speed Racing; B-Sean & Dorothy Fitzhenry (ON); T-Michael Stidham. $60,000.
3–Test Score, 122, c, 3, Lookin At Lucky–Joy of Learning, by Kitten's Joy. O-Amerman Racing LLC; B-Jerry Amerman (KY); T-H. Graham Motion. $36,000.
Margins: NK, NK, 1 1/4. Odds: 3.10, 4.80, 0.80.
Also Ran: Tempus Volat, Kokosan, Friendly Confines, Maaz (Fr), Copp. Scratched: Noble Confessor.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

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