Oaks Winner Returns Running in Azeri

[Wandering Eyes]

Easing out to start the 9-5 second favorite while making her 4-year-old debut in Saturday's GII Azeri S. at Oaklawn Park, last year's GI Kentucky Oaks victress SHEDARESTHEDEVIL (f, 4, Daredevil–Starship Warpspeed, by Congrats) was allowed a reasonably easy time of it on the engine and held on late to narrowly defeat 3-2 chalk Letruska (Super Saver) by a short neck. Alertly away from the widest stall in the field of five, Shedaresthedevil was allowed to dictate terms, as Envoutante (Uncle Mo) did the pressing to her outside while Letruska was settled three wide for Joel Rosario. She covered the opening half-mile in a controlled :47.79, but had a hard-ridden Envoutante and Letruska stacked to her outside with every chance if good enough turning for home. Envoutante was the first to yield, but Letruska–taken out of her best game–kept plugging away and Shedaresthedevil managed to scrape home narrowly first.

Saturday, Oaklawn Park
AZERI S.-GII, $343,000, Oaklawn, 3-13, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, 1:42.57, ft.
1–SHEDARESTHEDEVIL, 119, f, 4, by Daredevil
                1st Dam: Starship Warpspeed, by Congrats
                2nd Dam: Andria's Forest, by Forestry
                3rd Dam: Andriana B., by Far North
($100,000 Wlg '17 KEENOV; $20,000 RNA Ylg '18 KEESEP;
$280,000 2yo '19 KEENOV). O-Flurry Racing Stables LLC, Qatar
Racing Limited & Big Aut Farms; B-WinStar Farm, LLC (KY);
T-Brad H. Cox; J-Florent Geroux. $210,000. Lifetime Record:
GISW, 12-6-2-3, $1,503,518. *1/2 to Mojovation (Quality
Road), GSP, $190,088. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for
   eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Letruska, 124, m, 5, Super Saver–Magic Appeal, by Successful
Appeal. O/B-St. George Stables, LLC (KY); T-Fausto Gutierrez.
$70,000.
3–Getridofwhatailesu, 121, m, 5, Ghostzapper–Autobahn Girl,
by A.P. Indy. ($160,000 Ylg '17 FTSAUG). O-The Elkstone
Group, LLC (Stuart Grant); B-Calumet Farm (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.
$35,000.
Margins: HD, 2, HD. Odds: 1.80, 1.50, 4.40.
Also Ran: Envoutante, Motion Emotion.
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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