‘Rising Star’ Annapolis Wins ‘War’ in Pilgrim

[Wandering Eyes]

Sunday's GII Pilgrim S. at Belmont featured just four horses, but it was far from boring, as 'TDN Rising Star' ANNAPOLIS (c, 2, War Front–My Miss Sophia, by Unbridled's Song) and GIII With Anticipation S. runner-up Portfolio Company (Kitten's Joy) threw it down pretty much from start to finish. Bass homebred Annapolis was pounded down to 3-5 off a head-turning, fast-finishing 4 1/2-length score at Saratoga Sept. 4, and prompted Portfolio Company through easy splits of :24.34 and :48.96. He ranged up on even terms with his rival after a six-furlong split of 1:12.22. Portfolio Company battled back gamely from the fence, but Annapolis always had a little bit more to give and struck the wire a head in front, stopping the clock in 1:41.04.

Sunday, Belmont Park
PILGRIM S.-GII, $186,000, Belmont, 10-3, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:41.04, fm.
1–ANNAPOLIS, 120, c, 2, by War Front
            1st Dam: My Miss Sophia (GSW & MGISP, $605,040),
                                by Unbridled's Song
            2nd Dam: Wildwood Flower, by Langfuhr
            3rd Dam: Dial a Trick, by Phone Trick
   'TDN Rising Star' 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES
   WIN. O-Bass Racing, LLC; B-Bass Stables, LLC (KY); T-Todd A.
Pletcher; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $110,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0,
$165,000. Click for eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk
   Nick Rating: A.
2–Portfolio Company, 120, c, 2, Kitten's Joy–Iteration, by Wild
Again. ($125,000 Ylg '20 FTKSEL). O-Klaravich Stables, Inc.;
B-Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey (KY); T-Chad C. Brown.
$40,000.
3–Limited Liability, 120, c, 2, Kitten's Joy–Hold Harmless, by
Blame. O-Stuart S. Janney, III; B-Stuart S. Janney, III LLC (KY);
T-Claude R. McGaughey III. $24,000.
Margins: HD, 5, 3 1/4. Odds: 0.65, 2.35, 5.80.
Also Ran: Doctor Jeff. Scratched: City At Night, Midnight Worker.
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

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