Upstart Filly Worst To First In Big A Bow

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KATHLEEN O (f, 2, Upstart–Quaver, by Blame) was the buzz horse in the Friday opener from Aqueduct, as she was bet down all the way into 13-4 from a morning line of 8-1, but jumped only fairly from the widest stall in a field of seven. Racing in a detached last while trying to find her footing in the off going, the dark bay was ridden patiently by Javier Castellano while still clearly last into the turn, but began to hit her best stride while wide at the three-eighths pole. Going well, but under the whip with the better part of a dozen lengths to find turning for home, Kathleen O continued to make ground with an inside run into the final eighth of a mile, was steered back out into the three path and rolled past favored pace-pressing Mischievous Diane (Practical Joke) in the shadow of the wire for a promising score. The debuting Greatitude (Dialed In) made the running from the inside post and fought on gamely over this demanding trip to be a good third. An $8,000 purchase out of the 2019 Keeneland November Sale, Kathleen O improved into a $50,000 OBS October yearling and fetched $275,000 at this year's OBS April Sale after breezing a quarter in :21 1/5. Sales history: $8,000 Wlg '19 KEENOV; $50,000 Ylg '20 OBSOCT; $275,000 2yo '21 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0. O-Winngate Stables LLC; B-Gainesway Thoroughbreds & Bridlewood Farm (KY); T-Shug McGaughey.

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