Zandon Zips Home In Toyota Blue Grass

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ZANDON (c, 3, Upstart–Memories Prevail, by Creative Cause) further flattered the form of last year's GII Remsen S., overcoming a good deal of traffic to take out Saturday's GI Toyota Blue Grass S. a short time after Mo Donegal (Uncle Mo) ran down Zandon's stablemate Early Voting (Gun Runner) in the GII Wood Memorial S. at Aqeuduct. The 2-1 second choice was not the best away and raced with just three behind banking into the clubhouse turn, as 'TDN Rising Star' Emmanuel (More Than Ready) galloped them along at only an even tempo. Ridden exceptionally quietly by Flavien Prat through the middle furlongs, Zandon was clearly last into the second bend and with as little as three furlongs to race before Prat set him alight at the five-sixteenths. Carefully weaving his way through traffic approaching the stretch, he went for a run nearer the inside at the three-sixteeenths, was shifted out and around favored 'Rising Star' Smile Happy (Runhappy) at the furlong grounds and kicked home powerfully to score by about two lengths. Smile Happy and Emmanuel rounded out the triple. Sales history: $170,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP. O-Jeff Drown; B-Brereton C Jones (KY); T-Chad Brown.

Saturday, Keeneland
TOYOTA BLUE GRASS S.-GI, $1,000,000, Keeneland, 4-9, 3yo, 1 1/8m, 1:50.35, gd.
1–ZANDON, 123, c, 3, by Upstart
                1st Dam: Memories Prevail, by Creative Cause
                2nd Dam: Incarnate Memories, by Indian Charlie
                3rd Dam: Witness Post, by Gone West
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN, 1ST GRADE I WIN. ($170,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-Jeff Drown; B-Brereton C. Jones (KY); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Flavien Prat. $573,500. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-1, $713,000. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Smile Happy, 123, c, 3, Runhappy–Pleasant Smile, by Pleasant Tap. 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. ($175,000 Wlg '19 KEENOV; $185,000 Ylg '20 FTKSEL). O-Lucky Seven Stable (Mackin); B Moreau Bloodstock Int'l Inc. & White Bloodstock LLC (KY); T-Kenneth G. McPeek. $185,000.
3--Emmanuel, 123, c, 3, More Than Ready–Hard Cloth, by Hard Spun. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE, 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. ($350,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-WinStar Farm LLC and Siena Farm LLC; B-Helen K. Groves Revocable Trust (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. $92,500.
Margins: 2HF, 3 3/4, HF. Odds: 2.10, 1.90, 5.50.
Also Ran: Golden Glider, Trademark, Rattle N Roll, Ethereal Road, Commandperformance, Blackadder, Volcanic, Fenwick. Scratched: Grantham.
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