Midshipman Filly Upsets Fantasy

[Wandering Eyes]

SASSY SIENNA (f, 3, Midshipman-Tap for Gold, by Pleasant Tap), second in the Martha Washington S. Feb. 10 and third behind a pair of these foes in the GIII Honeybee S. a month later, got it done when it counted Friday to stamp her ticket to next month’s GI Kentucky Oaks. Dismissed at 11-1, the $65,000 KEESEP yearling saved all the ground from her rail draw as she stalked from a distant second behind free-running favorite Amy’s Challenge (Artie Schiller). The chalk threatened to keep right on going after six panels in 1:10.52, but dropped anchor as she hit the top of the lane. Formidable out-of-town invader Wonder Gadot (Medaglia d’Oro) moved alongside Sassy Sienna as they took over together in the final sixteenth, but Sassy Sienna dug deeper to get her nose down on the line. A debut winner on the grass last July, Sassy Sienna was third in Saratoga’s P.G. Johnson S. before making a switch to the main track. She checked in fourth in the GI Darley Alcibiades S. in October, and second in a rained-off Churchill allowance in November. Fifth behind Fantasy foe and GIII Honeybee S. heroine Cosmic Burst (Violence) in Remington’s Trapeze S. Dec. 17, she bounced back with a 9 1/2-length romp in a local optional claimer Jan. 15. That was the dark bay’s final start for Zayat Stables, and she had run with these owners listed in her two most recent outings. Lifetime Record: 9-3-2-2.
O-Medallion Racing & Jerry McClanahan. B-Haymarket Farm LLC (Ky). T-Brad H Cox.

 

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