Kodiac Filly Flies Late to Graduate at Saratoga

[Wandering Eyes]

6th-Saratoga, $105,000, Msw, 7-20, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 1:03.40, fm, 3/4 length.
KODIAC WINTERGREEN (IRE) (f, 2, Kodiac {GB}–Humble And Proud {Ire}, by Pivotal {GB}) came running late to be second following a slow start in her five-furlong debut over the Belmont lawn June 11. The even-money favorite with another half-furlong to work with here, the bay filly was away well this time, but was shuffled back to midpack. Racing greenly on the turn, she was behind a wall of horses at the top of the lane and was tipped out to the center of the course. She found her best stride in deep stretch and closed with a powerful late flourish to reel in Ever So Sweet (Ire) (Calyx {GB}) in the final strides to win by 3/4 lengths. Parade Ring (Ire) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) was a neck back in third to complete the Irish-bred trifecta. Kodiac Wintergreen, a €160,000 GOFORB yearling, is a half-sister to Love Reigns (Ire) (U S Navy Flag), MSW, $242,065; Goldana (Ire) (Galileo Gold {GB}), GSW-Ire, SW-Ger; and to Glorious Empire (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), GISW, $977,227. She has a yearling half-brother by Mehmas (Ire). Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $75,750.
O-Bregman Family Racing LLC; B-Patrick Grogan (IRE); T-George R. Arnold, II.

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