Airdrie Stud’s freshman sire Majesticperfection was represented by his first winner Sunday when his 2-year-old colt It’s Free captured a $48,000 Maiden Special Weight heat at Gulfstream Park.
The dark bay colt, which also represents the first starter for the Grade 1 winner and brilliant sprinter by the late Harlan’s Holiday, made a professional rally up the rail to prove best in the 4 ½-furlong race. The final time was 53.30.
Bred in Florida by Rick Sutherland, It’s Free is the first foal out of the Grand Slam mare Princess Quinn, and his second dam is graded stakes winner Gold Princess. He earned $27,650 for the win for owner Reynaldo Perez and trainer Roderick Rodriguez.
Majesticperfection scored his biggest career victory in the Vanderbilt Handicap (G1) at Saratoga – beating 2010 Champion Sprinter Big Drama and earning a 115 Beyer Speed Figure. He established a new track record for six furlongs winning a stakes race at Prairie Meadows in 1:07 1/5 and earning a 117 Beyer Speed Figure. He’s currently standing the 2014 breeding season at Airdrie for a fee of $10,000 stands and nurses.
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“I thought he'd be a little more forwardly placed,” admitted winning trainer Peter Eurton. “As it turned out that nine hole was a little bit of a detriment, but it also helped him get outside, which is probably more comfortable.”
Of his charge's wide rally into the stretch, Eurton said, “That was hard to take, but he seemed like he had something left and it was a fight to the wire. I'm exhausted.”
Stay Hot opened his career with two six-furlong efforts over the main track at Del Mar, finishing third Aug. 5 and sixth Sept. 2. He moved to the lawn for a stylish maiden win over one mile at Santa Anita Oct. 7 and was thrown into the deep end when beaten 5 1/2 lengths a month ago on Breeders' Cup weekend in Arcadia.
Pedigree Notes:
Stay Hot is the fifth graded winner for Airdrie stallion Summer Front (War Front). His half-sister Prerequisite (Upstart) won this year's GII Wonder Again S. and was second in the GI Fasig-Tipton Belmont Oaks Invitational. Etsu has a yearling colt by Complexity who sold to Greg Foley for $95,000 at this year's Fasig-Tipton October sale. The mare produced a colt by Upstart this year and was not bred back. The winner's third dam, Fly North, produced champion Farda Amiga (Broad Brush).
Sunday, Del Mar
CECIL B. DEMILLE S.-GIII, $102,000, Del Mar, 12-3, 2yo, 1mT, 1:35.89, fm.
1–STAY HOT, 120, r, 2, by Summer Front
1st Dam: Etsu, by Smart Strike
2nd Dam: Forever Beautiful, by Giant's Causeway
3rd Dam: Fly North, by Pleasant Colony
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($130,000
Ylg '22 FTKJUL). O-Burns Racing LLC, Exline-Border Racing LLC,
SAF Racing, The Estate of Brereton C. Jones and William Dan
Hudock; B-Brereton C. Jones (KY); T-Peter Eurton; J-Antonio
Fresu. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 5-2-0-1, $116,940. *1/2 to
Prerequisite (Upstart), GSW & GISP, $271,000. Werk Nick
Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*
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2–Rothschild, 120, c, 2, Uncle Mo–Still There, by Union Rags.
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($700,000 Ylg '22
KEESEP). O-SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables
LLC, Dianne Bashor, Robert E. Masterson, Waves Edge Capital
LLC, Catherine Donovan and Tom Ryan; B-PTK, LLC (KY); T-Tim
Yakteen. $20,000.
3–Miracle Mark, 120, c, 2, Constitution–Melody's Spirit, by Scat
Daddy. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. O-Old
Bones Racing Stable, LLC and Slam Dunk Racing; B-Nick Cosato
(KY); T-Philip D'Amato. $12,000.
Margins: NK, HD, 1HF. Odds: 2.30, 23.30, 6.40.
Also Ran: Lord Bullingdon, Charge for Gold, Deadpan, Always On Cay, Invincible, Just a Guess.
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