Cedartown graduated at third asking with a 5 1/4-length score at Monmouth Park Aug. 19 and missed by a neck next out at Keeneland Oct. 20, but was promoted to first after the winner was DQ'd. Sent off at 7-1 in this stakes debut, the $620,000 FTFMAR buy tracked from fourth off moderate early fractions. Rallying just off the flank of Chief Know It All rounding the far turn, Cedartown took control in early stretch and forged clear to score his first black-type victory. The winner is a half-brother to recently retired “TDN Rising Star” and MGSW Danzing Candy (Twirling Candy), as well as the yearling colt Art Object (Twirling Candy). He has a weanling full-brother and his dam visited Candy Ride again this season. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
ZIA PARK DERBY, $200,000, ZIA, 11-22, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:43.76, ft.
1–CEDARTOWN, 120, c, 3, by Candy Ride (Arg)&log=">Candy Ride (Arg)
1st Dam: Talkin and Singing, by Songandaprayer
2nd Dam: Bendita, by Baldski
3rd Dam: Bonne Note (Fr), by Bon Mot (Fr)
($50,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP; $620,000 2yo '16 FTFMAR).
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Godolphin Racing LLC; B-Halo Farms
(KY); T-Michael Stidham; J-Ry Eikleberry. $120,000. Lifetime
Record: 6-3-3-0, $204,200. *1/2 to Danzing Candy (Twirling
Candy), MGSW, $700,930.[bullet ad=”lanes-end-sales-grad”]2–Untrapped, 122, c, 3, Trappe Shot–Exit Three, by Giant's
Causeway. ($97,000 Ylg '15 KEEJAN; $150,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP;
$125,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR). O-Michael Langford; B-Indian
Creek & Jonathan Sheppard (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen. $44,000.[bullet ad=”indian-creek-cobred-raised-sold”][bullet ad=”hermitage-half-sister-sells-keeneland-january”][bullet ad=”crupi-trained”]3–Chief Know It All, 122, c, 3, Flashy Bull–Baby Mini, by Grand Slam. O-Rollingson Racing Stable, Howg, Randy, Wiest, Rick
and Wiest, Clayton; B-Lucky Seven Stable (KY); T-Robertino
Diodoro. $20,000.
Margins: 1 3/4, 1, 2 1/4. Odds: 7.80, 0.70, 4.80.
Also Ran: P C Cowboy, Steely Resolve, Horse Fly, Equator, General Council, Passed by Paul. Scratched: You're to Blame.
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