City Zip Colt Stays Unbeaten in Woodbine's Victoria

Blueblood took all the money and rewarded his backers with a hard-fought score to remain undefeated. Bet to odds-on first out here May 19, the $300,000 KEESEP buy went wire-to-wire. Sitting third on the outside early on, the bay cruised up to the flank of pacesetter and paternal sibling Tenacity Zip passing a :22.59 quarter, and the pair locked horns at the top of the lane, with Blueblood getting the better of his foe in the final sixteenth.

“From day one, since he's been at Woodbine, he's a more mature horse,” said rider Patrick Husbands. “In other words, he's more like a 3-year-old. Everything I want him to do, he does. It's a pleasure being around him as a jockey.”

The winner's dam, a half to MGSW Gamble's Ghost (Ghostzapper), is responsible for a yearling filly by Twirling Candy and foaled a full-brother to the winner this season. Blueblood was the second-priciest yearling by City Zip to sell at auction last season.

VICTORIA S., C$112,000, WO, 7-8, 2yo, 5f (AWT), :58.37, ft.
1–#BLUEBLOOD, 122, c, 2, by City Zip
1st Dam: Forest Gamble, by Forest Wildcat
2nd Dam: Gambling Girl, by Secret Claim
3rd Dam: Dawn's Deputy, by Deputy Minister
($300,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP). O-Fox Hill Farms, Inc.; B-Tall Oaks
Farm (ON); T-Mark E. Casse; J-Patrick Husbands. C$72,000.
Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $88,105.[bullet ad=”warrendale-sold-congratulations-to-all-the-connections”][bullet ad=”ontario-bred”]2–Tenacity Zip, 122, c, 2, City Zip–On the Podium, by Bold
Executive. ($12,000 Wlg '15 KEENOV; $85,000 Ylg '16 EASOCT).
O-Windways Farm & Michael James Ambler; B-Sienna Farms
LLC (KY); T-Nicholas Gonzalez. C$20,000.
3–Tigerbeach, 122, c, 2, Treasure Beach (GB)–Cold Blooded, by
Tiger Ridge. ($27,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP; $47,000 RNA 2yo '17
OBSMAR). O-V-Leaf Stables LLC; B-John C. Pereira (FL); T-Larry
Rivelli. C$11,000.
Margins: 3/4, 1 1/4, 2. Odds: 0.65, 5.45, 5.55.
Also Ran: Afterburner, Adios Muchacho, Like What I See.

 

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