6th-SAR, $85,000, Alw (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($80,000), 7-24, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f (off turf), 1:07.16, sy.
SUGAR QUEEN (f, 2, Gemologist–Miss Patricia, by Indian Charlie) bounced back from a poor stakes try to capture an off-the-turf allowance/optional claimer at Saratoga. A wire-to-wire victress on debut May 3 at Belmont, the $285,000 OBS March buy briefly contested the pace before fading to be a well-beaten fourth in the Astoria S. there June 8. Originally entered for turf, the bay stayed in after the rains came and broke on top at 5-2 before deferring to Schianti (Distorted Humor) behind a :22.42 quarter. Longshot On the Hop (Artie Schiller) rolled past the pacesetter soon after straightening and went clear at the eighth pole, but Sugar Queen found new life when switched off the inside, and reeled that foe in at the sixteenth pole en route to a four-length triumph. The winner's third dam is a half to 1987 GI Breeders' Cup Sprint heroine Very Subtle (Hoist the Silver). Miss Patricia produced a filly by Empire Maker Apr. 7. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $108,500. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Sumaya U.S. Stable; B-Top Racing, LLC (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.[bullet ad=”139850″]
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