Elusive Quality's Unabashed Gives Pletcher Another Debut Winner at The Spa.

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Elusive Quality's Unabashed Gives Pletcher Another Debut Winner at The Spa.

Updated: 6:01 PM ET (First posted: 1:26 PM ET)

1st at SAR

Msw ($80k) [5 1/2f]

Winner: Unabashed, f, 2 by Elusive Quality

1st-SAR, $80,000, Msw, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:04, ft.
+UNABASHED (f, 2, Elusive Quality--Golden Temper {GSW, $347,413}, by Forty Niner), a $200,000 KEESEP purchase, broke to the inside and sat off the pace along the rail in the early going. The 9-5 choice bided her time as four horses clamored for the lead, going the half in :45.56. She angled out three wide on the turn, swung out to the four path to find running room, took the lead in the upper stretch and drew away to a five-length win, covering the 5 1/2 panels in 1:04.08. Ruby Lips (Hard Spun) closed nicely down the center of the track to complete the exacta, while 44-1 pacesetter Merry Meadow (Henny Hughes) stuck around gamely for third. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $48,000. Click for the brisnet.com chart. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made Sales.
O-Cheyenne Stables LLC & McNeill Stables. B-Pollock Farms & Darley Stud Management LLC (KY). T-Todd A Pletcher.

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