Officer Filly Debuts a Winner at Belmont

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Officer Filly Debuts a Winner at Belmont

Updated: 2:49 PM ET (First posted: 1:35 PM ET)

2nd at BEL

Msw ($70k) [5f]

Winner: Mr. Hall's Opus, f, 2 by Officer

2nd-BEL, $70,000, Msw, 2yo, f, 5f, 1:00 2/5, my.
+MR HALL'S OPUS (f, 2, Officer--Sala de Oro {SW}, by Expelled) trained extremely well over the Palm Meadows dirt track, with a couple of bullet works before heading north. The homebred took plenty of play for this debut and was sent off the 7-5 second choice behind Andele (Bernardini). The chalk showed good speed from the outside to head them off, with Mr. Hall's Opus in hot pursuit to her outside. She drew alongside the $500,000 KEESEP yearling at the head of the lane, matched strides to the eighth pole and inched away late to take it by 1 3/4 lengths. George Hall signed the ticket on the winner's dam for $100,000 at the 2006 Keeneland November sale carrying a foal by Yes It's True. That produce, Truth and Justice, MSW, $238,599, was herself an easy winner of her career bow back in 2009 and went on to add a trio of juvenile stakes scores. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $42,000. Click for the brisnet.com chart or Video, sponsored by Taylor Made Sales.
O-George & Lori Hall. B-K & G Stables (KY). T-Kelly J Breen.

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