First Defence Debutante Scores at Keeneland

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First Defence Debutante Scores at Keeneland

Updated: 4:55 PM ET (First posted: 4:02 PM ET)

6th at KEE

Msw ($50K) [6 1/2f (AW)]

Winner: Silver Strike, f, 2 by First Defence

6th-KEE, $49,649, Msw, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f (AWT), 1:17 3/5, ft.
+SILVER STRIKE (f, 2, First Defence--Adam's Time {SW, $342,374}, by Gilded Time) was let go at 38-1 off a sparse and unassuming worktab at Churchill, but the bay belied those odds to give her freshman sire (by Unbridled's Song) his second winner. Away second-to-last, Silver Strike bided her time between horses in the early going behind a quick pace. She began to inch closer on the turn while widest of all, and continued her improbable rally after bumping with another foe in upper stretch to out-kick 25-1 newcomer Flashy Gray (Flashy Bull) by a head. The $2 exacta paid $2076.60.The $30,000 FTKOCT yearling is a half to Striking Miss (Smart Strike), MSW, $126,831. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $30,000. Click for the brisnet.com chart or Video, sponsored by Taylor Made Sales.
O-Stoneway Farm LLC. B-Equus Farm (KY). T-David M Carroll.

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