7th-TAM, $20,900, Msw, 4-10, 3yo, f, 1mT, 1:35.91, fm.
+BALLINSKELLIGS (f, 3, Malibu Moon–Eden's Storm, by Stormy Atlantic) prepared for this first career start at trainer Christophe Clement's winter base at Payson Park and took solid support at the windows as the 5-2 favorite. Navigating the first turn in the two path, the chestnut settled to race in third behind a half-mile in :47.56. Ballinskelligs was momentarily forced to wait in search of running room on the far turn, angled out at the head of the lane and rallied to notch a 3/4-length score over Dudette (First Dude). The winner, a $210,000 Keeneland September yearling, is out of a dam who is a half-sister to MG1SW David Junior (Pleasant Tap). This is also the extended family of MGISW Paradise Creek (Irish River {Fr}) and GISWs Forbidden Apple (Pleasant Colony) and Wild Event (Wild Again). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $12,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Waterville Lake Stable; B-Helen T. Andrews & Twin Hopes Farm (KY); T-Christophe Clement.
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