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 Thursday, December 1, 2011

  Aqueduct, Race 5, Alw, 41,160, NW1X, (S), 2yo, f, 6f, 1:13, ft

  Agave Kiss, F, 2, by Lion Heart

1st Dam: Salty Romance (SW & GSP, $229,200), by Salt Lake

2nd Dam: Checkerspot, by Affirmed

3rd Dam: One Fine Lady, by Tri Jet

Agave Kiss stole the spotlight on Belmont's New York Showcase Day, posting a dominating 6 1/4-length wire-to-wire tally in her debut over 12 Empire-breds Oct. 22. Not much of a secret at 1-5 to clear her first state-bred allowance condition here, the chestnut coasted through early fractions of :23.18 and :46.41, and cruised under the wire a 10 1/2-length winner without rider Ryan Curatolo moving a muscle. Mon Rose (Friends Lake) was a distant second. Agave Kiss's yearling half-sister by Lemon Drop Kid topped Phase 1 of the Flying Zee Dispersal at $375,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Sale. (Click here for a feature that ran on the Lemon Drop Kid filly topper and Flying Zee Stable in TDN's Oct. 27 edition). Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $49,200.

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O: Flying Zee Stable | B: Nustar Breeding LLC (NY) | T: Rudy R Rodriguez