1st-Churchill Downs, $85,953, Msw, 6-27, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:11.29, ft.
JOSIE (f, 2, Race Day–Spirited Away {SW, $133,683}, by Awesome Again), second behind 'TDN Rising Star' Magic Dance (More Than Ready) as the 3-5 favorite in her five-furlong debut at Churchill Downs June 7, was the 4-5 choice in her second outing Thursday. The gray filly sprinted to the early lead along the rail and tugged her way through an opening quarter in :21.56. She was 2 1/2 lengths in front after a half in :45.01 and strode home a 2 3/4-length victress. She is the second winner for her freshman sire (by Tapit). She's All Wolfe (Magna Graduate) closed late for second. A half-sister to Prospective (Malibu Moon, MGSW, $719,130), Josie was an $80,000 FTKJUL yearling and sold for $170,000 following a :10 1/5 furlong work at this year's OBS March sale. Spendthrift owner B. Wayne Hughes purchased the winner's dam, Spirited Away, for $290,000 as a Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling in 2005. Winner of the Truly Bound H. for Hughes at Fair Grounds in 2008, she was exported to Australia in 2017 and produced a filly by Into Mischief in 2018. The winner's third dam is champion North Sider (Topsider). Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $73,848.
O-Steve Landers Racing LLC; B-Spendthrift Farm LLC (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.
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