1st-GP, $53,000, Msw, 1-27, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:43.55, fm.
AMERTUME (f, 3, Tapit–Honest Pursuit, by Storm Cat), let go at 8-1 despite her strong pedigree and formidable connections, kicked off the Pegasus World Cup Day festivities with a green but promising debut score. The bay homebred bided her time well out of it early, but emerged down the center of the course heading for home and inhaled her foes over the top despite obvious immaturity to defeat pacesetting Figarella's Queen (Medaglia d'Oro) by a half-length. The winner's dam, a $3.1-million KEENOV acquisition in 2009, is a daughter of GISW Honest Lady (Seattle Slew), making her a half to GISW First Defence (Unbridled's Song). Her third dam is blue hen Toussaud (El Gran Senor). Honest Pursuit has a 2-year-old colt named Fairface (Tapit) and a yearling colt named Nomadic (Pioneerof the Nile). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $31,800. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-Wertheimer Et Frere (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.
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