1st-Aqueduct, $96,500, Msw, 4-17, 2yo, f, 4 1/2f, :54.22, ft.
MO MYSTERY (f, 2, Uncle Mo&log=">Uncle Mo–Tabitha, by Tale of the Cat) finished with a flourish to take the first 2-year-old race of the NYRA season. Part of a 2-1 entry coupled with Micromillion (Micromanage), the homebred broke well and tracked from third out in the clear as favored Tesorina (American Pharoah) rushed away to lead. Mo Mystery needed to do better in upper stretch as she dropped back and Tesorina looked long gone, but the dark bay eventually figured it out. Once she did, she took off with an impressive kick to run by the leader and score by a widening 3 1/4 lengths. Micromillion, who was away awkwardly from the rail, rallied to reel in the pacesetter for second. The winner's third dam is Tizso (Cee's Tizzy), a full-sister to Tiznow and the dam of GISW and young sire Paynter (Awesome Again). Mike Repole purchased unplaced and maiden Tabitha for $50,000 at the 2016 Fasig-Tipton February Winter Mixed Sale. She produced an Outwork (Uncle Mo) colt last May, and sold for $3,500 while barren at last year's Keeneland November sale. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $50,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Repole Stable; B-Repole Stable Inc (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.
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