Seek and Destroy got out to the front and never looked back to capture the off-the-turf Chelsey Flower S. Sunday at Belmont. Third in a washed-off Saratoga debut Aug. 5, the bay was sixth on the Spa lawn Sept. 3 before romping in another off-the-turf spot here Oct. 8. Made the second choice in this non-black-type event, she showed the way through splits of :23.76 and :48.11, skipped clear past mid-stretch and never faced a serious challenge. Hollywood Glory was second-best. The victress has a weanling full-sister and her dam was bred to Kitten's Joy this term. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
CHELSEY FLOWER S., (NB) $100,000, Belmont, 10-28, 2yo, f, 1m (off turf), 1:39.78, sy.
1–SEEK AND DESTROY, 118, f, 2, by Verrazano
1st Dam: Search and Seizure, by War Chant
2nd Dam: Search Party, by Seeking the Gold
3rd Dam: Deputation, by Deputy Minister
($425,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP). O-e Five Racing Thoroughbreds;
B-William B. Harrigan (KY); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Javier
Castellano. $55,000. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-0, $101,860. *1/2
to Tammy the Torpedo (More Than Ready), MGSW, $355,530.
2–Hollywood Glory, 118, f, 2, Maclean's Music–Marcellina
d'Oro, by Medaglia d'Oro. ($180,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP).
O-Courtlandt Farms (Donald and Donna Adam); B-Stonestreet
Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Mark A. Hennig. $20,000.
3–Take Ten, 116, f, 2, Uncle Mo–Savviest, by El Corredor.
($180,000 Wlg '16 KEENOV; $350,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP).
O-Courtlandt Farms (Donald and Donna Adam); B-A. T. Brede
& Ashford Stud (KY); T-Mark A. Hennig. $12,000.
Margins: 3HF, 6 1/4, 6HF. Odds: 2.85, 6.20, 4.80.
Also Ran: Two Dozen Roses, Shoobiedoobydoo, Tweety Kitten. Scratched: Lucky Lips, On the Town, Sweet Timing, Stormy D, Multi Strategy.
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