Glen Hill Farm homebred Summering (War Front) got off to a very auspicious start to her career with a dominant front-running tally in this turfy two-turn test. Backed down to 2-1 favoritism after shipping westward from Fair Hill in July, the bay broke alertly and doled out swift splits of :22.26 and :46.30. Still traveling well within herself as they straightened, she scampered clear of them with ease despite her earlier exertions and some greenness to graduate by five lengths in 1:35.53. Colonial Creed (Jimmy Creed) was second. The winner is a daughter of MGSW/GISP Wishing Gate (Indian Charlie), a second-out graduate over this same course and distance almost six years ago. Wishing Gate died after producing her second foal, a full-brother to Summering named Food and Wine, last year. Summering's second dam was also a productive carrier of the Glen Hill orange and black, having secured a pair of Grade III wins on the Churchill turf. Third dam Qualitative (Woodman) was a $200,000 Keeneland July yearling in 1996 by the late Leonard Lavin's storied operation.
4th-Del Mar, $61,725, Msw, 7-29, 2yo, f, 1mT, 1:35.53, fm.
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1st Dam: Wishing Gate (MGSW, $374,192}, by Indian Charlie
2nd Dam: Rich in Spirit, by Repriced
3rd Dam: Qualatative, by Woodman
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $36,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton<. Free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
O/B-Glen Hill Farm (FL); T-Thomas F. Proctor.
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