4th-GP, $41,000, Msw, 3-27, 3yo, 5 1/2f, 1:03.25, ft.
SEA WIZARD (c, 3, Uncle Mo–Sea Road {MSW & GSP, $198,725}, by Tale of the Cat), backed all the way down to favoritism for his Oct. 11 debut at Belmont, found only eventual GIII Sam F. Davis S. and GII Tampa Bay Derby hero Destin (Giant's Causeway) better that day. Showing an upbeat local tab in the interim while getting first-time Lasix, the $75,000 KEESEP yearling turned $190,000 OBS March juvenile was installed as the 2-5 chalk and didn't disappoint. Pressing a similarly speedy rival through a swift opening quarter of :21.70, the public's pick put his head in front midway on the home bend and started to open up passing the quarter pole. Newcomer Tarpys Zapper (Ghostzapper) rallied the cut Sea Wizard's margin of victory to three lengths, but there was no beating the winner Sunday. Dam Sea Road is a half-sister to MGSW Great Intentions (Cat Thief) as well as the dam of GISW Karlovy Vary (Dynaformer). She hails from the extended female family of Grade I winners War Pass, Oath and Jack Milton. Sea Road produced a Take Charge Indy filly last year and was bred back to Super Saver. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $39,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Mac Nichol; B-R. Alex Rankin & R. & P. Lenihan (KY); T-John F. Mazza.
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