7th-Belmont The Big A, $85,360, Alw (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($100,000), 5-1, 3yo, f, 1m, 1:35.89, ft, 1 1/4 lengths.
CASSIAR (f, 3, City of Light–Nellie Cashman {GSW, $349,839}, by Mineshaft), runner-up in the GII Gulfstream Park Oaks behind recently-scratched Kentucky Oaks entrant Five G (Vekoma), cut back to the mile but faced several salty fillies including the come-backing GI Frizette Stakes winner Scottish Lassie (McKinzie). That 2-5 favorite made much of the running, setting a pressured pace just ahead of Dry Powder (Gun Runner) through fractions of :23.78 and :46.57. Cassiar sat third off that pair into the turn, really picked up the bridle with an outside bid at the quarter pole and came home nicely as the heavy favorite began to fade to win by 1 1/4 lengths. Dry Powder stayed on for second while Scottish Lassie was third. The top three were well clear of the final two runners in the field on the line. Out of GIII Virginia Oaks winner Nellie Cashman, also the dam of Bendoog (Gun Runner), G1SP-UAE, GSP-USA, $817,116, Cassiar has a yearling Mitole half-sister and a foal half-sister by Mandaloun. Sales History: $400,000 Ylg '23 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: GSP, 3-2-0-1, $91,710. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-W.S. Farish; B-Calumet Farm (KY); T-Claude R. McGaughey III.
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