By J.N. Campbell
3rd-TAM, $53K, Msw, 3yo, f, 7f, 1:50 p.m. ET.
MEURSAULT (Tapit) is set for her first start under the care of trainer Chad Brown for Alpha Delta. A $700,000 Keeneland September buy, the filly is out of unraced Lasy W (War Front), who claims one other foal–a yearling filly by Quality Road. The first-time starter's second dam, GI Acorn Stakes heroine Zaftig (Gone West), is also responsible for MGSP Spinoff (Hard Spun).
Joining Meursault at the barrier is homebred Smoothly (Nyquist). Godolphin also campaigned her dam Via Strata (Street Cry {Ire}) and her second dam MGSW Golden Velvet (Seeking the Gold). Trained by Eoin Harty, Smoothly's extended female family includes MGISW Matareya (Pioneerof the Nile) and current sire Maxfield (Street Sense). TJCIS PPS
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