5th-Gulfstream, $72,000, Alw (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($75,000), 2-5, 3yo, f, 5fT, :54.82, fm, 2 3/4 lengths.
SHISOSPICY (f, 3, Mitole–Mischief Galore, by Into Mischief) earned a 'TDN Rising Star' tag when romping by 16 1/4 lengths in her Gulfstream debut last October. She then picked up black-type while sprinting on the dirt while the beaten favorite in both the Fern Creek Stakes and the Mockingbird Stakes at Oaklawn to kick off her 3-year-old season Jan. 4. Trying the turf for the first time while also cutting back to her shortest distance and picking up Lasix here, the 4-5 favorite showed no change in tactic, dashing right to the front to lead narrowly ahead of Blossoming Erudite (Solomini) into the turn. Only extending her margin past the quarter pole, Shisospicy came home a decisive winner by 2 3/4 lengths ahead of Le Amazonia (Practical Joke). Mischief Galore, who RNA'd for $40,000 in foal to Yaupon at KEEJAN in 2024, has now produced back to back foals by the Spendthrift sprinter with her 2023 colt bringing $175,000 at FTKOCT last year. She reported a filly this year and is due back to Early Voting this season. Sales History: $100,000 Ylg '23 KEEJAN; $200,000 Ylg '23 FTKJUL; $300,000 RNA 2yo '24 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: MSP, 4-2-1-1, $115,825. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Morplay Racing LLC; B-Bill & Corinne Heiligbrodt (KY); T-Jose Francisco D'Angelo.
Shisospicy makes her turf debut a win!! 💪🏼 pic.twitter.com/sDvy4s60l3
— Jose F D'Angelo (@JFDAngelo) February 5, 2025
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