2nd-Keeneland, $110,000, Msw, 4-19, 3yo, 7f, 1:28.47, ft, 7 1/4 lengths.
CRUDO (c, 3, Justify–Blossomed, by Deputy Minister) was looking to atone for a debut fourth at odds-on at Gulfstream Feb. 8 in which he had some trouble at the break but was nevertheless there to win the race in upper stretch before weakening late. Favored this time at 44-100, the $350,000 Keeneland November weanling purchase was fastest of the sextet into stride and quickly opened up on his rivals, requiring just :24.02 to negotiate the first couple of furlongs with token pressure to his outside. Lobbing them along ears pricked into the turn, Crudo was saved for a finish and responded when asked by John Velazquez, widening at will to take it by 7 1/4 lengths. Crudo is the full-brother to the 5-year-old mare Awesome Result, MSW-Jpn, $1,108,666, perfect in her eight career starts and who went over the $1-million mark in career earnings in the Listed Queen Sho at Funabashi this past February. That was her first start since being scratched from a potentially mouth-watering clash with eventual Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) in the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff Nov. 2. Crudo is also a half-brother to Bodacious Babe (Mineshaft), GSP, $154,259, the dam of recent Heavenly Cause Stakes heroine Royal Spa (Violence); and to Saayedd (Malibu Moon), SW-UAE, $136,825; and Sippican Harbor (Orb), GISW, $262,650. Sales history: $350,000 Wlg '22 KEENOV; $520,000 RNA Ylg '23 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $70,148. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-James Ventura & B Flay Thoroughbreds; B-Orpendale/Chelston/Wynatt (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher.
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