2nd-Arlington, $32,150, Msw, 5-27, 2yo, f, 4 1/2f (AWT), :52.34, ft.
O'KEEFFE (f, 2, Munnings&log=">Munnings–Coco Ecolo {SP, $170,222}, by Johannesburg) showed speed and dug in late to graduate at first asking on the Arlington polytrack. Picked up for $275,000 at OBS March after breezing a furlong in :10 flat, the dark bay was away in midpack as the 3-5 choice but soon blitzed to the front from her outside draw to show the way through a :22.86 quarter. Challenged by $250,000 OBSMAR grad Agi's Cait (Tale of the Cat) into the final furlong, O'Keeffe found another gear late to repel that foe by 1 1/2 lengths on the wire. Sire Munnings has had quite the week with debut-winning juveniles-two of his sons won their respective unveilings at Lone Star Thursday evening as well. O'Keeffe has a yearling half-brother by Quality Road and her dam was bred to Clubhouse Ride last season. Owner Carolyn Wilson and trainer Larry Rivelli also went to a co-session-topping $775,000 at OBS March for a Strong Mandate colt who came out of the same Wavertree Stables consignment as Sunday's winner. For more, see “Wilson, Rivelli Hoping to Be BC-Bound Again…” Sales history: $135,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $19,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart.
O-Carolyn Wilson; B-K & G Stables (KY); T-Larry Rivelli.
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