8th-Gulfstream, $40,800, Msw, 12-30, 2yo, f, 1mT, 1:37.00, fm.
MISSION FROM ELLE (f, 2, Noble Mission {GB}–Wild as Elle, by Elnadim), sent off at 7-1, stalked the pace from the rail through an opening quarter in :23.17. Forced to steady behind foes down the backstretch, she waited for racing room turning for home before sneaking through along the hedge and bounding home a 2 1/2-length winner. Delta's Kingdom (Animal Kingdom) was second and Silver Kitten (Kitten's Joy) was third. Mission from Elle, who RNA'd for $70,000 as a KEENOV weanling, is a half-sister to Cougar Ridge (Johannesburg, GSP-Ire & MSW-US, $534,979). Wild as Elle's weanling colt by Verrazano RNA'd for $33,000 at last month's Keeneland November sale. The mare, a half-sister to the dam of MGISW Iotapa (Afleet Alex), was bred back to Classic Empire. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $24,000.
O-Run Like Elle, LLC; B-Kelly Colliver & Wild as Elle LLC (KY); T-Brendan P. Walsh.
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