6th-BEL, $75,000, Msw, 9-18, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, 1:16.95, ft.
+ELOQUENT RIDDLE (f, 2, Harlan's Holiday–Comic Marvel, by Distorted Humor) who sported a string of works dating back to early August at Belmont, was sent off at 5-1 in this debut. In a tracking fifth through an opening quarter in :22.07, the Juddmonte homebred saved all the ground at the fence and pilot Javier Castellano was sitting on go and only lacked racing room after a half mile in :45.61. Eloquent Riddle angled off the rail in upper stretch, split horses inside the final 100 yards and kicked clear to win by 2 3/4 lengths over 34-1 Naples Princess (Distorted Humor). Eloquent Riddle's second dam is Media Nox (GB) (Lycius), a group/graded winner in France and the U.S. whose daughter Nebraska Tornado (Storm Cat) won the G1 Prix de Diane in 2003. Media Nox is also the dam of Mirabilis (Lear Fan), winner of the 2006 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile while under the care of Bobby Frankel. Comic Marvel is the sam of a yearling colt by Malibu Moon, a weanling filly by City Zip and was most recently bred back to Malibu Moon. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $45,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); T-Chad C Brown.
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