March 8, 2025 - Tampa Bay Downs, Race 6, USD $53,000, 7F
Dam: Motion Emotion , by Take Charge Indy
Owner: Spendthrift Farm LLC & Repole Stable
Breeder: Spendthrift Farm LLC (KY)
Trainer: Anthony J. Sciametta, Jr.
Spendthrift Farm and Repole Stable's Accelerize (c, 3, Omaha Beach-Motion Emotion, by Take Charge Indy) romped by daylight at first asking for 'TDN Rising Star' honors on Saturday's Tampa Bay Derby undercard.
Off at odds of 7-2, the $400,000 KEESEP yearling hit the ground running beneath Irad Ortiz, Jr. and cleared the field from his wide draw in post 12. He showed the way through fractions of :21.87 and :45.03 and blasted off at the top of the stretch to win going away by 7 3/4 lengths over favored Moment's Notice (More Than Ready). The final time for seven furlongs was a very sharp 1:21.20.
With Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher currently serving a seven-day suspension imposed by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit after a horse from his barn tested positive for betamethasone, Accelerize's trainer of record is listed as his longtime assistant, Anthony Sciametta, Jr.
The Spendthrift Farm-bred Accelerize becomes the third 'Rising Star' for Omaha Beach. He is the first foal from the stakes-winning and three-time graded placed Motion Emotion. She is also responsible for a Yaupon filly of 2023 and a Cyberknife colt of 2024. She was bred back to Into Mischief for 2025. Spendthrift Farm purchased Motion Emotion for $800,000 at the 2020 FTKNOV sale. This is the extended female family of GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf heroine Shared Account (Pleasantly Perfect) and her daughter, GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Sharing (Speightstown).
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