3rd-Oaklawn, $110,000, Msw, 2-8, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:10.50, ft, 8 lengths.
NUIT MAGIQUE (f, 4, Arrogate–Twixy, by Mutakddim) made an eyecatching move to split horses three furlongs from home and widened through the final eighth of a mile to graduate by eight impressive lengths Saturday afternoon at Oaklawn Park. Pegged at morning-line odds of 9-2, the $255,000 Keeneland September yearling turned $1-million Fasig-Tipton Midlantic topper, off at 14-5, was under a hustling ride early on from Nik Juarez and was no better than midfield through the opening exchanges before improving into third and wide heading into the turn. Juarez looked for a brief moment that he was going to ask Nuit Magique to chart an overland course on the turn, but he instead sent her inside and she picked up the loose leader approaching the quarter pole. Firmly in front in upper stretch, she lengthened away and had a distance on her rivals at the wire. A half-sister to Twixy Roll (Roll Hennessy Roll), MSW, $277,172, Nuit Magique hails from the female family of GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Caleb's Posse (Posse) and Mr Ross (Slewacide), a four-time graded stakes winner at this track in the early 2000s. Twixy is also the dam of the juvenile colt Fort Sumner (Marking) and was most recently bred back to Marking. Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, of course, called the shots on the careers of two of Arrogate's best progeny, namely GI Kentucky Oaks winner Secret Oath and GI Preakness Stakes hero Seize the Grey. Sales history: $255,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP; $1,000,000 2yo '23 FTMMAY. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $66,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart and VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Andreas Constantinou; B-Dale Taylor (KY); T-D Wayne Lukas.
#8 NUIT MAGIQUE ($7.60), a $1 million two-year-old, debuts in style in the 3rd race at @OaklawnRacing! The four-year-old filly by Arrogate is trained by D. Wayne Lukas. Nik Juarez was in the irons. pic.twitter.com/7SMeNju6RL
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