Slugfest! Curlin's Believable Stern Late At The Big A

7th-Belmont The Big A, $85,000, Msw, 9-28, 2yo, f, 1m, 1:37.28, ft, nose.
BELIEVABLE (f, 2, Curlin–Temptress, by Tapit), an $800,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling sale grad, may not have made the front in her debut race as an 8-1 shot here, but she certainly remedied that by the time the field exited the chute and hit the main track. The 2-year-old held sway up the backstretch and around the far turn, but entering the lane she was challenged by a bid to the outside from Concurrently (Amercian Pharoah). Duking it out past the sixteenth marker it looked as though her rival was going to get paid, but Believable proved stout by a nose.

The winner is full-brother to Tenfold, MGSW & MGISP, $1,285,365, and a half-sister to filly in-training Seraphia (Gun Runner), who went to Jackpot/Whispering Oaks/Rick Ortyl for a cool million at the 2023 Saratoga Select Yearling sale. A half-sister to GSW Donegal Moon (Malibu Moon) and out of an extended female family which includes champion grass mare Possibly Perfect (Northern Baby), Temptress handed Believable a full-brother last year, but was not reported as bred since. Sales History: $800,000 Ylg '24 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $46,750. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Repole Stable; B-Newstead Corp (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.

Unbelievably close photo finish win by BELIEVABLE and @KendrickCarmou1 for trainer @PletcherRacing! pic.twitter.com/DTISBsK6PC

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