Zainalarab

Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency MILLION-DOLLAR WAR FRONT FACES WINNERS 3rd-CD, $118K, Opt. Clm. ($75K), 3yo, f, 6 1/2f, 11:30p.m. Shadwell Stable's $1-million KEESEP buy ZAINALARAB (War Front) looks to take her record to two-for-two in her first try against winners here. A debut winner sprinting on the Belmont main track in September, she was subsequently sidelined and receives Lasix for the first time in this return. The bay is out of GSW Delightful Joy (Tapit), who is a daughter of GSW & GISP Graeme Six (Graeme Hall) and a...

1st-Belmont, $63,000, Msw, 9-18, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:12.01, ft. ZAINALARAB (f, 2, War Front--Delightful Joy {GSW, $179,200}, by Tapit), whose $1-million purchase price out of last year's Keeneland September sale was the second-highest for her hugely successful stallion, got the Belmont fall meet off on a chalky note, grinding her way past her chief market rival Exact (Competitive Edge) for a narrow victory. Allowed to sit the box-seat trip as Exact made the running in advance of the blinkered Jade Empress (Shanghai Bobby), Zainalarab was pulled off the fence in...

Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency 1st-BEL, $63K, Msw, 6f, 2yo, f, 1:00 p.m. ET Shadwell Stable's ZAINALARAB (War Front) will get both her racing career and the Belmont fall meet underway Friday when facing five other juvenile fillies in this sprint. Bought for $1 million even at Keeneland September, the bay is the first foal out of GSW Delightful Joy (Tapit), a half-sister to GSW Cali Star (Street Cry {Ire}) and 113 Beyer-earning SW Seymourdini (Bernardini). Trained by Chad Brown, she shows a steady worktab going back to mid-July at...