Jill Baffert's Bottle of Rouge (Vino Rosso), the 2-5 favorite, survived a steward's inquiry to secure 20 qualifying points to the GI Kentucky Oaks with her victory in the Sunland Park Oaks Sunday evening in New Mexico. Winner of last year's GI Del Mar Debutante, Bouttle of Rouge was making her first start since finishing sixth in the Oct. 31 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Del Mar. The gray filly stalked the pace three wide as Cashed (I'll Have Another) took the field through fractions of :23.85 and :46.80. Bottle of Rouge took control approaching the stretch and, after drifting in slightly in upper stretch, darted out and appeared to impede the tiring Pashmina as Touch of Magic was closing late down the center of the track. Juan Hernandez got the favorite straightened out and she was pulling away at the wire.
Blues Corner has a 2-year-old full-sister to Bottle of Rouge who sold for $150,000 to Elizabeth Morey at last year's Fasig-Tipton October sale, and a yearling filly by Yaupon. She was bred back to Yaupon last year. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
SUNLAND PARK OAKS, $250,000, Sunland, 2-15, 3yo, f, 1m, 1:35.82, ft.
1–BOTTLE OF ROUGE, 121, f, 3, by Vino Rosso
1st Dam: Blues Corner, by Bluegrass Cat
2nd Dam: Hunt's Corner, by Silver Ghost
3rd Dam: Treacherous Twist, by Torsion
($60,000 Wlg '23 KEENOV; $100,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP). O-Natalie Baffert; B-Kathie Maybee (KY);
T-Bob Baffert; J-Juan J. Hernandez. $147,000. Lifetime Record: GISW, 5-3-1-0,
$427,000.
2–Touch of Magic, 121, f, 3, Into Mischief–Magical World, by
Distorted Humor. ($250,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE.
O-Three Chimneys Farm, LLC (Goncalo B. Torrealba); B-Three
Chimneys Farm, LLC & Whisper Hill Farm, LLC (KY); T-Steven M.
Asmussen. $53,900.
3–Pashmina, 121, f, 3, Constitution–Panthera Onca, by Super
Saver. ($350,000 Ylg '24 FTKOCT). O-Red White and Blue
Racing LLC; B-Narola, LLC (KY); T-Rob Atras. $24,500.
Margins: 1HF, 1HF, 4HF. Odds: 0.40, 21.60, 5.70.
Also Ran: Coffee Connection, Not a Lady, Cashed, In the Aggregate. Scratched: Ivy Girl.
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