Kingly (Tapit), a full-brother to MGSW Mohaymen and half to GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile hero New Year's Day (Street Cry {Ire}), took charge at the top of the lane and held on late to capture the California Derby on Saturday's closing day card at Golden Gate. A first-out winner Dec. 1 at Del Mar, the bay was runner-up in a sloppy Santa Anita optional claimer Jan. 31 and finished a distant second in the El Camino Real Derby here Feb. 16.
Off as the 8-5 favorite in this spot, he broke inwardly at the start but soon recovered to sit well off runaway leader Erlich (Curlin) in second through splits of :23.40 and :46.82. That one threw in the towel at the quarter pole, and Kingly inherited to the lead. Clear at the eighth pole, he felt the challenge of wide-running Visitant late, but dug in to stave that one off.
Justwhistledixie is also represented by the 2-year-old colt Enforceable (Tapit), a $775,000 KEESEP RNA, and a yearling colt by Pioneerof the Nile. She was bred to Arrogate for the 2019 season.
CALIFORNIA DERBY, $100,900, Golden Gate Fields, 4-27, 3yo,
1 1/16m (AWT), 1:42.73, ft.
1–KINGLY, 117, c, 3, by Tapit&hid=28277">Tapit
1st Dam: Justwhistledixie (MGSW & GISP, $449,427), by Dixie Union
2nd Dam: General Jeanne, by Honour and Glory
3rd Dam: Ahpo Hel, by Mr. Leader
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Clearview Stables, LLC, RAC 04
Racing, LLC & Michael Meegan; B-Clearsky Farms (KY); T-Bob
Baffert; J-Mario Gutierrez. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 4-2-2-0,
$123,200. *1/2 to New Year's Day (Street Cry {Ire}), GISW,
$1,154,000; full to Mohaymen, MGSW, $998,417.
2–Visitant, 119, c, 3, Ghostzapper–Peppermint Lounge, by
Distorted Humor. O/B-Williamson Racing, LLC (KY); T-John F.
Martin. $20,000.
3–More Ice, 119, c, 3, More Than Ready–Coal and Ice, by Tapit.
($240,000 Ylg '17 OBSOCT; $52,000 2yo '18 OBSAPR).
O-Hollendorfer, LLC, Kenwood Racing, Inc. (Robb Levinsky) &
Richard Robertson; B-Hardacre Farm (FL); T-Jerry Hollendorfer.
$12,000.
Margins: HF, 1 3/4, 1. Odds: 1.70, 9.30, 9.50.
Also Ran: Angelo's Pride, The Creep, Sparky Ville, Rey Coliman, Erlich. Scratched: Mayor Cobb.
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