‘TDN’s Rising Star’ Faiza (girvin) was narrowly left behind Pride of the Nile (Pioneer of the Nile) and survived a manager’s investigation to cross-pollinate 1-2 in an approximate renewal of GI Starlet S. at Los Alamitos Saturday. The win marks Starlet’s sixth straight win and ninth overall for Hall of Famer Bob Baffert. The winner of the flashy six-feather debut at Del Mar on November 12 made a two-pass debut in Starlet.
Perfectly positioned by Flavien Prat in the outer ring, placed third with a score of : 23.36 and : 47.87, Faiza started to move while the four wide at the far end to join his fine friend determined doinithehardway (street feeling) and Pride of the Nile glides over the tracks.
With the trio lined up at the top of the lane, fatigued rider Doinitthehardway got his worst in racing between rivals, colliding with both Faiza and Pride of the Nile as they headed straight. Faiza looks fine on her way from there, but Pride of the Nile won’t go down without a fight. Those two put on a performance on the way past the eighth column with Faiza wanting just a little more to take the lead. can not control (start) has completed the trilogy.
“Faiza has always shown that she is someone special and today she has to be special to win her first race,” Baffert said. “She is still green, but I think she has a big future ahead of her. I think she gets better with age, but we fell in love with her from the start and she’s one of the hottest gentlemen out there right now.
Genealogical Notes:
Faiza, a $90,000 FTKJUL aspirant and a $725,000 2-year-old EASMAY kid, was the first Class I winner and the fifth bet winner for first-year boys starting fast girvin, who moved from Ocala Stud to Airdrie for the 2023 breeding season. Faiza is half-sister to MGSW and the farm stallion Spendthrift Thousand Words (Pioneerof the Nile). Second dam Pomeroys Pistol (Pomeroy), herself a classified multiple bet winner, is placed in both GI Prioress S. and GI Test S. Faiza’s half-sister by Prince Cairo brought in $160,000 at Keeneland in September. Faiza Sweet Pistol’s Dam, a $33,000 item purchased by Brereton C. Jones of Airdrie at the 2016 KEENOV sale, was stolen. complex in 2022 and bred back with the same sire for the next season.
Saturday, Los Alamitos
STARLET S.-HOLD$300,500, Los Alamitos, 12-10, 2yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:44.49, ft.
first-FAIZA, 120, f, 2, by girvin
1st Dam: Sweet Pistol, by Smart Strike
2nd Dam: Pomeroys Pistol, by Pomeroy
3rd Dam: Prettyatthetable, by Point Given
‘TDN Rising Star’ WIN THE FIRST BLACK, CLASS 1 STOCK
WIN, 1st place I WIN. ($90,000 Ylg ’21 FTKJUL; $725,000
2yo ’22 EASY). O-Michael Lund Petersen; B-Breton C.
Jones (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-Flavien Prat. $180,000. Whole life
Record: 2-2-0-0, $222,000. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click to view
eNicks report & pedigree 5 cross.
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2-Pride of the Nile, 120, f, 2, by Pioneerof the Nile
First beat: Inny Minnie, by Spin hard
2nd Dam: Inny River, by Seattle Slew
The 3rd dam: Golden Petals, by Mr. Prospector
BLACK TYPE 1, BLACK TYPE GRADE 1, BLACK NUMBER 1 G1
TYPE. ($140,000 Ylg ’21 KEESEP). UMBRELLA-West Bank Stables, LLC;
B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Leandro
Mora. $60,000.
3–Uncontrollable, 120, f, 2, by start
First Smash: Behavior, According to Inclusion
2nd Strike: Arches of Gold, by Strike Gold
Beat 3: Pittsy, by Shecky Greene
TYPE 1ST G1 BLACK. ($20,000 Ylg ’21 FTKOCT; $130,000 2 years
’22 OBSAPR). Stable O-Repole; B-Fountian nurtures youth,
Limited Liability Company (CA); T-Michael W. McCarthy. $36,000.
Margins: HD, 5HF, 3/4. Odds: 0.50, 12.30, 4.00.
Also runs: Doinitthehardway, Bless Touch, Classymademoiselle. Scratches: Quick and shiny.
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