First Row Partners and Team Hanley’s Prerequisites (f, 3, start–Etsu, of Smart Strike) went on the ropes to win the rescheduled GII Wonder Again S. in just her third career start at Belmont Park Sunday. Sent off 7-1, the cove girl took the lead on the first inning and she was tracked by Spansive (Karakontie {Jpn}) through fractions of :23.67 and :47.94 in a stringified field at the back. She rushed into the lane and took the lead on the top, but tried her best to hold off Be Your Best (Ire) (Muhaarar {GB}) late to win by half. Favorite Revalita (Fr) (Recoletos {Fr}) comes in third.
Coming in fifth behind Spansive goes a mile when it debuts on the Gulfstream lawn on April 1, Wonder Again’s Course Pass Prerequisites and a nine-mile run on May 7.
Sunday, Belmont . Park
GREAT AGAIN S.-HOLD$200,000, Belmont, 6-11, 3yo, f, 1 1/8mT, 1:47.20, fm.
first-PRIORITY CONDITIONS, 118, f, 3, by start
First Smash: Etsu, by Smart Strike
2nd dam: Forever Beautiful, on Giant’s Causeway
3rd Dam: Fly North, by Pleasant Colony
FIRST BLACK WINNER, LEVEL 1 WIN STOCK WIN. ($47,000 Ylg .)
’21 KEESEP; $350,000 2yo ’22 EASMAY). O-First Row Partners
and Team Hanley; B-Brereton C. Jones (KY); T-Chad C. Brown;
J-Flavien Prat. $110,000. Lifetime record: 3-2-0-0, $163,000.
Werk Nick Rating: B.
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2-Be your best (Ire)122, f, 3, Muhaarar (GB)–Kamakura, by
Medaglia d’Oro. ‘TDN’s Rising Star‘. O-Michael J. Ryan;
B-St. Croix Bloodstock (Ire); T-Horacio De Paz. 40,000 USD.
3–Revalita (Fr)118, f, 3, Recoletos (Fr)–Ebareva (Ire), by
Machiavellian. (€12,000 Ylg ’21 ARQDOY). O-Wise Racing LLC;
B-Sarl Darpat France (Fr); T-Chad C. Brown. $24,000.
Over and under bets: NK, 1 to 1 1/4. Odds: 7.00, 13.80, 1.40.
Also runs: Spansive, Allamericanbeauty, Thirty Thou Kelvin, Venencia (Fr). Scratches: Juniper’s Moon.
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