Uncle Mo Colt First Resort Cruises in Ellis Park Debut

This column highlights the performances of maidens who’ve made not more than 5 begins and who both offered for greater than $500,000 at public public sale, have siblings which might be graded/group winners, or have dams which might be graded/group winners. BloodHorse analysis exhibits maiden winners, specifically, who meet these standards usually tend to go on to be graded stakes winners.

Ellis Park

Three and a half years after Godolphin’s homebred Truthful Maiden  scampered house to glory within the La Brea Stakes (G1) for coach Eoin Harty, her first foal discovered the winner’s circle for those self same connections in his debut July 5 at Ellis Park.

First Resort , a 2-year-old son of Uncle Mo  , couldn’t be caught in a 5 1/2-furlong maiden particular weight throughout Ellis Park’s opening week. Pulling his option to the entrance underneath jockey Rafael Bejarano, the bay maintained a slim benefit by means of fractions of :22.86 and :46.88 earlier than kicking away from his rivals with a quarter-mile left to run. Angling towards the within rail, First Resort coasted to the wire, striding out powerfully in a remaining time of 1:05.33 on a muddy foremost monitor.

Truthful Maiden, a stakes winner on each grime and turf, did her greatest round one flip. Breaking her maiden by 14 1/4 lengths as a 2-year-old on the artificial monitor at Arlington Worldwide Racecourse, she captured the 6 1/2-furlong Catch a Glimpse Stakes at Woodbine on the garden earlier than ending third there within the one-mile Natalma Stakes (G1T). Resuming racing within the fall of her 3-year-old yr, she caught to sprints, capping her marketing campaign with a late-rallying 20-1 upset within the La Brea on grime.

Unplaced in two begins at age 4, Truthful Maiden was retired to the Godolphin broodmare band. Following First Resort, she had a weanling filly by Into Mischief   and was bred again to that champion sire this previous time period.

First Resort’s sire, Ashford stallion Uncle Mo, seems to be on monitor for an additional affluent season at stud together with his 2024 runners. Amongst his progeny embody current Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) hero Kingsbarns  and high distaffer and Apple Blossom Stakes (G1) victress Adare Manor . The main freshman sire in 2015, Uncle Mo has accounted for 4 2-year-old winners this yr by means of July 8.

#6 FIRST RESORT ($7.30) makes a formidable debut with a Race 4 victory at Ellis Park with @Rbejaranojockey within the saddle for coach Eoin Harty. This son of @CoolmoreAmerica‘s Uncle Mo is owned by Godolphin. pic.twitter.com/ABxZobId3T

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) July 5, 2024