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Starforaday shines in Maryland Sprint
As the triumvirate approached the wire, Starforaday's momentum proved too strong, and he thrust his neck in front in a final time of 1:09 2/5 for six furlongs on the fast track. Suave Jazz was himself a neck ahead of Cognac Kisses, who had 1 1/2 lengths to spare over Celtic Innis. It was another 9 3/4 lengths back to the trailer The Vin Man (Louis Quatorze). Forest Park (Forest Wildcat) and Unbridled Behavior (Unbridled's Song) were withdrawn. Leaving the gate as the 3-1 third choice, Starforaday paid $8.20, $3.60 and $2.40 while keying the $23 exacta, $36 trifecta and $77.80 superfecta (4-3-7-1). The 9-5 Suave Jazz returned $3.20 and $2.10, and Cognac Kisses yielded $2.10 as the 6-5 favorite. Starforaday was recording his second career stakes victory, and his first since taking the O.B.S. Sprint S. as a sophomore in 2006. The bay has now bankrolled $184,519 from a record of 14-4-2-1. Bred by Schelford Farm in Kentucky, Starforaday is out of Known Feminist (Known Fact), who was runner-up in the 1992 Black-Eyed Susan S. (G2) at Pimlico. He has an unnamed juvenile half-sister by Maria's Mon and a yearling half-brother by Tapit. This is the family of Grade 2 winner Meadow Flight (Meadowlake) and Grade 3 victress People's Princess (Meadowlake), who is herself the dam of this year's Cicada S. (G3) queen Carolyn's Cat (Forestry).
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