Condo Commando flies home in Demoiselle

"She went easy, I never really had to ask her to go at all," Rosario said. "I

didn't have to work hard to get to the lead and she was always comfortable. The

horse was very relaxed and responsive, and anytime I asked her for more she was

ready to go."

Condo Commando gave back $5.10 for the easy win, which improved her scorecard

to 3-0-0 from four starts while nearly doubling her bankroll to $508,600. She's

proven to be quite a bargain after selling for just $72,000 as a Keeneland

September yearling.

Condo Commando's only loss to date came as a fourth-placing in the Grade 1

Frizette Stakes going a mile over Belmont Park's sloppy, sealed dirt on October

4. Prior to that, she took her August 3 maiden debut by 12 lengths and the Grade

1 Spinaway Stakes on August 31 by 13 lengths, both at Saratoga.

"She likes to be a free-running horse. If you take hold of her, she will

fight you," Rodriguez explained. "To see her galloping along on the lead like

that, I was very confident. I wasn't that disappointed in her last race, because

she didn't break well and she was throwing her head around. Today, she broke

very, very well.

"I didn't think the distance was going to be a problem because we'd given her

some longer works. She was training very, very well," he added. "To see her do

this today was very, very special. Maybe we'll give her a bit of a break now."

Bred by Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky, Condo Commando is out of the multiple

Grade 2-winning General Meeting mare Yearly Report, making her a half-sister to

Grade 2-placed Checklist. The filly's extended female family includes Group 1

hero, Irish classic-placed and Breeders' Cup Mile third Brief Truce as well as

multiple Canadian champion Dance Act.

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