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Second Grade 1 winner for Arrogate as And Tell Me Nolies takes out Debutante

Filly is out of Graded winner Be Fair, a half to Grade 1 scorer Macho Again

And Tell Me Nolies: second Grade 1 winner for Arrogate in the Debutante Stakes
And Tell Me Nolies: second Grade 1 winner for Arrogate in the Debutante StakesCredit: Benoit Photo

And Tell Me Nolies's professional display in the Del Mar Debutante Stakes on Saturday saw the daughter of Arrogate provide her late sire with his second individual Grade 1 winner following Secret Oath's Kentucky Oaks success in May.

Arrogate, a rare purchase by the late Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte operation when being picked up for $560,000 from Clearsky Farms at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale in 2014, won the Travers Stakes, Breeders' Cup Classic, Pegasus World Cup and Dubai World Cup in a brilliant 11-race career.

The son of Unbridled's Song retired to Juddmonte's Kentucky base in 2018 for an opening fee of $75,000, when he covered a top-class book of 145 mares, and stood there for four years before his sad demise in June 2020 due to illness.

The Lara Run Llc-bred And Tell Me Nolies is the eighth foal out of the Exchange Rate mare Be Fair, the winner of the Grade 3 Lake George Stakes at Saratoga for D Wayne Lukas. Be Fair is a half-sister to Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap winner Macho Again and has produced six further winners.

Sold by Mulholland Springs for $70,000 at Keeneland's Mixed Sale in January last year, the February born juvenile then made $230,000 to Bryan Anderson at the Ocala Spring Sale in April.

Secret Oath was a first Classic winner for Juddmonte's late sire Arrogate
Arrogate: late sire now responsible for two Grade 1 winnersCredit: Edward Whitaker

The Debutante Stakes was delayed slightly due to Satin Rival rearing in the stalls and the filly was scratched. That required the horses to be backed out of the gate and reloaded. When the starter was finally able to send the field on its way, And Tell Me Nolies had to withstand some bumping and crowding, getting shuffled back to next-to-last in the seven-horse field.

Arella Star, a raider from Florida, took the early lead, speeding the first quarter-mile in :22.01, with Kissed By Fire and Fast And Shiny up very close to her. Home Cooking, the 7-10 choice ridden by Mike Smith, then quickly advanced on the outside to get the lead approaching the half-mile pole. She led by a length and a half at the three-eighths pole, completing the first half-mile in :44.36.

Ice Dancing, a maiden trained by Richard Mandella, ranged up outside of Home Cooking leaving the quarter pole. Meanwhile, And Tell Me Nolies, ridden by Ramon Vazquez, moved up willingly to emerge on the scene coming to the top of the lane.

Passing Ice Dancing, And Tell Me Nolies took aim on Home Cooking, who had a three-length advantage mid-stretch. Closing ground with every stride and with Home Cooking growing weary late, And Tell Me Nolies just caught the favourite at the wire, stopping the clock in 1:23.29 for seven furlongs. Home Cooking finished three and three-quarter lengths ahead of Ice Dancing.

And Tell Me Nolies, 3-1 on the morning line, went off as the 9-1 fifth choice, paying $21.60 to win. Peter Miller trains the filly for owner Peter Redekop and unveiled her at Del Mar in July, the second day of the meeting. Squeezed between rivals in the turn of the five-furlong race, And Tell Me Nolies finished fourth behind Satin Doll.

In a six-and-a-half-furlong maiden race last month, And Tell Me Nolies raced inside of pacesetter and favourite Halosnheaven and then battled with that one gamely throughout the stretch to prevail by a neck.

Vazquez has ridden And Tell Me Nolies in all three of her starts. With the Debutante, the jockey won the first Grade 1 of his career in mainland America. He had previously piloted a Grade 1 winner in Puerto Rico.

"I told [Miller] that I had confidence in this filly right from the start," said Vazquez. "I'm glad he was loyal to me and let me ride her in this one. She was a runner all the way today, and I knew I was the winner at the wire."


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