Magnificience!!!
 

This first time starter just won in a powerful performance in the first race at Santa Anita. She broke poorly, seemed to fight the rider a bit in the beginning and dropped way back at least 12 or more lengths off the pace.

She closed strongly circling the field and won by at least 5 lengths, galloping strongly. She could not have looked more impressive stopping the clock at 1:15.6 for 6.5 furlongs.

watch the replay.;)

The great part was hearing the interview with Solis after the race on HRTV. Seems this one regularly beats Silver Swallow in workouts in the morning by 5 to 10 lengths. (Silver Swallow is Headley's entry in the Grade 1 race later in the day.) They knew what they had in Magnificience...why do you only find these things out AFTER the race????

holy cow, that was insane.

reminds me of halfbridleds debut, sorta. and you were right, she was fighting the jock. she looked like she was throwing her head around pretty badly after that awful start.

i hear her workouts were nuts too. 33, 57, 109, etc.

Wow.

No, it was Magnificent!!:D

Boy she looks like one to watch. Man that was amazing. Good for Alex.

Looked good!

Headley needs the money...he's had a very expensive week.

whoa....nice run!

translation please?

He settled with Jackson in the lawsuit filed against him.

AH-HA
thank you

Wow that one looked good.

another solid effort like that and I imagine a date with Giants Causeway would be in order:rolleyes:

Might be a little too much Storm Cat...

at least we know she ain't going to George Washington:eek:

how about with any stallion

Extremely impressive. I watched the replay and was all set to type that they don't get any easier than that........then I watched Rags to Riches' replay. Could we be seeing two superstars in the making? Sort of like last year when we had the privilege of seeing Discreet Cat and Bernardini come along in the same year.

And apparently she will be the way Headley pays for the settlement.. According to Doug O'Neill on the show last night, Headley had already been courting offers for the filly, and now they're lining up to buy her.

Was a mind-blowing, stunning effort.

whats the breeding on this filly, i missed the race but everyone seems to be excited, tell me a little about her.

By Stormy Atlantic & out of a graded stakes placed Fappiano mare.
Here is the full pedigree: http://www.pedigreequery.com/magnificience
The complete absence of any Mr. Prospector in her pedigree probably gives us a hint as to where her furute as a broodmare might be. But perhaps we should let her race......oh I don't know......at least twice before we retire her.

UMMM her dam-sire is fappiano who is by Mr. Prospector

isnt fappiano from mr. p?

She was $120k Keeneland Sept. yearling purchase bought by his
owner/trainer.

The mare has has not produced a black type runner yet, but
has produced many winners. She has a 4yo Dynaformer colt
named Mr. Big in training at Hollywood Park.

thank you

she has a very nice pedigree, i wish i could see the race

PG1985

Try the race replays at calracing.com they should have it

they do...I actually just watched it again...damn she looked good.

Zada Belle, this filly, and Rags to Riches are by far the best three filies that I have seen this year.

On another note...poor Chocolate Lava. This horse can't break her maiden because she keeps running against Grade I caliber horses. In her first start, she had a horrendous trip to finish...I believe it was fifth. Then she runs second to Silver Swallow in her next start who just ran second to Rags to Riches Sunday. Then she runs against this monstrous filly in her next maiden race to finish second again. Sheesh...talk about a tough break.

I thought it was impressive that Chocolate Lava held on for second through the fast early pace.

Estimated fractions for Magnificience:
23.27
22.16
23.73
6.46

Falling behind early may have been the best thing to happen to her and the race may be getting slightly overrated cause it was so visually appealing. To run the 3rd and 4th furlongs in 22.16 and comeback in sub-24 is pretty impressive though.

Holy Cow! what a filly! Santa anita has the goods right now!

This is a good point. Chocolate Lava on a normal day would have one of the most obvious short priced maiden winners that you can find. She has as you pointed out ran into some really unfortunate circumstances but in her own right has looked really nice.

Its entirely possible that getting left helped and that it was slightly overrated. But you cannot deny that the way she was striding out so powerfully in the stretch with her head up and ears back was simply awesome. Also that middle quarter is worth noting!!

It was definitely very impressive. I'll be interested in seeing her next race out and seeing if she stretches out or is going to be a deep closing sprinter.

Yes the trick will be to see if she can just cruise/rate, and save that kick for when she needs it. The sky's the limit for this one.

Oh yeah, I missed that one.
I see that my lack of pedigree knowledge is matched by inability to read.
It was pretty foolish of me to even THINK that a horse in this country today would not have Mr. P in their pedigree.

at this point it's almost impossible:rolleyes:

at least you seem to be able to read pp's....more useful than general reading;)

Kasept, what show are you talking about where O'Neill commented on this? Is it on the web? Always interested in finding out more about horse racing shows, especially California racing. Thanks, Ron