Obligatory looks a filly to follow
Three-year-old Obligatory stormed home in the final stretch to land a Maiden Special Weight over a mile at Gulfstream Park on Sunday (7th February).
Taken from the Thoroughbred Daily News, 8th February 2021:
Obligatory (Curlin - Uno Duo by Macho Uno) settled for fourth after a rough start and being trapped behind a slow pace sprinting at Belmont October 18. She was installed the 8-5 chalk to take to the added real estate here, with fellow Juddmonte colorbearer Precipitate (Pioneerof the Nile) her chief market rival.
Away towards the back from her rail draw, the grey moved up a bit in between horses leaving the backside, but was shuffled back in traffic along the bend. She re-rallied resolutely heading for home, kept on kicking into the lane and ran down pacesetter Front Street (Street Sense) inside the sixteenth pole. Precipitate was third.
Speedy dam Uno Duo, campaigned by the same connections, is a half to Gr.1 winner and Graded stakes producer Etoile Montante (Miswaki). This is the family of Juddmonte's 2020 Gr.2 Fair Grounds Oaks heroine Bonny South (Munnings). Uno Duo produced a filly and colt respectively by Arrogate in 2019 and 2020 and was bred to Into Mischief for 2021.