Leroidesanimaux wins Morvich
T N T Stud’s LEROIDESANIMAUX (Brz) (Candy Stripes) posted a 1
1/4-length score in Saturday’s $100,000 Morvich H. (G3) at Santa
Anita. Ridden by Jon Court in the about 6 1/2-furlong firm turf
test, the Bobby Frankel charge logged a final time of 1:11 3/5 as
the 3-1 third choice.
Leroidesanimaux paid out $8, $4 and $2.60 while starting the $13.70
exacta ($1) and $29.60 trifecta ($1). De Valmont (Aus) (Dehere)
held second by a nose and was worth $3.20 and $2.40, while 8-5
favorite Cayoke (Fr) (Always Fair) returned $2.40. Geronimo (Chi)
(Gold Tribute), Irgunette (Aus) (Irgun) and Vasywait (Fr) (Valanour
[Ire]) followed the top three under the wire after Coded Message
(Lost Code) was scratched.
Bred in Brazil by Haras Bage do Sul, Leroidesanimaux scored in
the Inglewood H. (G3) prior to Saturday’s win and now shows an 8-5-1-0
career mark to go along with $204,337 in earnings. The chestnut
four-year-old is out of Dissemble (GB) (Ahonoora) and has an
unnamed weanling half-sister by War Chant.