Dance to Bristol edges Book Review in Ballerina

Book Review, invading from California for Bob Baffert, finished 1 1/2 lengths

clear of 13-1 chance Villanesca, who was followed under the wire by Street Girl,

Classic Point, Starship Truffles, Fantasy of Flight, Sure Route, Moment in

Dixie, and Glorious View.

Judy the Beauty, one of the wagering favorites as post time approached, was a

late scratch after an incident in the starting gate just before the start of

Ballerina.

"Other than losing a tooth, she's fine," said trainer Wesley Ward, adding

that Judy the Beauty could make her next start in the Presque Isle Downs Masters

on September 9.

Dance to Bristol, who races for Susan Wantz, broke her maiden in her third

start in October 2011 and and then finished second in her stakes debut the

following month. She registered her first stakes score in her next start, the

Pandera at Aqueduct, to close out her two-year-old campaign. At three, Dance to

Bristol captured the Marshua at Laurel and placed in the Wide Country over the

same track and in the Trevose at Parx Racing.

The four-year-old filly made her four-year-old bow in the January 12 What a

Summer at Laurel, finishing second in her only loss on the year to date. She

dropped down in class her next two times out, winning allowances at Laurel,

before stepping back up to stakes company to take the Sugar Maple at Charles

Town and the Skipat at Pimlico by a combined 13 3/4 lengths. She preceded this

victory with wins in the Bed o' Roses Handicap at Belmont by 2 3/4 lengths, and

the aforementioned neck score in the July 29 Honorable Miss. Her record now

stands at 18-10-7-0, $920,880.

The daughter of Speightstown was bred in Kentucky by Mr. and Mrs. David

Garner and is out of the Louis Quatorze mare Dance to Dawn. Her second dam is

the multiple Grade 3 winner Expressive Dance, who produced Grade 1 hero Chief

Honcho. Her female family also produced multiple Grade 2 winner American Change

and Group 1 scorer Poet's Voice.

Most notably, her third dam is the Native Dancer mare Exclusive Dancer, from

whom is descended the likes of multiple Grade 1 winners Versailles Treaty and

General Assembly.

Dance to Bristol was sold as a two-year-old in training for $42,000 at Fasig-Tipton

Midlantic sale.

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