The progressive by Peter Brant Bleecker Street (Quality Road) saved their best for last as they decisively separated their rivals and outshot the odds ‘Rising Star TDN‘ Lady Speightspeare (Speightstown) inside the final eighth mile to cause a 7-1 upset in Saturday’s GIII Endeavor S. at Tampa, staying perfect in four starts in the process.

Settling for lingering in the final third of the pitch and rolling on the rail as the once-beaten Lady Speightspeare prompted Longshot Princess Katama (Malibu Moon) through comfortable early splits, Fasig-Tipton Saratoga’s $400,000 acquisition continued to scrape paint on the backstretch while still within striking distance if good enough. Full of racing and traveling beautifully in the wake of Stunning Princess (Cairo Prince) as they reached the top of the lane, Bleecker Street went for a run between their rivals entering the final furrow, inhaled the chalk with about 50 yards to run and kicked impressively, despite his failure to change his leads in the final stages.

“She had a good position, the trip went really well and she showed great turnaround,” said coach Chad Brown, who opted out. ‘TDN Rising Star’ and Tampa’s recent Italian (GB) allocation winner (Dubawi {Ire}) earlier today. “This filly has taken a long time to adapt, and all my staff have done an incredible job with her. And Mr. Brant… is so patient. We scratched In Italian because we thought bringing it back in a month was a bit early, and it worked out so well.

Gray opened his account on his late Jersey Shore career debut last August, graduated half a length and enjoyed a sweet introduction to the allowance society with a hit of a length and a half at the Meadowlands on October 23. Favored 17-10 for her seasonal course and distance debut on January 8, she ran out of room as the real race was about to begin but produced a flying finish similar to Saturday’s. Pythoness (Liam’s Map) by half a length.

Genealogical notes:

Apparently named for an east-west thoroughfare in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan, Bleecker Street is the 55th stake winner and 30th grader for Lane’s End’s Quality Road and is bred on the crossbreed of the Danzig bloodline mares responsible for Illuminant, winner on GI Gamely grass S. Bleecker Street is the first foal from his stake dam, which was purchased by Branch Equine for $75,000 in foal to Honor Code at the November 2016 sale at Keeneland. The filly’s second dam is a half-sister to Nan (High Yield), dam of GIII winner Selene S. Power Gal (Jpn) (Empire Maker). Lemon Liqueur, who was RNAd for $19,000 when offered non-full to KEENOV in 2018, is the dam of a 2-year-old filly by Always Dreaming, a year-old filly by Flatter and must give Not This Time this season.

Saturday, Tampa Bay Downs
ENDEAVOR S.-GIII$150,000, Tampa Bay Downs, 2-5yrs, 4yrs/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:41.91, fm.
1-BLEECKER STREET, 118, f, 4, by Quality Road
1st dam: Lemon liqueur (SP), by exchange rate
2nd mother: Limoncella, by Lemon Drop Kid
Dam 3: Trip Around Heaven, by Halo
1ST BLACK TYPE WINNER, 1ST GRADUATED STAKES WINNER. ($400,000 Ylg ’19 FTSAUG). O-Peter M Brant; B-Branch Equine LLC (KY); T-Chad C Brown; J-Hector Rafael Diaz Jr. $90,000. Lifetime record: 4-4-0-0, $165,900. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree.
2–Lady Speightspeare, 118, f, 4, Speightstown–Lady Shakespeare, by Theatrical (Ire). ‘TDN Rising Star’ O/B-Charles E Fipke (KY); T-Roger L Attfield. $30,000.
3–Stunning Princess118, f, 4, Prince Cairo–Psychadelacised, by Distorted Humor. TYPE BLACK 1ST GRADUATE. ($95,000Ylg ’19 KEESEP). OR A Hill Stable & Brereton C Jones; B- Brereton C Jones (KY); T-Danny Gargan. $15,000.
Margins: 1HF, 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 7.00, 0.90, 4.50.
Also raced: Jezebel’s Kitten, Oyster Box, Nantucket Red, Katama Moonlight, Pythoness, Morning Molly. Striped: in Italian (GB). Click for it Chart Equibase.comthe TJCIS.com PP or the free Equineline.com catalog style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.