Boom Boom Bell earns the late Combatant his first winner

JW Racing Group’s Boom Boom Bell gave the late New York-based freshman stallion and graded stakes winner Combatant his first winner when she won the opener Sunday at Hawthorne Race Course.

Boom Boom Bell is one of five starters for Combatant. Two others, Miami Style and Alyvia’s Lil Girl, finished third in their most recent starts. A son of Scat Daddy, Combatant stood at Rockridge Stud in Hudson before he died at the age of 7  in 2022 due to a bout of colic in Chile. He stood for $7,500 in his first season.

Boom Boom Bell broke her maiden in gate-to-wire fashion, breaking quickly under Ademar Santos and leading the field through an opening quarter-mile of :23.04. The 2-year-old filly held a 1-length cushion turning for home, but added to it through the stretch when she kicked home to win by 3 3/4 lengths at 9-1. She finished the 5-furlong sprint on the main track in :57.95 for trainer Harry Lynch.

Out of the stakes placed Majesticperfection mare Perfect Fit, Boom Boom Bell was bred in New York by Rockridge Stud. She sold for $3,200 at the Keeneland September sale last year. Perfect Fit is the dam of three others to race, including the five-time winner Solib and the two-time winner Manny’s Kat.

Combatant sold to Winchell Thoroughbreds for $320,000 at the Keeneland September sale in 2016. He ran the first 22 starts of his career for trainer Steve Asmussen, winning three races. He earned a place in the 2018 Kentucky Derby with placings in the Remington Springboard Mile, Smarty Jones, Grade 3 Southwest and Grade 2 Rebel. In December 2018, he finished third in the Grade 2 Mathis Brothers Mile on turf at Santa Anita Park.

Combatant sold for $220,000 at the Keeneland November sale in 2019 and ran for owner Hronis Racing and trainer John Sadler in 2020. He earned a graded stakes victory in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap and earned two more graded stakes placings in the Grade 2 San Pasqual and Grade 3 Tokyo City Cup.

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