Witchy Vibes gives Epicenter second winner with Monmouth debut win
Witchy Vibes survived pressure in a 5-furlong Monmouth debut to give Epicenter his second North American winner in about a month.
Witchy Vibes won a five-furlong maiden special weight for 2-year-old fillies at Monmouth Park by 1 3/4 lengths in 59.68 seconds on a fast dirt track. The Main Line Racing Stable and Avalon Racing Stables filly made the 4-5 favorite look every bit the part in her first start.
Frankie Pennington kept Witchy Vibes close while Philly Ruckus stayed right on her through an opening quarter in 22.70 and a half-mile split of 46.81. Philly Ruckus briefly got the better of her at the top of the lane, but Witchy Vibes answered immediately, reclaimed the lead and kept inching away to the finish. Quality Spring was third in the Monmouth Park Race 4 maiden special weight, which carried a $41,000 purse.
The result gave Epicenter a second North American winner within about a month of getting off the mark. Epic Reign, his first winner, captured a Churchill Downs maiden special weight on May 28, and Witchy Vibes is his second juvenile winner. Coolmore lists Epicenter at Ashford Stud in Versailles, Kentucky, for a 2026 fee of $25,000 live foal, stands and nurses, and his first-crop juveniles have sold for as much as $1.95 million this year.
The chestnut filly, foaled Feb. 13, 2024 in Kentucky and bred by Crosshaven Bloodstock, is out of That Voodoo Youdo, by Speightstown. That Voodoo Youdo has already produced Candace O, a graded-stakes-placed runner who earned $154,452 from an 11-race career, and Witchy Vibes herself had a $150,000 price tag at Keeneland November as a weanling.
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