GUNITE MAX (f, 2, Volatile–Super Simple, by Super Saver) impressed in her debut, winning by 3 1/2 lengths. The filly fired a bullet three furlongs from the gate in :35 3/5 on June 21 and was sent off as the 21-10 second choice for her first race. Despite a slow start, the $12,000 Fasig-Tipton October yearling quickly hustled up to press the pace from second into the turn. Taking the lead in the upper stretch, the bay filly swapped leads on cue and covered her final sixteenth of a mile in a sharp :5.97, becoming the second winner for her freshman sire, Volatile (by Violence).
Super Simple, her dam, is the daughter of stakes winner and graded stakes-placed Simplify (Pulpit), who is also the dam of stakes winner Optionality (Gun Runner) and Simple Surprise (Cowboy Cal), the dam of Grade I-winning sire Gunite (Gun Runner). Woodford Thoroughbreds acquired Super Simple with Gunite Max in utero for $300,000 at the Keeneland November Sale in 2021. Super Simple also produced a Gun Runner filly in 2023.
Sales history: $12,000 Ylg '23 FTKOCT. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $19,800.