Cloudburst has done it! She won her first stakes in good fashion. After a good showing in her last race, a sprint over turf, she was saddled yesterday to go in the Mardi Gras S at the Fair Grounds.
This stakes, over five and a half furlongs on the grass, turned out to be just up her street. She led wire to wire to win by a convincing 2 1/2 lengths. She beat the good filly Sweepstake (IRE). Sweepstake is a Listed winner in the UK and was 3rd in her last outing, a G3 race at Ascot in July.
She is bred and owned by Overbrook Farm, who stand her sire Storm Cat, and trained by Dallas Stewart. She is unbeaten in two starts this year and with the $36k cheque she won yesterday she has career winnings of just over 70k.
Daily Racing Form article
I was going to call this post 'Cloudburst Burst Onto The Scene", but thought it a bit corny!
I am chuffed to bits that one of my 2005 Crop finally decided to step up to the plate and she did it well. I doubt she will be in the Oaks starting gates come May, but she is beautifully bred and I hope she will continue to improve. As she will likely be tried over two turns in her next start, I will just have sit tight and see what happens.
Isn't horse a wonderful sport?
(Cloudburst - 2005 Dark bay filly - Storm Cat x Harbor Springs, by Vice Regent)
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Wednesday, 6 February 2008
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
Sugar Swirl Lands The First Lady
My first Stakes winner of the year - Sugar Swirl, a sturdy chestnut mare, started the year in good form, finally landing her long over due Graded win. Her win came in the $100,000 First Lady Handicap (G3) on Sunday 14 January.
She was held up on the sloppy Gulfstream Park as Rgirldoesn'tbluff set the pace. Sugar Swirl was ridden by Javier Castellano, who angled her out on the turn as she found another gear. She gamely conquered her foes in good style and came home in 1.10.06 in the slop.
The pacesetter Rgirldoesn'tbluff held secon, comfortably clear of Bereba, who finished in third.
She is trained by Brian Lynch for Stronach Stables.
(Sugar Swirl - 2003 chestnut mare - Touch Gold x Astrapi, by Distinctive Pro)
She was held up on the sloppy Gulfstream Park as Rgirldoesn'tbluff set the pace. Sugar Swirl was ridden by Javier Castellano, who angled her out on the turn as she found another gear. She gamely conquered her foes in good style and came home in 1.10.06 in the slop.
The pacesetter Rgirldoesn'tbluff held secon, comfortably clear of Bereba, who finished in third.
She is trained by Brian Lynch for Stronach Stables.
(Sugar Swirl - 2003 chestnut mare - Touch Gold x Astrapi, by Distinctive Pro)
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