Refreshed after performing below expectations in late spring and early summer, Stonestreet Stables’ Pauline’s Pearl returns Jan. Sam Houston Racecourse in the $300,000 Houston Ladies Classic (G3), which she won last year. She faced six mares and older mares in the 1/16-mile dirt road race, including graded bet winners She can’t sing , Hidden connection and Sixty-three caliber .
Her early 2022 win in the Hoston Ladies Classic prompted her to have some quality follow-ups, starting with a runner-up to win the championship. Ce Ce on March 12 Azeri Shares (G2) in Oaklawn Park and a few months later, won at La Troienne Stakes (G1) on 6 May at Churchill Downs. When she won the second race for Hall of Fame coach Steve Asmussen, she became the top tier bet winner, just like her dam, hot Dixie chicken winner of the 2009 Spinaway Stakes (G1), also for Asmussen.
Five-time bet winner Pauline’s Pearl regressed in the next two starts in the spring meet at Churchill, finishing fourth as favorite heavyweight in the Shawnee Stakes May 4 6 and Tuesday in the July 2 Fleur de Lis Stakes (G2).
Veteran equestrian Stewart Elliott rides a horse. Joel Rosario is getting ready for her victory in the Houston Ladies Classic 2022.
She has been working steadily at Fairground Racecoursewhere six of the seven Houston Ladies Classic entries have trained in recent months.
Aside from being a huge hit at Fair Grounds, Hidden Connection got her start there, having won decisively in the December 16 options claim race. She’s currently in the starting line-up. third in its current form cycle after a six-month break from the mid-to-late competition. year.
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The Link stout won the 2021 Pocahontas Stakes (G3) at Churchill and finished second, beaten up by the champion Echo of Zulu , in Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) last spring in her top performances. She raced for Hidden Brook Farm and Purebred Black Type.
Like 5-year-old Pauline’s Pearl, Hidden Connection unsuccessfully raced the Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs. She finished 12th in the Oaks 2022, a year after Pauline’s Pearl finished eighth there in her 3-year-old season.
Reylu Gutierrez rides for trainer Bret Calhoun.
Lothenbach Stables’ Last Classified Bet Win She can’t sing who captured the mile-long Chilukki Stakes (G3) at Churchill on November 19, and Myracehorse Stable and Spendthrift Farm’s Sixty-three caliber who is sad to support Kathleen O. to win Humor Stakes November 25 (G3) at Aqueduct race track for a 3 year old baby.
New York jockey Kendrick Carmouche stayed aboard the Sixtythreecaliber for trainer Tom Amoss, while Jareth Loveberry, of the Fair Grounds, picked up the She Can’t Sing ride for coach Chris Block.
Sixtythreecaliber, who had the first three wins against the underdog at Indianapolis horseshoehas grown into a nimble, having posted a Base Speed Rating of 96 upon receiving Seneca’s Overnight Stake in Churchill on September 24 and 102 in Comely.
Item: Houston Women’s Classic S. (G3)
Sam Houston RacecourseSaturday, January 28, 2023, Race No. 9
- Class III
- 1 1/16m
- dust
- 300,000 USD
- 4 years and older Fillies and Mares
- 17:25 (local)
