By Alan Carasso
Peter Brant's reigning Eclipse Award-winning turf distaffer Sistercharlie (Ire) (Myboycharlie {Ire}), sent off the prohibitive 2-5 chalk, made history Saturday at Arlington Park, becoming the first in the 30-year history of the GI Beverly D. S. to record multiple victories while easily establishing a new mark for 9 1/2 furlongs over a very firm turf course. It was the fifth consecutive win in the race for trainer Chad Brown–one of which came via DQ–and his sixth overall dating back to 2011 when Stacelita (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}) gave him his first.
With stablemate and last year's third placegetter Thais (Fr) (Rio de la Plata) signed on as her pacemaker, Sistercharlie had only top European 3-year-old filly Fleeting (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) behind as Thais opened up a sizable advantage, covering the opening quarter-mile in :22.76 and the half in an unsustainable :46.23. Thais carried that long lead into the far turn after six panels in 1:09.66, but in the meantime, John Velazquez had slipped Sistercharlie a bit of rein and they improved three wide into third on the swing for home. Shaken up only hands and heels as she quickly found top gear approaching the final furlong, Sistercharlie swooshed past her spent rabbit soon after and quickened clear. Awesometank (GB) (Intense Focus) raced closest to the runaway leader for the bulk of the race and could offer no resistance to Sistercharlie, but held for a valuble Grade I placing. Competitionofideas (Speightstown), inside the eventual winner, down the backstretch, followed her move into the stretch, but could do no better than third. Fleeting, runner-up to Star Catcher (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) in the G2 Ribblesdale S. and in the G1 Darley Irish Oaks, came with a late rally from the tail to be fourth.
A Group 3 winner and second in the G1 Prix de Diane in 2017 while under the care of Henri-Alex Pantall, Sistercharlie was a four-time Grade I winner in 2018, following her half-length defeat of stablemate Fourstar Crook (Freud) in this event with a tough neck decision over Wild Illusion (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. Allowed to train on into a 5-year-old season, Sistercharlie prepped for this title defense with a 1 3/4-length defeat of 'TDN Rising Star' and fellow Brown trainee Rushing Fall (More Than Ready) in the GI Diana S. at Saratoga July 13.
Pedigree Notes:
One of four top-level winners–two each in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere–and one of two Beverly D. winners (Euro Charline {GB}) for her sire (by Danetime {Ire}), Sistercharlie is a half-sister to Sottsass, winner for Peter Brant's White Birch Farm of this year's G1 QIPCO Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby). Starlet's Sister, a full-sister to French Group 3 winner Leo's Starlet, is also a half-sister to SW & GI/G1SP Anabaa's Creation (Ire) (Anabaa), dam of SW Create a Dream (Oasis Dream {GB}). Sistercharlie is a half-sister to the 2-year-old colt Radiant Child (Ire) (Charm Spirit {Ire}), purchased by Brant for €400,000 out of the 2018 Arqana August Yearling Sale, a yearling colt by Fastnet Rock (Aus) that is cataloged as lot 21 at Arqana next week and a filly foal by Dubawi (Ire).
Saturday, Arlington
BEVERLY D. S.-GI, $600,000, Arlington, 8-10, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 3/16mT, 1:52.43, fm.
1–SISTERCHARLIE (IRE), 123, m, 5, by Myboycharlie (Ire)
1st Dam: Starlet's Sister (Ire), by Galileo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Premiere Creation (Fr), by Green Tune
3rd Dam: Allwaki, by Miswaki
(€12,000 Ylg '15 AR15). O-Peter M. Brant; B-Ecurie Des
Monceaux (IRE); T-Chad C. Brown; J-John R. Velazquez.
$356,400. Lifetime Record: Ch. Turf Female, GSW & GISP-Fr,
13-9-3-0, $3,207,003. *1/2 to Sottsass (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}),
GISW-Fr, $1,011,199, My Sister Nat (Fr) (Acclamation {GB}),
GSW-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the
eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Awesometank (GB), 123, f, 4, by Intense Focus
1st Dam: Janey Muddles (Ire), by Lawman (Fr)
2nd Dam: Slip Dance (Ire), by Celtic Swing (GB)
3rd Dam: Hawala (Ire), by Warning (GB)
(25,000gns Wlg '15 TATFOA). O-Lee Yuk Lun; B-Eminent Kind
Ltd (GB); T-William J. Haggas. $118,800.
3–Competitionofideas, 123, f, 4, by Speightstown
1st Dam: Devil by Design, by Medaglia d'Oro
2nd Dam: Beauty's Due, by Devil His Due
3rd Dam: Beauty's Sake, by Lyphard's Ridge
($325,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP). O-Klaravich Stables, Inc.; B-John D.
Gunther, Tony Chedraoui & Eurowest Bloodstock Services (KY);
T-Chad C. Brown. $59,400.
Margins: 3, 2, 3/4. Odds: 0.40, 15.40, 6.00.
Also Ran: Fleeting (Ire), Thais (Fr), Remember Daisy, Oh So Terrible. Scratched: Magic Wand (Ire).
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton
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