The promising She's a Julie (Elusive Quality) ran away in the stretch to record a career high in style in Thursday evening's GIII Iowa Oaks at Prairie Meadows. The bay sat in a perfect spot in second through early fractions of :23.17 and :46.78. She set her sights on the leader on the far turn, took over at the top of the stretch as jockey Ricardo Santana, Jr. took a peek back in the rearview mirror, and made it look easy from there, winning by a geared-down 5 1/2 lengths.
She's a Julie entered off a narrow optional claiming victory going a one-turn mile at Churchill Downs June 3. She was a well-beaten sixth in the GII Rachel Alexandra Feb. 17 and a respectable fifth in the GII Fair Grounds Oaks Mar. 24 in her two prior graded stakes attempts earlier this spring.
Pedigree Notes:
She's a Julie becomes the 133rd stakes winner, 54th graded, for the late Elusive Quality. She's a Julie was produced by Kydd Gloves, a two-time winning half-sister to 2006 GIII Sorrento S. heroine and GI Del Mar Debutante S. runner-up Untouched Talent (Storm Cat), better known as the dam of GI Arkansas Derby hero and GI Kentucky Derby runner-up Bodemeister (Empire Maker). Kydd Gloves, purchased by Circle H Farm for $40,000 in foal to Elusive Quality at the 2016 KEENOV Sale, had an Elusive Quality colt in 2017 and was bred back to Empire Maker.
Thursday, Prairie Meadows
IOWA OAKS-GIII, $200,000, Prairie Meadows, 7-5, 3yo, f,
1 1/16m, 1:43.33, ft.
1–SHE'S A JULIE, 115, f, 3, by Elusive Quality
1st Dam: Kydd Gloves, by Dubai Millennium (GB)
2nd Dam: Parade Queen, by A.P. Indy
3rd Dam: Spanish Parade, by Roberto
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($160,000
Ylg '16 KEESEP). O-Whispering Oaks Farm LLC; B-Godolphin LLC
(KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen; J-Ricardo Santana, Jr. $119,100.
Lifetime Record: 8-3-1-1, $210,530.
Werk Nick Rating: B+.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.[bullet ad=”blandford-stud-sold-for-godolphin”][bullet ad=”kbif-g2g3″]2–Cosmic Burst, 121, f, 3, Violence–Peggy Ring, by
Ghostzapper. ($20,000 Ylg '16 EASJAN; $25,000 Ylg '16
KEESEP). O-Norma Lee Stockseth & Todd Dunn; B-Pewter
Stable (PA); T-Donnie K. Von Hemel. $39,700.[bullet ad=”machmer-hall-pinhooked-and-raised”][bullet ad=”selectsales-shell”]3–Hold Her Tight, 118, f, 3, Proud Citizen–Langcita, by
Langfuhr. O/B-Brereton C. Jones (KY); T-J. Larry Jones. $19,850.
Margins: 5HF, 1, 2 3/4. Odds: 3.00, 4.30, 7.00.
Also Ran: Testing One Two, Baydar, Tell Your Mama, Sassy Sienna, Shes Our Fastest, Terra's Angel. Scratched: Rayya.
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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