Exiting a better-than-it-looked fourth to Rushing Fall (More Than Ready) in the GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland Oct. 13, Princess Warrior (Midshipman) took flight with a wide run around the far turn and kept finding in the lane to post an upset in Friday's GII Mrs. Revere S. at overlaid 11-1.
Seventh, but not far from the front passing under the wire for the first time, the $60,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old was guided into the clear from midfield as Cool Beans (Candy Ride {Arg}) took them along over the yielding going. Brian Hernandez Jr. let it out a notch with about three furlongs to race, and Princess Warrior loomed boldly four deep into the lane. Cool Beans cut the corner and was plugging on gamely, but she could not resist the run from Princess Warrior, who seized command with a little less than an eighth of a mile to run and held sway late. Get Explicit (Get Stormy) rallied to cut the winning margin down to a length on the wire. Cool Beans held on for third. Heavily favored Stella di Camelot (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), victorious in the Oct. 13 Pebbles S. on her U.S. debut Oct. 13, was bumped around at the start and became aggressive, tugging Joel Rosario into a forward position with a circuit to travel. Well-spotted from there, she lacked a closing kick and could do no better than a midfield finish.
Runner-up as the favorite in last year's GI Darley Alcibiades S., Princess Warrior went off form and was switched to the turf over the summer. A half-length winner of an Ellis allowance July 21, she was third in the GIII Pucker Up S. and second to Arrogate's half-sister Osare (Medaglia d'Oro) ahead of her even effort in the QE II.
Winning trainer Ken McPeek told Churchill's Joe Kristufek that connections were hoping for an invitation to the GI American Oaks at the end of December, a race annexed in 2017 by the McPeek-trained and now-retired Daddys Lil Darling (Scat Daddy).
Pedigree Notes:
Descending from the same female family as her paternal great-grandfather Unbridled, Princess Warrior is bred on the Unbridled's Song cross over Storm Cat responsible for the likes of Grade I winners Magnificent Song and Buddha and additional graded winners Noble Tune and Half Ours. Princess Warrior is the fifth graded winner for her sire and her dam was most recently bred to Unbridled's Song's champion son Arrogate.
Friday, Churchill Downs
MRS. REVERE S.-GII, $200,000, Churchill Downs, 11-23, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:47.61, yl.
1–PRINCESS WARRIOR, 118, f, 3, by Midshipman&log=">Midshipman
1st Dam: Sessa, by Consolidator
2nd Dam: Gana, by Smile
3rd Dam: Gana Facil, by Le Fabuleux
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($60,000
2yo '17 EASMAY). O-Evan, Matthew & Andrew Trommer;
B-George M. Veloudis (KY); T-Kenneth G. McPeek; J-Brian
Joseph Hernandez, Jr. $117,800. Lifetime Record: GISP,
14-3-3-2, $410,741. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the
eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Get Explicit, 118, f, 3, Get Stormy–Miss Victoriana, by
Explicit. O/B-Modeste Racing Stable (KY); T-Barbara J. Minshall.
$38,000.
3–Cool Beans, 118, f, 3, Candy Ride (Arg)&log=">Candy Ride (Arg)–Win McCool, by
Giant's Causeway. ($110,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP; $300,000 2yo '17
FTFMAR). O-Magic Cap Stables; B-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC
(KY); T-Brad H. Cox. $19,000.
Margins: 1, 2, 3/4. Odds: 11.30, 8.90, 5.30.
Also Ran: Kabella, Stella di Camelot (Ire), Lessons From Avery, Angel of Mischief, Dark Artist, Divine Queen, Arabella Bella. Scratched: High Tech, Over Thinking. 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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