What's in a Name: Gamine

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GAMINE is “a girl with a mischievous, boyish charm,” according to Google Dictionary. It is therefore a fitting name for the terrific filly by Into Mischief who dominated her fellow females in the GI Acorn S. at Belmont Saturday.

GAMINE, 120, f, 3, by Into Mischief
                1st Dam: Peggy Jane (SP, $102,050), by Kafwain
                2nd Dam: Seattle Splash, by Chief Seattle
                3rd Dam: Grand Splash, by Bucksplasher

An Italian native, Andrea Branchini now lives in Lexington, Ky. where he works in the equine transport industry.

 

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