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We rode her on the grass, but she did the same! So we went back to the dirt last time out and she ran a good race against some nice company. I told Bill’s son that she has a movement like a grass horse – she runs like she is going to gallop and doesn’t go anywhere.
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“I rode her at Oaklawn and she was cruising coming to the quarter-pole but hung and didn’t pass the horses on the lead. Today, there wasn’t much speed so I felt that I might as well let her go to the lead and she put up a good fight the whole way round. John Velazquez added: “I had been taking Antoinette back every time I have ridden her, but she pulls behind horses and never passes them when I let her go. After seeing this, which is her biggest win so far, I would guess that her next start would be on the grass.” “The beauty of a filly like Antoinette is, if you get a big rainstorm and they come off the turf, you can always run in the race and you know that she is going to give you a good effort one way or another. She has been a very good, consistent filly on either surface all along and she really put in a good effort today.
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The pace was reasonable and Antoinette was very game. It looked like her and Enola Gay had some speed and one of us would be on the lead. The Godolphin homebred rallied bravely to reassert near the line for a half-length verdict.īill Mott said: “We thought that Antoinette might be close to the lead today. The Bill Mott-trained daughter of Hard Spun, returning to turf after finishing third on dirt in the G1 Coaching Club American Oaks at the same course in July, disputed the early lead with Enola Gay before being sent on into a clear advantage by John Velazquez.Īntoinette kicked turning in and repelled Enola Gay at the top of the straight before Stunning Sky laid down a strong challenge inside the final furlong. Three-year-old filly Antoinette posted the biggest victory of her career to date when gamely making most of the running in the extended nine-furlong Saratoga Oaks at Saratoga, USA, on Sunday, 16 August. winner Enola Gay and her dam Dakota Queen carry names of WW2 flying machines (with parallel connections to family females).