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 Jockey Garrett Gomez celebrates his win aboard Indian Blessing.
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The first Championship race on Saturday was the $2 million Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) for 2-year-old fillies going 1 1/16 miles over the sloppy, sealed main track at Monmouth Park. 13 went to post, down from the originally drawn 14 after Cry and Catch Me was scratched. Indian Blessing, undefeated in 2 career starts, a maiden and the Frizette (G1), was the 8-5 favorite over 6-1 second choice Izarra, second by a nose in the Oak Leaf (G1) in her final prep after finishing third in the Del Mar Debutante (G1). 8-1 third choice Smarty Deb shipped in from Emerald Downs in Seattle, where she was undefeated in 4 career starts, three in stakes company.
 First time by and Indian Blessing is already out front with A to the Croft and Proud Spell right behind. |
 Indian Blessing wins the Juvenile Fillies. |
Pgm Horse Jockey Win Place Show 4 Indian Blessing Gomez 5.40 4.80 3.20 10 Proud Spell Saez 8.80 5.80 7 Backseat Rhythm Castellano 9.60 Winning Time: 1:44.73 $2 Exacta 4-10 54.20 $1 Trifecta 4-10-7 243.00 $1 Superfecta 4-10-7-3 3,280.80Results chart |
Iindian Blessing with her flowers. Her jockey Garrett Gomez said, "I didn't warm her up too much today. The last time I rode her, she got real
aggressive on me. She's a very tactical filly and you can put her where
you want. The idea wasn't to make the lead, it was just to get a good
forward position, but once she made it up to the first turn, she was
rolling so easy, I let her go. When we made it up to the far turn, she
was really rolling and I let her go. When we turned for home, she
leveled right out. She's a nice filly."
Indian Blessing in the paddock and after the race with her winner's blanket. This was the first of two wins on the day for trainer Bob Baffert. Baffert said, "I've got the best rider in the country and she's training just better than ever. At Frizette, she needed that race, and her two works were sensational and all you can ask for. But one thing about Breeders' Cup, we've run races and we've got beat and, well, we got beat because these are the best horses in the world and that's what it's all about, the best horses in the world and today the best filly won."
Indian Blessing in the post parade. Her owner and breeder Hal Earnhardt III said, "It's nice to have a homebred, Bobby had the mare, Shameful, while my wife and I raced Indian Charlie. There's a lot of gratitude all the way down the line and we still have the mare now. It's really special all the way around. I'm the longest client that Bobby has. We started together, never had another trainer, it's only been him and all our successes. He's mapped out a great plan for her and leading up to this, just a remarkable training job, let alone a very special filly to us. It's very special to myself and my family, but just a great job of also managing a great filly by Bob."
Second place finisher Proud Spell with trainer Larry Jones in the paddock. Jones said, "She ran well. I think we just ran into buzz saw. That filly (Indian Blessing) sure ooked good. I was very proud of her horse. The jockey (Gabriel Saez) just put her in a wonderful spot, saved ground around that turn, and got
her out into what should the be the fast going. We just got beat by a better horse today."
Her jockey Gabriel Saez said, "She tried. We were just running for second. I just rode her to the wire. The winner never stopped running."
Third place finisher Backseat Rhythm returns after the race. Her jockey Javier Castellano said, "She handled the mud just fine. I was very proud of her. I really thought I was going to get second. When I asked her, she gave me all she had. She ran very well."
Her trainer Patrick Reynolds said, "She
stumbled a little bit at the start and then she got shuffled back and
got all that mud thrown back in her face. To pick up the bridle at the
six-furlong mark showed a lot of heart on her part. We were hoping they
would come back a little, but the winner is something special. We tried
to cut into the margin, but she just couldn't get there."
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