Unifying rallied to the lead just outside the eighth pole and spurted away to win Sunday's $175,000 Leslie's Lady Overnight Stakes by three lengths at Ellis Park.
Cristian Torres was in the saddle for conditioner Riley Mott, who tabbed the first stakes win of his young training career. Unifying completed the seven-furlong distance in 1:23.64 over a track rated as sloppy,
The speedy B G Warrior was hustled hard from the gate and took the lead up the backside under jockey Albin Jiminez while being tracked throughout the early stages by Tell Me When. Unifying sat fifth up the backside, two lengths off B G Warrior's hot :21.99 opening quarter mile fraction. Around the far turn, Torres tipped Unifying to the two-path to begin her charge at B G Warrior. Just outside the eighth pole, Unifying poked her head in front of the tiring B G Warrior and kicked clear down the lane to win by a comfortable margin.
“She's a really nice filly and she's just getting better and better,” Torres said. “She was training right here at Ellis Park and she liked the track. She's very mature and gets along with anything.”
Unifying rewarded her backers and returned $11.90 for the victory. Topsy, who was sent to post as the 9-5 favorite, closed in the late stages of the Leslie's Lady to finish second under Tyler Gaffalione. B G Warrior completed the trifecta.
She's On the Rocks finished one length behind B G Warrior in fourth. She was followed in order by Friendlypersuasion, Promise of Hope, Padma, Condensation, and Tell Me When.
Sheri Greenberg, Staghawk Stables, Tom Reiman and Ronald Johnson's Unifying is a daughter of Union Rags out of the Arch mare Monarchia. She was bred in Kentucky by Lynn B. Schiff and sold to Cool Hill Farm for $32,000 at the 2021 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, where Mill Ridge Sales consigned her.
With her victory in the in the Leslie's Lady, Unifying improved her overall record to 3-3-1 from eight starts and earnings of $294,076.
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