Trainer Chad Brown and jockey Flavien Prat notched their third straight graded stakes victory on Monmouth Park's Haskell Day card Saturday when Search Results rolled to a three-length triumph in the Molly Pitcher (G3).
The two teamed to take Monmouth Cup (G3) with Highly Motivated and the WinStar Matchmaker (G3) with Lemista and provided a second graded score on the card for Klaravich Stables, owner-breeder of Highly Motivated.
Tracking from third behind pacesetter Beth's Dream and Pennybaker through a half mile in :47.37, Search Results came with a three-wide move around the turn to gain a short lead at the quarter pole. Asserting herself when called upon, she opened 2 ½ length advantage in early stretch and drew away to finish 1 1/16 miles in 1:40.47, just shy of Sharp Azteca's track record 1:40.19.
A 4-year-old Flatter filly, Search Results tallied a fourth graded stakes win to her five-race win record, which includes 2021 Acorn Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park that followed a runner-up finish in the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1). She went to the sidelines for the rest of the year after finishing third in the Test (G1) last August at Saratoga. She opened 2022 finishing third in the Distaff (G3) April 9 at Aqueduct but rebounded to win the Ruffian (G2) May 8 before posting a third June 11 in the Ogden Phipps (G1), both at Belmont. She was ready to win Saturday.
“I'm so appreciative Monmouth had this race,” Brown said. “It made it an easy decision to come here with her, and the mile and a sixteenth is a good distance for her. Flavien (Prat) did a terrific job and I really wanted to keep her face clean and not have any dirt in her face from that post (3). Flavien did execute it really well. I told him just get out of there. If somebody to her outside wants to go, just extract her quick because I think she's tons the best and I don't want to take any chances. Just park her in the center of the track and she if she can do it today, and she sure did. I'm glad it worked out for her.”
“I really didn't look past this race for what's next for her. She's showed she can handle a mile and an eighth effectively. She's definitely on a schedule to go to the Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1).”
Prat said he was happy with the way the race unfolded.
“She was traveling well,” he said. “She really kicked in. She has great speed out of the gate but she can also rate, as she showed in this race. It worked out well. Obviously, drawing inside was not ideal. But she broke well and when they cleared me I was able to get in a nice, comfortable spot. She kicked on well. She was just waiting for me to give her the cue to go.”
Bred in Kentucky by Machmer Hall, Search Results in out of the Candy Ride mare Co Cola.
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