Godolphin's Kentucky homebred Wet Paint equaled a career-best 89 Beyer Speed Figure for her rallying neck triumph in Saturday's Coaching Club American Oaks (G1), a 1 1/8-mile test for sophomore fillies at Saratoga Race Course.
Trained by Brad Cox, Wet Paint notched the first Grade 1 victory of her career with a last-to-first rush under Flavien Prat to collar a game Sacred Wish in deep stretch and complete the distance in 1:50.68.
“She came back pretty tired and jogged up the road good,” said Blake Cox, Brad Cox's son and assistant. “She ate up great and she was hitting snooze a little bit this morning. She ran hard and she kept coming. She didn't get much pace, but it's always good when it works out.”
Wet Paint entered from a runner-up effort to Hoosier Philly in the Monomoy Girl on June 17 at Ellis Park and was due to face that rival again before the Tom Amoss trainee scratched Saturday morning due to a foot issue. Wet Paint now boasts three graded stakes triumphs after taking a pair of Grade 3s this winter at Oaklawn Park in the Honeybee and Fantasy.
Cox added that the $600,000 Alabama (G1) going 1 1/4 miles on August 19 at Saratoga remains the logical next race for Wet Paint.
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