Taken to the lead shortly after the start by jockey Florent Geroux, John and Susan Moore's 5-year-old homebred Karakontie mare, Princess Grace, posted a front-running score in the Grade 3, $200,000 Dr. James Penny Memorial Stakes at Parx Racing in Bensalem, Pa., on Tuesday. The Michael Stidham trainee also captured the 2021 renewal of the race.
Heavily favored Flirting Bridge finished second under Julien Leparoux, with Love in the Air and Paco Lopez third and Runaway Rumour and Jorge Vargas Jr. fourth in the field of eight older fillies and mares.
Time for 1 1/16 miles on a firm turf course was 1:43.30.
The win was the first for Princess Grace since last year's G3 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf Stakes. The latter was her fourth consecutive graded stakes victory following wins in the G2 Mrs. Revere Stakes in November 2020, the Dr. James Penny Memorial last July and the G2 Yellow Ribbon Handicap at Del Mar last August. Following the Yellow Ribbon, Princess Grace ran third in a pair of stakes at Del Mar last November, the G2 Goldikova and the G1 Matriarch.
She kicked off her 2022 campaign with a disappointing seventh in the G3 Eatontown Stakes at Monmouth Park June 18.
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