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American Freedom Filly a Debut Winner at Delaware

6th-Delaware, $38,125, Msw, 6-21, 2yo, f, 5f, :59.81, ft, 1/2 length.
GORMAN (f, 2, American Freedom–How Nice, by Include), in the mix early, was shuffled back to near the back of a compact field while racing four wide. She rolled up five wide off the turn and closed resolutely to score by a half-length and become the third winner for her freshman sire (by Pulpit). R B's Star (Kantharos) was second, a neck in front of Seduce (Into Mischief) and it was another nose back to favored Buy the Best (Tapiture) in fourth. McGehee homebred How Nice, a half-sister to stakes winner House of Grace (Limehouse), produced a filly by Free Drop Billy in 2020 and a filly by Tapiture this year. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $22,800.
O/B-Dede McGehee (KY); T-Kelsey Danner.

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Rachel Alexandra’s Full Sister Gladys Wins Maiden Race At 11-1

Dede McGehee's Gladys, a 2-year-old full sister to 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, graduated Sunday at Gulfstream Park West in Miami Gardens, Fla., with an 11-1 upset victory in a mile maiden special weight event carded as Race 5.

The Medaglia d'Oro–Lotta Kim filly roared from off the pace to score a three-length victory in her second career start and first race around two turns. Gladys encountered trouble leaving the starting gate and was never a factor in her Sept. 18 debut at six furlongs.

Gladys, who is trained by Kelsey Danner, ran a mile over a sloppy track in 1:38.80 under jockey Angel Arroyo.

Gladys, who was bred by Mc Gehee's Heaven Trees Farm, is Lotta Kim's eighth foal of racing age. Of course, Rachel Alexandra, who captured the 2009 Preakness (G1), Haskell (G1) and Woodward (G1) on her way to being crowned Thoroughbred racing's champion of 2009, is by far the most accomplished offspring of Lotta Kim.

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Sister to Rachel Alexandra Graduates at Gulfstream Park West

5th-Gulfstream West, $36,000, Msw, 10-25, 2yo, f, 1m, 1:38.80, sy, 3 lengths.
GLADYS (f, 2, Medaglia d’Oro–Lotta Kim {SW & GSP, $146,485}, by Roar) met trouble at the start of her career and sprint debut here Sept. 18, never getting into the mix and finishing eighth. Sent off at 11-1 for her route bow, she was a stalking fourth behind Beyond Heavenly (Uncle Mo), who set moderate early splits. Angled out several paths wide at the three-sixteenths pole, she took over in the stretch and ran clear to graduate by three lengths over the pacesetter, who bested race favorite My Little Minx (Empire Maker) by an additional four lengths. The winners is a full to Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old filly Rachel Alexandra (MGISW, $3,506,730)–who is also the dam of Grade I winner Rachel’s Valentine–and a half to Wooderson (Awesome Again), SP, $194,330; Dolphus (Lookin At Lucky), GSP, $211,060. Lotta Kim foaled a Bolt d’Oro colt this term and was bred back to Bernardini. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $22,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Dede McGehee; B-Heaven Trees Farm (KY); T-Kelsey Danner.

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Full Sister To Rachel Alexandra To Debut Friday At Gulfstream Park

Gladys, a full sister to 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, is scheduled to make her debut Friday at Gulfstream Park.

The 2-year-old daughter of Medaglia d'Oro is slated to break from the outside post position in a field of 10 2-year-old fillies assembled for a $65,000 six-furlong maiden special weight race carded as Race 6.

Gladys was named by owner/breeder Dede McGehee, a graduate of the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine, in memory of her late maternal grandmother, Gladys Atkinson Houser.

Gladys is the eighth foal out of Lotta Kim, a daughter of Roar whose first foal was Rachel Alexandra, who was named 2009 Horse of the Year after winning five Grade 1 races in a row, including the Preakness, Haskell and Woodward against males and the Kentucky Oaks.

The Kentucky-bred Gladys, who is trained by Kelsey Danner, has been prepared for her debut with a series of 10 breezes at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream Park's satellite training facility in Palm Beach County.

Angel Arroyo has the mount.

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