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Guarana Gives Brown 100th Grade 1 With Gutty Madison Win

An odds-on favorite for the fourth time in her six-race career, Three Chimneys Farm and Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings' Guarana had to fight off a stubborn Mia Mischief to win Saturday's Grade 1 Madison Stakes at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky., by a half-length.

The victory was the 100th career Grade 1 win for trainer Chad Brown, who saddled his first runner in 2007 and picked up his initial Grade 1 in 2011 when Awesome Feather won the Gazelle Handicap.

Ridden by Jose Ortiz, Guarana covered seven furlongs in 1:21.70 on a fast track. Mia Mischief finished second, with Bell's the One 3 1/4 lengths back in third and Wildwood's Beauty fourth in the field of eight older fillies and mares.

Guarana is a 4-year-old by Ghostzapper out of Magical World, by Distorted Humor. She was bred in Kentucky by Three Chimneys Farm.

Guarana, breaking from the five post, led the way early, with Mia Mischief and Ricardo Santana Jr. putting on the pressure to her outside through an opening quarter mile in :22.95 and a half in :45.92. Approaching the furlong pole, Mia Mischief edged ahead of Guarana, six furlongs in 1:09.60, but Guarana came back on along the inside in the final sixteenth to get the win.

The victory was the fifth in six career starts for Guarana and her second of 2020 from as many outings. Unraced at 2, she won two G1s in 2019–the Acorn and CCA Oaks. Her only defeat came when second to Street Band as the 11-10 favorite in the G1 Cotillion at Parx Racing, her final start of the year.

Brown was not at Keeneland, but told the track's publicity department hitting 100 Grade 1 wins is “right up there near the top. It's a whole body of work from 12½ years now of training. It has to do with my team of co-workers, owners and horses both present and past. They all contributed to the 100 Grade 1s. God willing if everything stays intact, we'll work on the next 100. But we're going to enjoy this for now.

“(Guarana) showed her heart,” Brown said. “She showed that she's a very special horse, which we've known for a long time. I'm just so happy for the ownership group, especially Mr.(Goncalo) Torrealba (of Three Chimneys Farm), the original sole owner of the horse and the breeder. I've been associated with him and his family and horses for 17 years now going back to Bobby Frankel.

“To (get the 100^th Grade 1 win) with one of his horses is really special. He's a real fine man. Very loyal. He was the first one to call me and congratulate me.”

“To get another win over Keeneland's track ahead of the Breeders' Cup (with Guarana) is very important too. And my team has done a really good job. Our division in Palm Meadows had (Guarana) all winter and prepared her for Churchill. I left her with my assistant Whit Beckman and the Churchill division, and they've done a terrific job. I'm really proud of them.”

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Guarana Battles Back to Take Madison, Giving Brown 100th Career Grade I

Keeneland’s GI Madison S. was a battle between ‘TDN Rising Stars’ Guarana (Ghostzapper) and Mia Mischief (Into Mischief) from start to finish, but in the end it was Guarana who won the gutsy brawl. Favored at 1-2, Guarana went straight to the front and was hounded by Mia Mischief, who was let go at a surprising at 8-1, through early splits of :22.95 and :45.92. Mia Mischief drew even with Guarana at the top of the stretch and briefly headed her younger rival, but Guarana battled back in the final sixteenth, turning back her elder for a half-length success. It was the 100th Grade I victory for Eclipse winning-conditioner Chad Brown.

“Well during the course of the race, what happened was it unfolded sort of how I feared with Mia Mischief having the better post on the outside of us and being able to hound us a bit,” said Brown. “I thought turning for home that the post really did us in this race and I was started to get a little disappointed. But I could see at the sixteenth pole that she was finding her stride again and I think seven [furlongs] is maybe a tick far for the other filly. We were able to come back on her. She showed her heart. She showed that she’s a very special horse, which we’ve known for a long time.”

He continued, “To [get the 100th Grade I win] with one of Mr. Torrealba’s horses is really special. He’s a real fine man. Very loyal. It’s right up there near the top. It’s a whole body of work from 12 1/2 years now of training. It has to do with my team of co workers, owners, and horses both present and past. They all contributed to the 100 Grade Is. God willing if everything stays in tact, we’ll work on the next 100. But we’re going to enjoy this for now.”

Devastating the field by 14 3/4 lengths in her Keeneland unveiling last April, Guarana romped by sixth in Belmont’s GI Acorn S. last June and followed suit with a win in the nine-panel GI CCA Oaks six weeks later. Finishing second to Street Band (Istan) as the favorite in the GI Cotillion S. Sept. 21, she was subsequently shelved for the season and resurfaced at Churchill June 4 with a dominant optional claimer score in the slop June 4.

Pedigree Notes:

Guarana is one of 12 top-level scorers by Ghostzapper and one of 41 graded winners for the Adena stallion. She is bred on the same Ghostzapper/Distorted Humor cross as fellow Grade I winner Molly Morgan. Daughters of Distorted Humor are responsible for 45 graded stakes winners. Magical World, a daughter of GI Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner Pleasant home (Seeking the Gold), is also responsible for stakes winner and GSP ‘TDN Rising Star’ Magic Dance (More Than Ready). Her 2018 colt by Pioneerof the Nile brought $2.1 million from e Five Racing at Keeneland September. The 10-year-old mare did not have a foal in 2019, but had a Gun Runner colt Feb. 25 of this year. This is also the family of MGISWs Point of Entry (Dynaformer), Pine Island (Arch) and Tale of Ekati (Tale of the Cat).

Saturday, Keeneland
MADISON S.-GI, $250,000, Keeneland, 7-11, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f, 1:21.70, ft.
1–GUARANA, 118, f, 4, by Ghostzapper
                1st Dam: Magical World, by Distorted Humor
                2nd Dam: Pleasant Home, by Seeking the Gold
                3rd Dam: Our Country Place, by Pleasant Colony
‘TDN Rising Star‘ O-Three Chimneys Farm & Hill ‘n’ Dale
Equine Holdings Inc.; B-Three Chimneys Farm (KY); T-Chad C
Brown; J-Jose L. Ortiz. $150,000. Lifetime Record: 6-5-1-0,
$1,078,268. *1/2 to Magic Dance (More Than Ready), SW &
GSP, $156,883. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*.
   Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Mia Mischief, 118, m, 5, by Into Mischief
                1st Dam: Greer Lynn, by Speightstown
                2nd Dam: Roll Over Baby, by Rollin On Over
                3rd Dam: Sweet Praise, by Honey Jay
‘TDN Rising Star‘ ($135,000 Ylg ’16 KEESEP; $300,000 2yo ’17
FTFMAR; $2,400,000 4yo ’19 FTKNOV). O-Stonestreet Stable
LLC; B-Spendthrift Farm LLC (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen.
$50,000.
3–Bell’s the One, 120, f, 4, by Majesticperfection</strong
                1st Dam: Street Mate, by Street Cry (Ire)</strong
                2nd Dam: Day Mate, by Dayjur
                3rd Dam: Possible Mate, by King’s Bishop
($155,000 Ylg ’17 FTKJUL). O-Lothenbach Stables, Inc. (Bob
Lothenbach); B-Bret Jones (KY); T-Neil L. Pessin. $25,000.
Margins: HF, 3 1/4, HF. Odds: 0.50, 8.00, 4.40.
Also Ran: Wildwood’s Beauty, Sally’s Curlin, Unique Factor, Amy’s Challenge, Diamond Crazy. Scratched: Princess Causeway.
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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Grade 1 Winners Guarana, Mia Mischief Top Field For Keeneland’s Madison

Grade 1 winners Guarana and Mia Mischief head a field of nine fillies and mares for Saturday's 19th running of the $250,000 Madison (G1) that will be run over 7 furlongs on the main track at Keeneland.

The Madison, the first of three Grade 1 races on Saturday's 10-race program, will go as the afternoon's fifth race with a 3:18 p.m. post time.

Three Chimneys Farm and Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings Guarana debuted at Keeneland during the 2019 Spring Meet with a 14¾-length victory that was a springboard to Grade 1 victories in the Acorn and Coaching Club of America Oaks.

A dominating winner in her 2020 debut last month at Churchill Downs, Guarana is trained by Chad Brown and will be ridden Jose Ortiz from post position five.

Stonestreet Stables' Mia Mischief, who broke her maiden in her second start by 16¼ lengths during Keeneland's 2017 Fall Meet, won the Humana Distaff (G1) in 2019 at Churchill Downs. A winner of two of three starts in 2020, Mia Mischief is trained by Steve Asmussen and will be ridden by Ricardo Santana Jr., from post position seven.

Other runners of note include Lothenbach Stables' Bell's the One and Novogratz Racing Stables' Amy's Challenge.

Trained by Neil Pessin, Bell's the One captured last fall's Lexus Raven Run (G2) at Keeneland and most recently won the Winning Colors (G3) at Churchill Downs. Corey Lanerie, who was aboard for both of those victories, has the mount Saturday and will break from post position eight.

Amy's Challenge, trained by Mac Robertson, finished second by a neck to Spiced Perfection in last year's Madison. Joel Rosario has the mount Saturday and will break from post nine.

The field for the Madison, with riders and weights from the rail out, is: Diamond Crazy (Brian Hernandez Jr., 118 pounds), Wildwood's Beauty (Joe Rocco Jr., 118), Sally's Curlin (Joe Talamo, 118), Princess Causeway (Julien Leparoux, 118) Guarana (Ortiz, 118), Unique Factor (Flavien Prat, 118), Mia Mischief (Santana Jr., 118), Bell's the One (Lanerie, 120), Amy's Challenge (Rosario, 118).

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