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War Like Goddess Riding Three-Race Win Streak Into ‘Win And You’re In’ Flower Bowl

George Krikorian's War Like Goddess brings a three-race win streak into Saturday's Grade 1, $600,000 Flower Bowl, an 11-furlong inner turf test for older fillies and mares, at Saratoga Race Course.

The 44th renewal of the Flower Bowl, which offers a “Win and You're In” berth to the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf in November at Del Mar, is part of a loaded Saturday lineup that features the Grade 1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup, a 10-furlong test for 3-year-olds that is a “Win and You're In” qualifier to the Breeders' Cup Classic. The 12-race card is bolstered by the Grade 2, $250,000 Prioress, a six-furlong sprint for sophomore fillies and the Grade 3, $200,000 Saranac at 1 1/16-miles on the inner turf for sophomores. First post is 12:35 p.m. Eastern.

War Like Goddess has won 5-of-6 starts, utilizing a powerful turn-of-foot to notch graded scores in her last three outings, comprising the 11-furlong Grade 3 Orchid in March at Gulfstream, the 12-furlong Grade 3 Bewitch in April at Keeneland, and the 12-furlong Grade 2 Glens Falls last out on August 7 over the Spa inner turf.

Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott said he is confident War Like Goddess can handle the step up to Grade 1 company.

“It's all a test, right? These are tough horses but the goal is to try and win a Grade 1 with her,” Mott said. “She's done quite well and handled every step so far, so we hope she move another step forward and accomplish this.”

The 4-year-old English Channel bay, bred in Kentucky by Calumet Farm, was purchased for $30,000 at the OBS June 2019 2-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age Sale.

Mott said he is proud of the filly's efforts thus far through six starts, banking $383,684 in purse earnings.

“Her performance is good no matter how much they paid for her,” said Mott, who won the Flower Bowl previously with Gaily Gaily [1988], Dahlia's Dreamer [1994], Northern Emerald [1995] and Dynaforce [2008].

Julien Leparoux retains the mount from post 3.

Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown, represented here by My Sister Nat [post 4, Jose Ortiz] and Great Island [post 6, Joel Rosario], has won the Flower Bowl a record six times, comprised of scores with Stacelita [2011], Stephanie's Kitten [2014-15], Lady Eli [2016], Fourstar Crook [2018] and Sistercharlie [2019].

Owner Peter Brant has won the Flower Bowl a record four times, previously scoring with Just a Game [1980], Scoot [1986], River Memories [1989] and Sistercharlie. He will send out a pair of starters here in My Sister Nat for Brown and American Bridge for trainer Jean-Claude Rouget.

A 6-year-old daughter of Acclamation out of the Galileo mare Starlet's Sister, My Sister Nat is a half-sister to Sistercharlie. Last year, the French-bred bay captured the 12-furlong Grade 3 Waya ahead of runner-up efforts to Civil Union in both the Grade 2 Glens Falls at the Spa and the Grade 1 Flower Bowl, which was contested at 10-furlongs at Belmont.

Through three starts this year, My Sister Nat has finished fourth in the 11-furlong Grade 2 Sheepshead Bay in May, third in the 10-furlong Grade 2 New York in June and second last out in the 12-furlong Grade 2 Glens Falls, 3 1/4-lengths back of War Like Goddess.

Brown said he would appreciate an opportunity to win the Flower Bowl with a sibling of Sistercharlie, who he trained for Brant.

“It would be special to win this race again,” Brown said. “She's a real consistent horse, but she'll have her work cut out for her with War Like Goddess in there. We'll try again and hope for a different result.”

Last year, Ortiz provided My Sister Nat a more prominent trip, sitting less than three lengths off the pace, to win the Waya. Brown said he is hopeful the returning rider can utilize similar tactics Saturday after racing from well off the pace in recent efforts.

“That's her, sometimes she falls out of the race a little bit, so hopefully we can get a little better position,” Brown said.

Alpha Delta Stables' Great Island, a 5-year-old Scat Daddy chestnut, has won two of her last three starts, including scores in the off-the-turf Suwannee River in February at Gulfstream and a last-to-first score last out in the nine-furlong Grade 3 Matchmaker on July 17 over firm Monmouth Park turf.

The lightly-raced Great Island is out of the unraced Rahy mare Voyage, who is a half-sister to multiple Grade 1-winners Point of Entry and Pine Island.

Great Island entered the Matchmaker from a two-month respite off a willing third in the 1 1/16-mile Grade 3 Gallorette on May 15 at Pimlico, a key race that winner Mean Mary exited to win the Grade 2 New York at Belmont and runner-up Vigilantes Way used as a springboard to victory in the Grade 3 Eatontown at Monmouth.

Brown said he was pleased with the half-length score last out in the Matchmaker.

“She ran great and showed a nice, closing kick,” Brown said. “We've always wanted to try her around three turns, so this is a chance to do it.”

Brown said he is hopeful both his entrants will find a way not to lose touch with the field.

“Getting position in these races has been key,” said Brown, who leads all trainers with 34 wins at the Spa summer meet heading into Wednesday's card.

The Brant-owned American Bridge will make her North American debut from a score in the 10-furlong Group 3 Premio Del Giubileo on June 27 at the San Siro for Rouget.

By Kodiac and out of the Dutch Art mare More Than Sotka, American Bridge will exit post 2 under Irad Ortiz, Jr.

Madaket Stables, Tim Cambron, Anna Cambron and Bradley Thoroughbreds' graded-stakes winner La Signare will stretch out in distance following a third-place finish last out in the nine-furlong Grade 1 Diana on July 17 at the Spa.

La Signare has earned black type in three consecutive Grade 1 appearances, starting with a third in the Jenny Wiley in April at Keeneland before running second in the Gamely in May at Santa Anita. The 6-year-old French-bred daughter of Siyouni finished 2 1/2-lengths back of Althiqa last out in the Diana.

Conditioned by Brendan Walsh, the talented bay has trained forwardly out of that effort, including a half-mile breeze in 49.71 on August 28 on the Oklahoma dirt training track.

“She looks unreal. Saratoga does very good for them. She's really blossomed between starts,” said Walsh assistant Thomas Molloy. “She galloped out in 1:01 and 1:15 in her last work. The added distance should help her.”

La Signare will emerge from the inside post under Ricardo Santana, Jr.

Belladonna Racing's Coastana enters from a sharp first-level allowance score traveling 11-furlongs on the Spa turf on August 6.

Trained by Cherie DeVaux, the 4-year-old daughter of Kitten's Joy, out of the Pulpit mare Reachfortheheavens, is a full sister to multiple Grade 1-winner Real Solution.

Purchased for $290,000 at the OBS June 2019 2-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age Sale, Coastana will exit post 7 in her stakes debut under leading rider Luis Saez.

Elizabeth Mateo's Lovely Lucky has won 2-of-3 starts on the Saratoga turf, including an allowance score last summer and an optional-claiming win July 22, both traveling 11-furlongs. The 5-year-old Lookin At Lucky mare ran fourth in last year's Glens Falls ahead of an off-the-board effort in the Flower Bowl at Belmont.

Trained by Tom Albertrani, Lovely Lucky will emerge from post 5 under Hall of Famer John Velazquez.

The Flower Bowl is slated as Race 11 on Saturday's 12-race card. Saratoga Live will present daily television coverage of the summer meet on FOX Sports. For the complete Saratoga Live broadcast schedule, and additional programming information, visit https://www.nyra.com/saratoga/racing/tv-schedule.

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Brown Pair My Sister Nat, Orglandes Headline Saturday’s Glens Falls Stakes

My Sister Nat and Orglandes, who began racing in their native France before finding Grade 3 success in the United States, seek to give three-time meet-leading trainer and four-time Eclipse Award winner Chad Brown his first career victory in the Grade 2, $250,000 Glens Falls Saturday at Saratoga Race Course.

The 26th running of the 1 ½-mile Glens Falls for older fillies and mares on the inner turf, honoring the city located 15 miles north of Saratoga and nicknamed 'Hometown U.S.A.,' is one of five stakes worth a combined $2.87 million in purses on a spectacular program highlighted by the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney, one of the country's premiere races for older horses.

Peter Brant's My Sister Nat is a 6-year-old mare that has run well on the Saratoga turf since coming to the U.S. in the summer of 2019. Last year, she won the Grade 3 Waya at 1 ½ miles and was second as the favorite to Civil Union in the Glens Falls, beaten a length after encountering some trouble at the start.

Second by a head to Civil Union in the Grade 1 Flower Bowl Invitational last fall at Belmont Park, My Sister Nat ran fourth in Belmont's Grade 2 Sheepshead Bay in May to open her 2021 season. Last out, she rallied from far back to be third by two lengths on yielding ground in the Grade 2, 1 ¼-mile New York on June 4.

“She likes the course. I think that's important,” Brown said. “I much prefer to have a horse that's experienced over this turf course. She should be good.”

Madaket Stables, Michael Dubb, Wonder Stable and Michael Caruso's Orglandes came to the U.S. a year after her stablemate and went more than a year between races before finishing third in her stateside debut last September at Monmouth Park. She capped 2020 winning two straight including a cross-country trip to Del Mar for the Grade 3, 1 3/8-mile Red Carpet, rallying for a half-length triumph.

The 5-year-old Orglandes has raced once this year, finishing an even sixth in the Sheepshead Bay. She came to Saratoga from Belmont in June and has trained steadily on the grass for her return.

“Her first start of the year didn't go quite the way we planned so we regrouped with her and here we are. We look to get her back on track,” Brown said. “For whatever reason she just didn't show up. She came out of the race a little sore so I just kind of backed off. I have her back nice now, [she's] moving very well and looks healthy so we'll try again.”

Jose Ortiz has the call on My Sister Nat from post 5 while older brother Irad Ortiz, Jr. will be aboard Orglandes from post 4 in the field of seven.

The top three finishers from the Grade 3, 1 3/8-mile Robert G. Dick Memorial July 10 at Delaware Park – Dalika, Luck Money and Temple City Terror – will square off again in the Glens Falls. Bal Mar Equine's Dalika emerged from a protracted duel with Luck Money to prevail by a length, with Temple City Terror another three-quarters of a length back.

“She was pressed all the way by a long shot, every step of the way. I figured that would soften her up but she put that horse away and kind of rebroke again in the stretch and outran some nice fillies,” Dalika's trainer Al Stall, Jr. said. “That's what gave us a little confidence coming up here.”

The 5-year-old Dalika, bred in Germany, is a four-time stakes winner and has won three of seven starts since being stretched out late last winter. She has tried the distance twice, finishing second by less than a length to Temple City Terror in the May 22 Keertana at Churchill Downs.

“We're confident. If she's comfortable underneath the jock and there's no tug of war, so to speak, she runs a pretty nice race,” Stall said. “She's such an odd horse, a horse that goes this far and has that much energy doing it. You can't figure it out by training, just what we saw in some of her races. She's cost herself races by wrestling around with the jock. We kind of just give her head, let her bounce along and hopefully she'll settle down on her own.”

Regular rider Miguel Mena has the assignment from post 6.

Catherine Wills' homebred Luck Money, beaten favorite in the Robert G. Dick, has tried the Glens Falls distance twice before. The 4-year-old filly won the Zagora over a yielding course last fall at Belmont Park and was second to Blame Debbie, also as the wagering choice, in the June 13 Searching at Pimlico Race Course.

Hall of Famer Javier Castellano will climb aboard for trainer Arnaud Delacour from outside post 7.

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R Unicorn Stable's Call Me Love takes a two-race win streak into the Glens Falls, neither by more than a neck, the margin of her most recent triumph in the 1 ½-mile River Memories July 11 at Belmont Park. She was beaten a neck by multiple Grade 1 winner Starship Jubilee in the Grade 2 Ballston Spa last summer at Saratoga.

“She actually lost to a very good filly in Starship Jubilee and lost nothing in defeat. She's proven that she does well in Saratoga,” said Miguel Clement, assistant to his father, trainer Christophe Clement. “If you believe in speed ratings, that was one of her best races in the Ballston Spa. The filly is doing well, we're based here, and it's time to go.

“It's a bit quick back from her last start, but the filly is doing well. It's time to be ambitious,” he added. “She's a very gutsy filly. She demonstrates that in the morning and, obviously, on race day. It's been fun.”

Junior Alvarado, up for each of her last two wins, gets the return call from post 1. Christophe Clement has four previous victories in the Glens Falls, the most recent being with Irish Mission in 2014.

Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott owns a record five Glens Falls victories – 1999, 2009 and 2015 through 2017. He will look to extend that mark with George Krikorian's War Like Goddess, a 4-year-old daughter of turf champion English Channel making just her sixth career start. Four of her first five races have resulted in wins, including the Grade 3 Orchid March 27 at Gulfstream Park and Grade 3 Bewitched April 23 at Keeneland, her most recent outing. Both wins came under Julien Leparoux, who rides back from post 3.

Completing the field is Pocket Aces Racing's Temple City Terror, a 5-year-old Temple City mare that has finished behind Dalika three times in six starts since mid-December including the Robert G. Dick last out, but beat her in the Keertana in her only previous try at 1 ½ miles.

“She's a nice filly. She's really done well since we stretched her out,” trainer Brendan Walsh said. “Last time she had a tough trip at Delaware. She got in a little traffic and I think with a smoother trip, we would have been close. The filly that beat us is a very good filly, too. We beat her at Churchill and it was her turn at Delaware. There's not much between them.”

Tyler Gaffalione, who broke Temple City Terror's maiden in November 2019 at Churchill Downs, will be in the irons from post 2.

The Glens Falls is slated as Race 7 on Saturday's 12-race card, which offers a first post of 12:35 p.m. Eastern. Saratoga Live will present daily television coverage of the 40-day summer meet on FOX Sports. For the complete Saratoga Live broadcast schedule, and additional programming information, visit https://www.nyra.com/saratoga/racing/tv-schedule.

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Magic Attitude Back On Favorite Course For Sheepshead Bay

Lael Stables' Magic Attitude will seek a return to winning form over familiar ground, taking on an all-graded stakes-winning field in Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 Sheepshead Bay for older fillies and mares going 1 3/8 miles over the inner turf course at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.

Trained by Arnaud Delacour, Magic Attitude is the lone Grade 1-winner in the six-horse field, capturing her North American debut in last year's Belmont Oaks Invitational in September.

The daughter of prolific international sire Galileo rallied from last-of-5 in that race, displaying a powerful turn of foot in mid-stretch, crossing the wire a 2 1/2-length winner. The same late-running strategy was utilized next out in the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup on October 10 at Keeneland, but she could not replicate the winning push of her prior start, finishing third, 1 1/4 lengths back to Harvey's Lil Goil.

Magic Attitude arrives at the Sheepshead Bay off her 2021 debut in the Grade 2 Hillsborough on March 6 at Tampa Bay Downs, where she rode the rail throughout most of the journey, lacked racing room in upper stretch and made a late bid in between horses to finish a close seventh.

“She may have been a little short when we brought her back at Tampa,” Delacour said. “It didn't work out well as far as the trip was concerned. She was down and on the inside and never got relaxed. I'm also not sure she likes the tight turns at Tampa either. So, we just regrouped after that race and we wanted to go where she's been successful in the past to try and bring back her best form. We know she likes Belmont Park.”

Delacour noted that Belmont Park's wider turns could play to his filly's favor in the Belmont Oaks and hopes to see that play to her advantage on Saturday.

“She had a hard time with the tight turns. At Belmont, she had plenty of time to come gradually. She had balance and produced an explosive kick. We are looking for more stretch,” Delacour said. “The turns are wider at Belmont, and it was a slow pace when she won the Belmont Oaks, which gave her plenty of time to settle and come with a kick. We'll see what the pace scenario is like, but likely she'll take back and make one big run.”

Jockey Trevor McCarthy will pilot Magic Attitude from the inside post.

A victory in the Belmont Oaks qualified Magic Attitude for considerable bonus money should she win the Grade 2, $750,000 New York, going 1 ¼ miles on June 4 at Belmont; or the Grade 1, $600,000 Flower Bowl, at 1 3/8 miles on September 4 at Saratoga.

The “New York Stakes Turf Bonus” will provide $315,000 to the owner and $35,000 to the trainer of any previous winner of the filly Turf Triple series races – Belmont Oaks, Saratoga Oaks or Jockey Club Oaks – who captures the 2021 edition of the New York.

Additionally, the “Flower Bowl Bonus” will provide $300,000 to the owner and $30,000 to the trainer of any previous winner of a filly Turf Triple series race who wins the Flower Bowl, a Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” event offering a berth in the Grade 1 Filly and Mare Turf in November at Del Mar.

“The bonus is something that is definitely in the back of our minds,” Delacour said. “With a filly like her the main thing is to bring her back where she can win, and we know she loves Belmont Park. We'll see how she does on Saturday.”

Trainer Chad Brown seeks a fifth Sheepshead Bay win when he sends out My Sister Nat and Orglandes for their respective seasonal debuts.

“I think they're both very classy fillies with a lot of potential. Both have very bright futures,” said Brown's Belmont-based assistant trainer Dan Stupp. “They both wintered well, came up in great condition. They've trained well since they've been here.”

Owned by Peter Brant, My Sister Nat seeks a second graded stakes win in North America after winning the Grade 3 Waya going 1 1/2 miles on August 8 at Saratoga. The half-sister to 2018 Champion Turf Mare Sistercharlie trailed the field early on, inched her way into contention along the hedge midway down the backstretch and swung four-wide in upper stretch for the win.

Following two graded stakes runner-up finishes to Civil Union, My Sister Nat finished ninth in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf on November 6 at Keeneland in her last start.

Stupp recalled My Sister Nat's performance in the Grade 3 Long Island in November 2019 at the Big A, where she made up considerable ground only to miss a neck to Si Que Es Buena.

“When I first started working for Chad, she ran that huge race at Aqueduct where she just missed,” Stupp recalled. “After the race, we knew we were going to have a nice filly for next year. She continued to progress last year, just missing in the Grade 1 [Flower Bowl on October 3 at Belmont Park]. She's got a nice year ahead of her, she's just a late-blooming horse. She doesn't look like her sister. She's developed very nicely, it's just taken her awhile.”

While My Sister Nat seeks a return to winning form, Orglandes will look to pick back up where she left off after shipping to southern California for the Grade 3 Red Carpet on November 28 at Del Mar. The daughter of Le Havre made up considerable ground when traveling the 11-furlong distance to make a winning move in between horses in mid-stretch to win by a half-length.

A dual winner in her native France, Orglandes earned her first trip to the winner's circle in North America when travelling nine furlongs over the inner turf course on October 9 at Belmont Park.

“That race last year in California got us excited for the year ahead,” Stupp said. “She'll certainly be competing in the top stakes for older fillies on the grass throughout the year.”

Manny Franco has the call on My Sister Nat from the outermost post 6, while Orglandes will leave from post 3 under Eric Cancel.

Al Shira'aa Farms Mutamakina also will make her 2021 bow looking to build on her triumph in the Grade 3 Long Island on November 28 at Aqueduct.

The 5-year-old daughter of Nathaniel originally was campaigned in France by trainer Carlos Laffon-Parias, for whom she placed in two Group 2 events, including to eventual Group 1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Sottsass. She made her North American debut on October 31 over a yielding outer turf course at Belmont Park in the 12-furlong Zagora, where she was a troubled third for trainer Christophe Clement.

Saving ground in third along the hedge, Mutamakina was shuffled back around the far turn in the Zagora but made up considerable ground in the stretch to finish third, beaten a half-length to winner Luck Money.

Mutamakina's Long Island effort again displayed stalking tactics, where she maintained position around the far turn and confronted pacesetting stablemate Traipsing in the final strides to secure her first stakes win in North America by three-quarters of a length.

“She's a very top class mare,” said four-time Sheepshead Bay winner Clement. “It's ambitious running her there first time out, but she's been doing very well. She ran a very good race in her North American debut, even though she got beat.”

Jockey Jose Lezcano will ride Mutamakina from post 2.

Repole Stables' Always Shopping will attempt to parlay her newfound affinity for turf marathon events when breaking from post 4 with Joe Bravo in the irons.

Trained by Todd Pletcher, the daughter of Awesome Again out of graded stakes winner Stopshoppingmaria won the Grade 3 Gazelle on dirt at Aqueduct during her sophomore campaign in 2019, but a decline in winning form prompted her connections to give turf a try.

After a three-length win in the 1 1/8-mile Via Borghese in December at Gulfstream Park, she successfully stretched out to 1 ½ miles in the Grade 3 La Prevoyante at Gulfstream in January, winning by the same margin. Always Shopping arrives off a close second place finish in the Grade 3 Orchid on March 28 at Gulfstream.

“She always breezed well on the dirt and when her progression sort of plateaued, we made the change to turf and it appears to have paid off,” said Pletcher's Belmont-based assistant Byron Hughes.

Rounding out the field is Godolphin's Antoinette, for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott.

The homebred daughter of Hard Spun made her 2021 debut a triumphant one when maintaining command the whole way around and drawing off to a 2 ¼ length win in the Grade 3 The Very One on February 27 at Gulfstream Park going 1 3/16 miles. Antoinette displayed similar frontrunning tactics when capturing the Saratoga Oaks Invitational on August 8 at the Spa, which she won by a half-length.

Through an 11-4-1-4 record, Antoinette boasts the field's highest bankroll with earnings of $608,750.

Like fellow Sheepshead Bay contender Magic Attitude, Antoinette also qualifies for both the “New York Turf Bonus” and the “Flower Bowl Bonus.”

Breaking from post 5, Antoinette will be piloted by Edgard Zayas.

The Sheepshead Bay is slated as Race 10 on Belmont's 11-race Saturday program, which also features the Grade 3, $200,000 Westchester at one mile over the main track and the Grade 2, $200,000 Fort Marcy for older horses going nine furlongs over the inner turf. First post is 12:20 p.m. Eastern.

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Brown’s Filly & Mare Turf Quartet: Sistercharlie ‘Really Coming Around,’ Rushing Fall ‘Drew Well’

Chad Brown will start an enviable quartet of starters in an attempt to win his fifth Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Keeneland this Saturday. Brown previously won with Zagora (2012), Dayatthespa (2014), Stephanie's Kitten (2015 at Keeneland) and Sistercharlie (2018). All four of his runners galloped a routine circuit of the Keeneland main track Thursday morning.

Sistercharlie once again leads the charge, being arguably the most accomplished of his runners and a seven-time G1 winner. She hopes to improve upon her third at 4-5 odds in last year's edition, while also improving from her two disappointing runs this season – thirds in both the Ballston Spa and Diana at Saratoga.

“I see her really coming around and is training as well as she has all year,” Brown said. “Her last three breezes in particular have been excellent. I think she's going to really appreciate the mile and three-sixteenths and having enough ground to get there. She drew well (in post two).

“I just think she was really rusty that first start back and had not run in a really long time,” Brown continued. “I probably undertrained her knowing that she's six and knowing in the back of your mind that she's had a lot of career breezes and I don't want to get her injured in the morning, so I probably undertrained her a little bit and that was fine, because I knew that first race back wasn't in any way a goal of ours. I think her second race she really ran well (post six) and it set her up for this.”

Rushing Fall, also a previous Breeders' Cup winner when taking the 2017 Juvenile Fillies Turf, is a six-time G1 winner who will be closing out her career by running the farthest she has attempted (9.5 furlongs) in the Filly & Mare Turf. A winner of 11 of 14 lifetime, she has won five of six over this turf course and three of her four attempts at nine furlongs, just short of this trip.

Brown: “I think Rushing Fall drew well and is another one where unfortunately this is it for her. She's had a nice career and hopefully she breaks well and has a nice trip from there. You do (worry about the distance), but we've been in this position before – Dayatthespa comes to mind and she had never tried a mile and a quarter – but sometimes the first time you try it is the best time you'll ever run at it. Frankel used to tell me that.”

My Sister Nat and Nay Lady Nay both exit the Flower Bowl Invitational at Belmont, finishing second and third behind Civil Union, who reopposes on Saturday. My Sister Nat is a half-sister to Sistercharlie with proven G1 form on both sides of the Atlantic, while Nay Lady Nay is the youngest of the quartet, at four years old, and has been incrementally stepping up in class in 2020. Both are graded winners who appear to be in top form, but must take on the tall task of beating their aforementioned stablemates and others at the G1 level.

“(My Sister Nat) may have to be used a bit early to get some sort of position (from post 13 of 14),” Brown said. “I think that's the key. It took her a while to acclimate, but she's coming around quickly and I have never seen her doing this well. On numbers, she's going to have to really take a jump forward to land in the winner's circle. She's very different from Sistercharlie. They might both come off the pace, but that's where it ends. They look different and I think Sistercharlie can get into gear quicker and has a bigger stronger better turn of foot, but My Sister Nat is trying to close the gap a little bit and get into the Grade 1 races now. She's turning six next season and it's quite possible she could run next year.

“(Nay Lady Nay) is going to have to tuck in early,” Brown continued. “She's a long shot as it is. At a mile and three-sixteenths it might be stretching it for her. I think her only chance to grab a piece of this is to tuck in off the break and kind of work her way through traffic during the course of the race. I do think there's a little more there. She just continues to grow and get stronger and does everything you like to see year to year. Some of these horses, they look the same as when they were babies, so I think there's a little more in the tank. Ultimately, I think she's best at a tick shorter than this, which is where we see her fastest numbers.”

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