Sophisticurl dueled with leader Frankly My Dear throughout every step of the 5 1/2-furlong race, until jockey Samy Camacho gained the advantage in the final strides to get a head in front. The filly stopped the clock in 1:05.65 over a fast main track for owner Rolling Meadows Farm and trainer Lester Barbazon III.

Sophisticurl was bred in Florida by Joseph and Helen Barbazon, owners of Pleasant Acres Stallions, which stands Ride On Curlin. She is out of the unraced Tale of the Cat mare Sophisticattin.

Ride On Curlin resides at Pleasant Acres Stallions in Morriston, Fla., where he stood the 2020 breeding season for an advertised fee of $5,000.

The 9-year-old son of Curlin won three of 22 starts during his on-track career, for earnings of $795,175. He set a track record at Ellis Park to break his maiden, winning a 5 1/2-furlong main-track maiden special weight in 1:03 flat, then earned placings in the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby and Champagne Stakes, G2 Rebel Stakes, and G3 Southwest Stakes ahead of the Triple Crown races.

Following a start in the 2014 Kentucky Derby, Ride On Curlin finished second to California Chrome in the Preakness Stakes.

Ride On Curlin is out of the Grade 2-placed Storm Cat mare Magical Ride, making him a half-brother to stakes winner Space Mountain. His second dam is the Grade 1 winner Victory Ride, and his extended family includes Grade 1 winner River Flyer and Grade 3 winner Don Cavallo.

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