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Pauline’s Pearl Prevails in La Troienne

Well-bred Pauline's Pearl, eighth in last year's GI Longines Kentucky Oaks, reached the highest level Friday while running down 2020 Oaks winner Shedaresthedevil. Off as the second choice having last finished runner-up in Oaklawn's Mar. 12 GII Azeri S.–one spot ahead of Shedaresthedevil and behind 2021 champion female sprinter Ce Ce (Elusive Quality)–the grey was briefly hung wide into the first turn before working her way inward slightly in midpack as Shedaresthedevil showed the way. She mounted a three-wide challenge after six furlongs in 1:11.78, and continued to grind away at the leader's advantage as longshot Ava's Grace boxed on in between. Pauline's Pearl seemed to hit another gear past the eighth pole, and Shedaresthedevil could no longer hold her off, with the former notching a snug decision.

“[Trainer Steve Asmussen] told me to watch her at the gate; that she could break slow. But she came out fine and I got a good position,” said winning pilot Joel Rosario. “I got pushed out a bit on the turn [for home], but once we straightened out she leveled off. She ran well through the stretch.”

A winner of last April's GIII Honeybee S. over Ava's Grace, Pauline's Pearl was freshened after the Oaks ahead of a third in the GIII Iowa Oaks and seconds in both the GIII Charles Town Oaks and GIII Remington Park Oaks. She finished off her sophomore season with a score in the Nov. 21 Zia Park Oaks–good for a career top Beyer Speed Figure of 96–and resurfaced a convincing winner of the GIII Houston Ladies Classic S. Jan. 20 before returning to Hot Springs for the Azeri.

“So many things go into it,” said Hall of Famer Asmussen, who was winning his second La Troienne. “She was a nice filly early that continuously competed and got better. She came back a [better] 4-year-old. All four races this year have been tremendous. It is so satisfying for her to come back and get her first Grade I on Oaks Day. She did her best last year in the Oaks. You can see the improvement one year has made in her.”

This was the 100th graded stakes win for a horse bred by Barbara Banke's Stonestreet, whose recent products also include last year's Kentucky Oaks heroine Malathaat (Curlin).

Friday, Churchill Downs
LA TROIENNE S. PRESENTED BY SIGNIFY HEALTH-GI, $750,000, Churchill Downs, 5-6, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, 1:42.46, ft.
1–PAULINE'S PEARL, 123, f, 4, by Tapit
        1st Dam: Hot Dixie Chick (GISW, $343,252), by Dixie Union
        2nd Dam: Above Perfection, by In Excess (Ire)
        3rd Dam: Something Perfect, by Somethingfabulous
1ST GRADE I WIN. O/B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen; J-Joel Rosario. $455,700. Lifetime Record: 13-5-4-2, $1,494,200. *1/2 to Union Jackson (Curlin), MSW & GSP, $273,874. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Shedaresthedevil, 123, m, 5, by Daredevil
        1st Dam: Starship Warpspeed, by Congrats
        2nd Dam: Andria's Forest, by Forestry
        3rd Dam: Andriana B., by Far North
($100,000 Wlg '17 KEENOV; $20,000 RNA Ylg '18 KEESEP; $280,000 2yo '19 KEENOV; $5,000,000 4yo '21 FTKNOV). O-Flurry Racing Stables LLC, Qatar Racing Limited and Whisper Hill Farm, LLC; B-WinStar Farm, LLC (KY); T-Brad H. Cox. $147,000.
3–Ava's Grace, 123, f, 4, by Laoban
        1st Dam: Cover Girl Elle, by Out of Place
        2nd Dam: Cover, by A.P. Indy
        3rd Dam: Gild, by Mr. Prospector
1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. O-Cypress Creek Equine; B-Southern Equine Stables, LLC (KY); T-Robertino Diodoro. $73,500.
Margins: HF, 2 3/4, 1. Odds: 1.90, 0.80, 12.70.
Also Ran: Battle Bling, She's All Wolfe, Jilted Bride, Temper Time.
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

Pedigree Notes:
Pauline's Pearl is the 29th Grade I winner for her super sire, who was also responsible for 2014 Asmussen-trained Oaks heroine Untapable. Broodmare sire Dixie Union has sired the dams of seven North American highest-level winners (and two more in South America), including 2018 La Troienne victress Salty (Quality Road).

Precocious dam Hot Dixie Chick–a half to 2017 GI Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming (Bodemeister)–annexed the 2009 GI Spinaway S., but was third at 3-5 in the following year's GIII Eight Belles S. on this same card. Her current 3-year-old Marsalis (Curlin) garnered 'TDN Rising Star'-dom in March. Hot Dixie Chick aborted to Good Magic after her subsequent mating, but produced a Constitution colt last season. She was bred to both Tapit and Quality Road for 2022.

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Midnight Bourbon Dies Suddenly

Midnight Bourbon (Tiznow–Catch the Moon, by Malibu Moon), winner of last year's GIII Lecomte S. and runner-up in the GI Preakness S. and GI Runhappy Travers S., died suddenly Sunday at Churchill Downs.

Owned by Winchell Thoroughbreds and trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, the $525,000 KEESEP yearling purchase died from an “acute gastrointestinal situation,” Asmussen said. The news was first reported by Daily Racing Form.

A close third in the G1 Saudi Cup Feb. 26 and fifth, beaten 3 1/2 lengths, in the G1 Dubai World Cup last time Mar. 26, the remarkably consistent Midnight Bourbon breezed five furlongs in 1:01.20 (15/26) at Churchill Downs Sunday, and became ill shortly thereafter.

“Just a horrible loss to the barn,” Asmussen told TDN. “A lot of people loved this horse, and rightfully so.”

Midnight Bourbon's stacked resume also includes: second-place finishes in the GI Pennsylvania Derby and GII Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby and third-place finishes in the GI Champagne S., GI Clark S. and GII Risen Star S. He came within a neck of defeating champion Essential Quality (Tapit) in a memorable renewal of the Travers. He posted a record of 16-2-6-5 with earnings of $3,557,970.

Bred in Kentucky by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, Midnight Bourbon is a half-brother to GISW Girvin (Tale of Ekati) and GSWs Cocked and Loaded (Colonel John) and Pirate's Punch (Shanghai Bobby). Midnight Bourbon's unraced dam Catch the Moon was purchased by Stonestreet for $240,000 in foal to Shanghai Bobby at the 2015 KEENOV sale.

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La Crete Undergoes Successful Surgery

Stonestreet homebred La Crete (Medaglia d'Oro), pulled up and out of Saturday's GII Rachel Alexandra S. Presented by Fasig-Tipton, underwent successful surgery Sunday to repair a condylar fracture in her right front leg.

The farm tweeted: “La Crete had a successful surgery at LSU (Louisiana State University Sunday) to repair a condyle fracture. She is doing very well this morning. She will return to the farm once she is cleared to travel. Thank you to everyone who has taken care of our girl.”

Ian Brennan, who trains the Stonestreet horses at their Florida farm, told Daily Racing Form that Dr. John Madison of Ocala Equine in Florida was flown in to perform the procedure.

A daughter of treble Grade I-winning 'TDN Rising Star' Cavorting (Bernardini), La Crete is a half-sister to last year's GI Cotillion S. and Rachel Alexandra S. winner Clairiere (Curlin) and was a 2 1/4-length debut winner at Churchill Downs Nov. 20 before taking the Silverbulletday S. at the Fair Grounds Jan. 22. She made the running in Saturday's race beneath Joel Rosario, but took an apparent bad step with about five furlongs to race, was eased and was vanned off. Stonestreet tweeted the nature of the injury late Saturday.

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Saturday Insights: Big Pedigrees Debut Coast to Coast

7th-SA, $67k, Msw, 3yo, f, 1mT, 6:39p.m. ET
C R K Stable, the owners of Talented Lady (Tapit), have high hopes for their flashy filly, an $850,000 KEESEP grad who is a daughter of GII Ballston Spa S. winner Strike Charmer (Smart Strike). The mare sold with this filly in utero for $700,000 in 2018 at Keeneland November to Mt. Brilliant Farm & Ranch. She will make her career bow here for John Shirreffs, who is no stranger as a conditioner of fillies with potential. This is also the family of champions Gold Beauty (Mr. Prospector), Dayjur (Danzig) and GII Twilight Derby winner, Subconscious (Tapit). TJCIS PPs

9th-GP, $60k, Msw, 3yo, 1m, 4:05p.m. ET
Granlusso (Street Sense) is a son of Cambiocorsa (Avenue of Flags) is a half-brother to graded stakes winners turned producers Moulin De Mougin (Curlin) and Schiaparelli (Ghostzapper) as well as the graded stakes-winning Bronson (Medaglia d'Oro). The dam is a full-sister to course-record setting Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner California Flag. This is also the family of GI Preakness winner Rombauer (Twirling Candy). Chad Brown sends out the Ran Jan Racing homebred, who hails from the family of the late Roaring Lion (Kitten's Joy), against a competitive field on paper. TJCIS PPs

12th-GP, $60k, Msw, 3yo, 1 1/8m, 5:43p.m. ET
Todd Pletcher will send out a well-bred pair of Curlin colts in the form of Foxtrot Whiskey and Leopardi. The former is the first foal of MGSW Mrs McDougal (Medaglia d'Oro), who went the way of Steve Young, agent for Bass Stables, in 2018 for a cool $1.6 million at Keeneland January. Leopardi will go to post looking to outrun the shadow of his MGSW half-sister Lovely Bernadette (Wilburn). To the far outside will break Barrzley (Arrogate) for trainer Graham Motion, a half to Canada's champion 2-year-old filly and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Ria Antonia (Rockport Harbor), now a graded-stakes producer in Japan. TJCIS PPs

11th-OP, $84k, Msw, 3yo, 1m, 6:25p.m. ET
Winstar Farm, Siena Farm, and the Commonwealth Syndicate will debut We the People (Constitution) under Rodolphe Brisset's tutelage. A $230,000 FTFMAR purchase who breezed in :10 3/5 and went through the ring as part of the complete Paul Pompa dispersal, the colt's second dam is GI winner and graded stakes producer Harmony Lodge (Hennessy). This is the family of GII Arkansas Derby winner Graeme Hall (Dehere). TJCIS PPs

6th-FG, $46k, Msw, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m, 4:35p.m. ET
Unveiled here as the only first-time starter in the field, Stonestreet Stables sends out homebred Lolloping (War Front) with 2021's champion trainer Brad Cox. The second foal of champion New Zealand sprinter Bounding (Aus) (Lohnro {Aus}), this filly is a half to $4.1 million KEESEP graduate Aussie Pride (Curlin), who finished second on his career debut Jan. 29 at Tampa Bay Downs. This is the family of the late MG1SW Anthony Van Dyck (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). TJCIS PPs

1st-TAM, $34k, Msw, 3yo, 6f, 12:11p.m. ET
A $400,000 KEESEP purchase by Klaravich Stables, Money Supply (Practical Joke) looks to become his dam's fourth winner from four foals to race, including GSP Sister Nation (Into Mischief). Chad Brown sends out the debuter for the six panel journey. This is the family of leading South African sire Trippi (End Sweep). TJCIS PPs

5th-TAM, $34k, Msw, 3yo, f, 6 1/2f, 2:13p.m. ET
Hop Picker (Nyquist) is a daughter of Grade III winner Altesse (A.P. Indy) and is the dam of three winners from four to race, including GISP Alandra (Blame) and GSP First Growth (Candy Ride {Arg}). The filly's Grade I-winning granddam Aldiza (Storm Cat) is a daughter of champion Althea (Alydar)'s full-sister Aishah. This is also the family of SW/GSP Where's the Moon (Malibu Moon), GSW Far From Over (Blame), MGISP And Why Not (Street Cry {Ire}), her MGSW son Fearless (Ghostzapper) and SW & MGSP Just Whistle (Pioneerof the Nile). Shug McGaughey will condition the filly for owners Allen Stable Inc, who paid $350,000 for her at Keeneland September. TJCIS PPs

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