LA-Bred Margie’s Intention Takes Black-Eyed Susan
- Horse Racing
- May 17, 2025
Despite a long wait for the race to occur, the $ 300,000 George E. Mitchell Stakes with black eyes (G2) cool a feeling of instant gratification to Winstar Farm Axis Margie’s intention A winner assaulted home on May 16 in the first race Shey The White Silks with the green and black star.
The Susan of black eyes was the first beginning in the open company for the daughter of Honor ap Raised in Louisiana by Coteau Grove Farms after making its first five openings in Career course and fair grounds slot Against state servants. In her last two efforts, she had been second in Stakes Company for Blue fire That came out to finish second in the eight stakes of fine (G2) ate Churchill Downs May 2.
The performances had caught Jerry Brown from Thoro-Graph, who called Winstar. In the end it turned out that they had their eyes on the Potra since it was sold to Baron Stables for $ 185,000 in the sale of Breeders sales of 2024 in the 2 -year training.
“We liked it a lot. I liked their physical attributes, their size and scope,” said President, CEO and Winstar Carrera, Elliott Walden. “We knew the Potra and felt that (associating with Baron Stables) was the right thing.”
Tom Mueller, a managing partner of Baron Stables, said that at the beginning there were some doubts if they wanted to sell any piece of the Potra, but finally the opportunity to associate with an organization or the reputation of Winstar won.
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“If you can partner with them, you can learn from them,” Mueller said. “For the most part, they are hobbies for us (Baron Stables), but Winstar is a first class professional operation. That definitely helps with the decision.”
Margie’s intention enters the winner’s circle after winning the stakes of George E. Mitchell Black Eyes
Once the couple associated, another decision was made to transfer Brendan Walsh’s Potra to coach Brad Cox. Cox liked what he saw of the morning of the mornings and felt that the additional distance of 1 1/8 miles would adapt to her. It was tested correctly.
However, they had to expect more than expected to see if the option to stretch in the distance was correct. A severe thunderstorm closed in Baltimore when the previous race crossed the finish line. The nine -year -old poras remained in the barn while the clients of Pimlico career course They were instructed to take refuge inside the building.
None of the connections seemed too worried about the delay, accrediting the mind of the young fog.
“Everyone has to go through that, so I feel it is a uniform playing field,” Cox said. “She is a relaxed foal, does everything you ask.”
The race shot an hour and 14 minutes after the scheduled rear time, and an rainbow greeted the fillings to the track once allowed to walk from the barns to the paddock.
Once the starting door was finally filled, Margie’s intention broke in and brushed with Princess Aliyah . Flavien Prat quickly adjusted and a road to the rail was achieved and saved the ground in the first turn.
Paris Lily Trained by Margie’s intentions, former Walsh coach established a faster pace than Cox expected while pressing by Liam in dust . After the fractions of: 22.73 ,: 46.38 and 1: 11.57, Prat constantly approached the setback and it was more to call his foal when they entered the distant turn.
“Brad told me that he kept arriving all the time and was a grinder,” Prat said. “I kept riding and she was a resistance.”
It seemed that Joel Rosario and Paris Lily could be free from home when they became home, but Margie’s intention was still repeating before finally advancing three quarters in length when they approached the cable. She completed the 1 1/8 miles on a careless track at 1: 52.05.
Paris Lily remained secondly and Queen Kinzie He ran for third place.
Despite facing the company open for the first time, Margie’s intention was the favoritism of 5-2 and paid $ 7.00 to win.
The connections celebrate the victory of Margie’s intention in the stakes of George E. Mitchell Black Eyes
“Making that leap of all Louisian competition to open competition is a big, big problem,” Mueller said. “(Winstar) liked what they saw and liked all the time, everything joined.”
Cox picked up his second victory in the Black-Stened Susan and won another victory in this stuffed harvest. Two weeks before, he won the Kentucky Oaks (G1) with the undefeated Happiness And the 2024 champion, the 2 -year -old Potra has undefeated Immersive On the way back to summer.
“It is good to have multiples in any division because it is a difficult game as it is,” Cox said. “We have a good group.”
The rest of the connections celebrated their first Black-Stened Susan victory. Mueller, who is not alien to success as a partner at Starlight Racing since 2012, described the victory as the “greatest victory” for the Banon Stables Banner.
The victory led Margie’s intention to professional profits of $ 294,880 with a 3-2-0 record of six openings. He was also monumental for his father, Honor AP, who won his first Stakes in Stud. The weekend could improve even more, since the stallion of the end of the lane is the father of Heart of honor Who enters the preakness stakes on May 17 (G1).
Margie’s intention is out of the In the mischief Mare toy dancer, who was raised by Winstar.
