LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- In the days before the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes, it appeared inconceivable Dubai Majesty would twist up being supplemented for a $90,000 toll to the $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Churchill Downs. But after the quondam claimer won that Oct. 9 line at Keeneland, Dubai Majesty's owners, Bill and Stephanie Martin and Dan Morgan, couldn't labourer themselves.
They evident to fork over the money, and their fit speculate paid off with their greatest quelling in racing when Dubai Majesty posted a 2 1/4-length supremacy Friday in the fourth meet of the Filly and Mare Sprint. "We were $90,000 confident," a laughing Morgan said afterward. In what was extremely seen as a wide-open battlefield of 13, as evidenced by the experience there was a 4-1 post-time favorite, Dubai Majesty got a great boob from brace 12, breaking angrily before settling into stride to track the figure down the backstretch of the seven-furlong race. "She put me well into the scramble on her own," said attractive jockey Jamie Theriot. Leaving the turn, as at cock crow captain Gabby's Golden Gal began to tire, Dubai Majesty loomed boldly from the outside, and from the three-month period hop-pole home, she steadily edged away for her 12th and conclusively the richest mastery of her 34-race career.
"I was just a fare down the lane," said Theriot. Switch rallied to be second, another three lengths before Evening Jewel. Champagne d'Oro, a big shard of the judge mix, faded to be fourth and was followed by Sweet August Moon, Sara Louise, Informed Decision, Rinterval, Jessica Is Back, Gabby's Golden Gal, Secret Gypsy, Moontune Missy, and My Jen. Switch and Evening Jewel both raced in mid-pack before firing, albeit too departed to intimidate Dubai Majesty. "The champion was too good," said Joel Rosario, who rode Switch.
Dubai Majesty, a 5-year-old Florida-bred by Essence of Dubai, returned $19.20 as seventh plummy after finishing in 1:22.31 over a accelerated track. Early in her occupation at Calder, she competed for a $25,000 claiming mark before being privately purchased by the Martins and Morgan.
She had won 3 of 6 last starts at Churchill, including the terminating two runnings of the Winning Colors Stakes. She earned $540,000 to elevator her craft bankroll to $1,509,243. "We were frenetic about management her here at Churchill," said winsome trainer Bret Calhoun. "She's been very consistent, very on the up and up for us all along. She's a wonderful mare.
" Dubai Majesty is scheduled to over Sunday in the Fasig-Tipton yard sale in Lexington, Ky., although her owners said they are all in all withdrawing her or raising her withhold bounty considerably. The finish first was the in the first place in the Breeders' Cup for all of the connections. Rightly So, the 3-1 morning-line favorite, was scratched initially Friday by the BC Veterinary Panel, which conducts pre-race examinations on all horses. Champagne d'Oro aggrieve up being the 4.40-1 favorite.
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