Dixiana Farms’ homebred Ceaselessly After All will make her second journey out West looking for graded glory within the Nov. 24 $100,000 Purple Carpet Stakes (G3T) at Del Mar.
5-year-old Ceaselessly After All has blossomed this 12 months beneath coach Brendan Walsh, going from a maiden winner to a number of graded stakes-placed in eight begins. The daughter of Join first traveled to California for the Gamely Stakes (G1T) Might 27, the place she completed a decent third to Anisette . Though she has been unable so as to add the title of black-type stakes winner to her résumé, she has since turned in two shut runner-up efforts in Churchill Downs‘ Anchorage Stakes in June, and most lately, a nostril loss to Chop Chop within the Dowager Stakes (G3T) Oct. 20 at Keeneland.
The 1 3/8 miles of the Purple Carpet ought to profit Ceaselessly After All, whose closing kick simply missed within the 1 1/2-mile Dowager. Main rider J.J. Hernandez has the decision on the Kentucky shipper.
One other shipper from the East eyeing her first stakes win is the Graham Movement-trained Marksman Queen . Within the older feminine turf division, any horse from the Movement barn is a dwell contender, and Marksman Queen is not any exception, exiting a detailed runner-up end in a 1 1/2-mile Keeneland allowance contest Oct. 13.
An intriguing contender is the Augustin Stables’ homebred Mrs. Astor . The Johnathan Thomas runner has spent the final month coaching at Del Mar after operating a deceptively good fourth at 52-1 odds within the Dowager.
Entries: Purple Carpet S. (G3T)
Del Mar, Sunday, November 24, 2024, Race 7
- Grade IIIT
- 1 3/8m
- Turf
- $100,000
- 3 yo’s & up Fillies and Mares
- 3:30 PM (native)