Dixiana Farms’ homebred Ceaselessly After All will make her second journey to the West Coast searching for graded glory within the Nov. 24 $100,000 Pink Carpet Stakes (G3T) at Del Mar.
5-year-old Ceaselessly After All has blossomed this 12 months underneath 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) Could 27, the place she completed a good 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 not too long ago, a nostril loss to Chop Chop within the Dowager Stakes (G3T) Oct. 20 at Keeneland.
The 1 3/8 miles of the Pink 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, who’s 2-for-19 lifetime with eight second-place finishes.
“She completed second to a extremely good filly,” Walsh stated. “It was an excellent run and we weren’t stunned. We had been fairly assured she’d run a extremely good race on the market. She did every thing however win. Hopefully, she will get it collectively this time and get that stakes win for us.
“We might wish to attempt to get a graded stakes along with her. She must go lengthy, so we thought we would convey her on the market and have a go at that one.”
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 stay contender, and Marksman Queen isn’t any exception, exiting an in depth runner-up end in a 1 1/2-mile Keeneland allowance Oct. 13. She’s 0-for-6 with two seconds this 12 months.
“She’s at all times been a filly who has proven us extra within the morning than within the afternoon,” Movement stated. “The important thing was simply attempting this. We knew there was extra there than we had been seeing. She’s type of bred to do that (go lengthy). That is why we tried it and I feel it reveals that is what she desires to do.
“She’s a Dubawi mare, so if she will get some black kind, it could be an amazing alternative for her. She’s dealt with every thing properly, she shipped properly and knock on wooden.”
Marksman Queen (inside) wins an allowance non-obligatory claimer on the all-weather monitor at Gulfstream Park
One other intriguing contender is the Augustin Stables’ homebred Mrs. Astor . The Jonathan Thomas runner has spent the final month coaching at Del Mar after working a deceptively good fourth at 52-1 odds within the Dowager.
Entries: Pink 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)
