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Brightwork Finest in Prioress, Stays Excellent Sprinting


Brightwork ‘s 2024 debut was delayed after she slipped and fell within the paddock earlier than the Aug. 3 Check Stakes (G1), however she made a triumphant return Aug. 31 within the $200,000 Prioress Stakes (G3) at Saratoga Race Course.

The six-furlong Prioress, for 3-year-old fillies, regarded like a showdown between final yr’s Adirondack (G3) and Spinaway (G1) stakes winner Brightwork and Rigney Racing’s current 11 1/4-length Saratoga maiden winner Two Sharp . That’s precisely the way it performed out, as Two Sharp and rider Junior Alvarado grabbed the early lead, with Brightwork and rider Luis Saez pinned to their exterior, only a head again after a half mile in :45.92.

When Saez requested Brightwork to go on on the quarter pole, the Outwork   filly responded with added depth. Two Sharp, making her third lifetime begin for coach Phil Bauer, hung powerful on the within regardless of sticking on her left lead by the lane.

Brightwork held a half-length lead on the eighth pole, however needed to struggle all the best way to the wire to defeat a cussed Two Sharp by a neck. JR Ranch’s Miuccia , by second-crop sire Mitole  , completed one other three-quarters of a size again in third to earn her first graded inserting for coach Gustavo Delgado.

The race was run by a lightweight rain bathe, and the ultimate time for six furlongs over a mud monitor rated good was 1:10.86. Brightwork paid $7.10 to win because the second alternative.

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Brightwork improved her file to 5 wins from seven begins, with earnings of $611,376. She is 5-for-5 sprinting.

“We have been simply very blessed that we had one other alternative to get one other win at Saratoga. This was not the unique plan, however God had his plans and issues occurred for a motive,” mentioned successful coach John Ortiz. “She regarded like she was tiring very onerous on the finish. She dug in. It did not shock me how a lot coronary heart she had on the finish. It was good to see such guts in an athlete like that. It was only a lovely race.”

Outwork, a grade 1-winning son of Uncle Mo  , has 5 crops of racing age. He stood at WinStar Farm for a payment of $10,000 in 2024. Brightwork was bred in Kentucky by Wynnstay and H. Allen Poindexter. She is out of the unraced Malibu Moon mare Clarendon Fancy , who’s a full sister to unraced Catch the Moon , dam of grade 1 winner and sire Girvin  , plus grade 3 winners Midnight Bourbon , Cocked and Loaded , and Pirate’s Punch .

In the meantime, Alvarado was very happy with the hassle from Two Sharp, a promising 3-year-old filly by Twirling Sweet  .

“It is solely her third begin, and being on the rail when (Brightwork) got here to her exterior, she by no means wished to modify leads for me,” Alvarado mentioned. “However she was a fighter. She wasn’t giving up on me and I could not make her swap leads, however I attempted to only get to the wire first. She was very sport …

“At the moment, we most likely simply obtained beat due to expertise of the horse that beat us. We will for positive transfer ahead from this race, and I am nonetheless proud of the best way she ran at this time.”

Video: Prioress S. (G3)

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