Gina Romantica gained the First Woman Stakes (G1T) a second 12 months in a row Oct. 5 as she continued her successful methods on the Keeneland turf whereas her coach, Chad Brown, continued his dominance of the mile race for fillies and mares in most spectacular vogue.
With the two-length win, Peter Brant’s Gina Romantica secured her third grade 1 victory in 4 begins on the Keeneland inexperienced because the 5-year-old daughter of a number of main sire Into Mischief gained final 12 months’s First Woman by a head over stablemate In Italian and as a 3-year-old gained the 2022 Queen Elizabeth II Problem Cup Stakes (G1T).
On Saturday Gina Romantica tracked the early leaders, moved to the lead out of the far flip and shortly opened a transparent benefit, after which held off late-running stablemate Chili Flag for the victory. Gina Romantica led residence the highest three horses for Brown as Fluffy Socks completed third.
It is the seventh 12 months in a row that Brown has gained the First Woman as In Italian gained in 2022 after Blowout scored in 2021, Uni gained in 2020 and 2019, and A Raving Magnificence in 2018. Dayatthespa ‘s 2014 victory offers the coach a complete of eight wins within the race.
In Saturday’s check, Jose Ortiz and Gina Romantica stalked from the within in third as group 2-winning Southern California shipper Ag Bullet , a winner of 4 stakes in her previous 5 begins, loved a transparent lead via a quarter-mile in :22.81 and a half-mile in :46.01 below Mike Smith. Gina Romantica improved place out of the far flip, seized the lead in midstretch, and held sway over Chili Flag, who rallied from final within the discipline of 11 below Tyler Gaffalione.
Ag Bullet, despatched off the 5-2 favourite, light to fourth.
Fluffy Socks rallied from ninth early below Frankie Dettori to say the ultimate inserting. Sol Kumin’s Head of Plains Companions is the proprietor and breeder of Fluffy Socks whereas he companions on Chili Flag via his Madaket Stables with Michael Dubb and Michael Kisber.
Ortiz famous that Gina Romantica put herself in a great place early after ranging from submit 4.
“It was lovely. She loves it right here. The break was key right now. She broke very alert and put me into an awesome place going into the primary flip,” Ortiz stated. “I used to be very comfortable all through the bottom, and once we hit the quarter pole, there was a gap between two horses and she or he exploded.”
For the second 12 months in a row the successful connections face a call relating to a possible begin within the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Whereas not a Breeders’ Cup Problem Collection occasion, final 12 months they opted to tackle males within the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T) and Gina Romantica carried out effectively, rallying late to complete fourth, only a size behind winner Grasp of The Seas .
Bred in Kentucky by Machmer Corridor, Carrie and Craig Brogden, Gina Romatica is out of the Unbridled’s Music mare Particular Me. She was bought by BSW/Crow for $1,025,000 on the 2020 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, the place she was consigned by Machmer Corridor.
Victory had eluded Gina Romantica this season till Saturday. She is now the fourth grade 1 or group 1 winner for Into Mischief this season, following Leslie’s Rose , Laurel River , and Newgate . Into Mischief stood the 2024 season for $250,000 at Spendthrift Farm close to Lexington.
