After slender losses in a pair of grade 1s at Saratoga Race Course this summer season, champion Idiomatic proved that she remains to be the category of the distaff division with a scintillating 6 1/2-length victory within the $600,000 Spinster Stakes (G1) at Keeneland Oct. 6.
The domination of her rivals earned her again the favor of the nationwide media who vote on the Nationwide Thoroughbred Racing Affiliation’s Prime Thoroughbred Ballot as they rewarded her with a third-place rating.
The Eclipse champion older filth feminine of 2023 began the 12 months ranked close to the highest of the leaderboard. Nevertheless, after her second defeat, this time on the hooves of Raging Sea within the Aug. 23 Private Ensign Stakes (G1), she started to sink down the highest 10. Ranked seventh main into the Spinster, she reminded everybody of how gifted she is along with her most spectacular victory but this season.
The Juddmonte homebred daughter of Curlin is 3-2-0 from 5 begins this 12 months with two grade 1 victories for earnings of $1,487,350.
She was not the one victor from Keeneland’s Fall Stars Weekend to look on the leaderboard this week as Coolmore Turf Mile Stakes (G1T) winner Carl Spackler appeared in eighth place. E 5 Racing Thoroughbreds’ 4-year-old son of Lope de Vega is 4-for-5 with two grade 1 wins in 2024 for earnings of $1,136,225.
