Soul of an Angel Shortens Up for Princess Rooney

C2 Racing Secure and Agave Racing Secure’s Soul of an Angel  receives class reduction Sept. 21 as she breaks from submit 5 of 10 within the seven-furlong, $220,000 Princess Rooney Invitational Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park.

In her final 4 begins, the daughter of Atreides  has confronted the distaff division’s greatest, rising with a grade 2 win and grade 1 and three placings.

Nevertheless, the Princess Rooney is just not a assured victory. The 5-year-old mare is winless in 10 begins at Gulfstream, ending second 4 instances, and has not raced at a distance of lower than a mile since her December 2021 debut. Her victory Might 4 within the Ruffian (G2) came to visit a one-turn mile at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Video: Ruffian S. (G2)

Her coach, Saffie Joseph Jr., additionally saddles 3-year-old stakes winner Haulin Ice  and graded stakes-placed Imonra .

Among the many main challengers to the Joseph barn is Virginia Gamble’s Beth’s Dream , breaking from submit 10. Holding a report of 8-for-10 at Gulfstream, the a number of stakes-winning Jess’s Dream mare proved her class in her final two begins by defeating grade 2 winner Maryquitecontrary , who returns for a 3rd crack in submit 4.

Pacholli , a grade 1 winner in Uruguay, makes her United States debut, whereas the opposite 4 entrants exit non-stakes firm.

As a part of the Breeders’ Cup Problem sequence, the winner will obtain an automated fees-paid berth to the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Dash (G1) at Del Mar Nov. 2.

The Princess Rooney is submit 10 with submit time at 5:35 p.m. ET.