The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies is a race for 2-year-old females.

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies

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RESULTS: UNDEFEATED IMMERSIVE POWERFUL IN NETJETS BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE FILLIES

DEL MAR, Calif. (Nov. 1, 2024) - Godolphin's favored Immersive ($6) swept past Vodka With a Twist and Scottish Lassie at mid-stretch and drew off to a 4 ½-length victory in the 41st running of the $2 million NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies on Friday afternoon at Del Mar.

Trained by Brad Cox and ridden by Manny Franco, Immersive completed the 1 1/16 miles on a fast track in 1:44.36. It is the 11th Breeders' Cup victory for Cox and second in this race with his previous victory coming with British Idiom in 2019. It is Franco's second World Championships victory and first in the Juvenile Fillies.

Nooni set off on an uncontested lead that lasted until the far turn when Vodka With a Twist and Scottish Lassie closed in and surged past. Meanwhile, Immersive was angled off the rail to launch a three-wide move that carried her past the dueling leaders and to a clear victory. Vodka With a Twist saved second by 1 ½ lengths over Quickick, who rallied from last to be third.

A homebred daughter of Nyquist out of the Bernardini mare Gap Year, Immersive has won all four of her starts and increased her bankroll to $1,632,700 with Friday's check of $1,040,000

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American Bikini

American Bikini is expected to make a long journey from her native Japan to compete in the $2 million NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Del Mar on Nov. 1.

A daughter of 2018 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, American Bikini has raced three times in Japan, winning twice.

In her debut on June 15 in a 1,200-meter (approximately 6 furlongs) at Kyoto Racecourse, American Bikini finished second to Happy Man (JPN).

Shortened up for her next start to 1,000 meters (approximately 5 furlongs) on July 13 over a racetrack rated good, American Bikini backed up her 1.5-1 favoritism with a win in a maiden weight for age event at Kokura racetrack.

She made it back-to-back victories on Sept. 28, capturing a 1,400-meter (about 7 furlongs) allowance race at Chukyo Racecourse in south-central Japan as the 3.8-1 second choice in the wagering.

Assuming American Bikini makes into the starting gate for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), she will be trainer Takashi Saito's first Breeders' Cup starter.

Bred by Northern Farm and owned by Silk Racing Co. Ltd., American Bikini has earned just less than $130,000.

American Pharoah needs no introduction as a racehorse, having captured nine graded stakes - eight of them Grade 1s, including all three Triple Crown races and the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2015 - and was voted Horse of the Year the same year in Eclipse Award voting.

Her dam, Paris Bikini, raced eight times in the United States, winning once, before being sold while in foal to Uncle Mo to Japanese businessman Katsumi Yoshida for $1.95 million.

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Immersive

Immersive leaped into the deep end of the pool in the $300,000 Spinaway Stakes (G1) at Saratoga on Aug. 31 and found the added depth to her liking, coming away with the victory and bonus money that can be used to pay her way into the $2 million NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Del Mar on Nov. 1.

Trained by Brad Cox and ridden in both her starts by Manny Franco, Immersive began her career in a 6-furlong maiden special weight race at Saratoga on July 21, breaking alertly from an outer post and then stalking two dueling leaders before grinding past the front-runners in deep stretch and holding off a fast-closing Salted.

Start No. 2 -- the 7-furlong Spinaway, contested over a muddy, sealed Saratoga track - was a breakout performance.

Breaking from the rail, she secured an inside stalking position and rated patiently until the field reached the stretch, when Franco guided her to the outside for a clear path and set sail after Quietside, who had burst into the clear and appeared headed to victory.

But Immersive resolutely chased the front-runner and caught her about 70 yards from the wire before edging clear to win by 1 ½ lengths. Quietside finished second, 4 lengths ahead of late-running Sherbini.

The race was part of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Dozen Bonus Series and awarded the top three finishers with bonuses that can be used to pay Breeders' Cup pre-entry and entry fees -- $30,000 in Immersive's case.

Immersive guaranteed herself a spot in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies by remaining undefeated with a 1 1/4-length victory as the favorite in the Darley Alcibiades (G1) at Keeneland on Oct. 4. The race was a Breeders' Cup Challenge Race.

As a Godolphin LLC homebred, Immersive is following a well-worn path toward Breeders' Cup success.

Godolphin, the global racing operation of Dubai's royal Al Maktoum family, has campaigned 18 Breeders' Cup winners, all of them homebreds. Among the winners was 2001 Juvenile Fillies victress Tempera.

Immersive is a daughter of Nyquist, who captured the 2015 Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) and the Kentucky Derby (G1) the following year among his seven graded stakes victories.

Nyquist is the sire of six Grade 1 winners and 14 graded stakes winners, including multiple Grade 1 winner Vequist, who also won the Spinaway (G1) in 2020 before capturing the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Keeneland.

Immersive's dam, Gap Year, was a three-time winner from 13 starts for Godolphin before being retired in late 2016.

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La Cara

This versatile bay filly has improved as the distances of her races have increased, capped by a stretch-running victory in the Pocahontas Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs in her most recent start.

Trained by Mark Casse, La Cara ran into future stakes winner Vodka With a Twist in her debut in a Churchill Downs 5-furlong maiden special weight race contested over a sloppy (sealed) track on May 17. She dropped back early after reacting to kickback and finished sixth of seven runners.

She sharply improved in her second start at 5 1/2 furlongs beneath the Twin Spires, leading most of the way before being passed in deep stretch by Eclatant, who came back to win a first-level allowance race at Keeneland.

La Cara and jockey Jose Ortiz stalked the pace next out in a 5 ½-furlong dash at Saratoga, flattening to fourth after making a five-wide move on the turn.

She put everything together in her fourth start, returning to front-running tactics under new rider Ricardo Santana Jr. to score by 8 lengths in a 7-furlong race at Saratoga on Aug. 11

Her versatility was on display in the 1-mile Pocohantas on Sept. 14, part of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Dozen Bonus Series that awards the top three finishers with bonuses that can be used to pay Breeders' Cup pre-entry and entry fees. This time she raced well off the pace under Santana before rallying down the stretch to win by three-quarters of a length.

A Kentucky homebred for longtime Thoroughbred breeder and owner Tracy Farmer, La Cara's pedigree suggests she will have no trouble navigating longer distances.

Her sire, Street Sense, won five graded stakes, including the 2007 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Travers Stakes (G1), and has sired 12 Grade 1 winners, including the accomplished runners Maxfield, Speaker's Corner and First Mission.

Her dam, Cara Caterina, bred by Three Chimneys Farm and purchased by Farmer for $500,000 as a yearling, was winless in eight starts, but is by Bernardini, a stout stamina influence.

Non Compliant

Non Compliant has done nothing wrong in two starts for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, including a win in the $200,00 Oak Leaf Stakes Presented by Oak Tree (G2), a Win and You're In Breeders' Cup Challenge Series race for the $2 million NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies on Nov. 1 at Del Mar.

Ridden by Juan Hernandez, Non Complaint has looked very professional in winning her first two starts for the winningest trainer in Breeders' Cup history in terms of purses, with more than $40 million in earnings.

In her debut, a 6-furlong maiden special weight race at Del Mar on Aug. 31, Non Compliant broke alertly from the inside post but was eased by Hernandez into a stalking position behind four dueling leaders. She improved along the rail entering the turn and then switched out two to three wide in pursuit of the two remaining front-runners. She soon became the only threat to favored 2-5 first-timer Margarita Girl at the top of the stretch and wore her down to win by 1 ½ lengths.

Non Compliant handled the move to two turns and the leap into stakes competition with aplomb in the Oak Leaf at Santa Anita on Oct. 5. The bay Tiz the Law filly broke well in the 1 1/16-mile contest, but Hernandez again settled her into a stalking position, resulting in a wide trip into the clubhouse turn. She began advancing on the far turn before engaging front-running stablemate Nooni turning for home and persevering through the stretch to down that rival by 2 ¼ lengths.

The daughter of Tiz the Law out of the Street Sense mare, bred in Kentucky by Ashview Farm and Old Oak Farm, was purchased for $150,000 by John Rogitz at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale in May.

Owned by Georgia Antley Hunt, Jeff Giglio and Rogitz, Non Compliant is the daughter of first-crop sire Tiz the Law, a winner of five stakes, including the 2020 Belmont Stakes (G1) and Travers Stakes (G1), and the leading freshman sire in terms of purses won as of early October. The son of Constitution stood for a 2024 stud fee of $20,000 at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Kentucky.

Her dam, the Street Sense mare Sensitively, captured four of 11 starts and was graded-stakes placed over a route of ground.

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Nooni

High expectations have accompanied the bay filly Nooni since Saudi businessman Amr Zedan plunked down $1.8 million for her at the Ocala Breeders March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training and turned her over to Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert.

The Florida-bred daughter of freshman sire Win Win Win delivered early on the promise after capturing the Sorrento Stakes (G3) at Del Mar on Aug. 10 and running her record to 2-for-2.

The sale topper at Ocala, bred by Ocala Stud, Joseph M. O'Farrell III, David O'Farrell, et al., made a down payment on Zedan Racing Stables' investment in her first start, a 5-furlong maiden special weight race at Santa Anita on June 13. Sent off as the 1-5 choice under jockey Juan Hernandez, Nooni led four rivals from gate to wire before coasting to the finish line in :58.21, 9 1/2 lengths clear of the runner-up.

She backed that up in the 6-furlong Sorrento, again showing sharp speed out of the gate from the rail before shaking clear of a pace-presser at the top of the stretch and holding off the closing Vodka With a Twist, a fellow NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) hopeful, by 1 1/2 lengths under mild encouragement from Hernandez in 1:10.41.

Her undefeated streak ended Sept. 7 in the 7-furlong FanDuel Racing Del Mar Debutante (G1) when she faded to fifth in the field of seven beaten 10 1/2 lengths after being steadied at the head of the stretch. She followed that race up with a runner-up effort in the 1 1/16-mile Oak Leaf Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita on Oct. 5 finishing 2 1/4 lengths behind stablemate Non Compliant.

Nooni's Sorrento victory helped Win Win Win get off to a fast start as a sire, giving the son of Hat Trick (JPN) his second stakes winner and first graded stakes winner from his first 11 starters. Win Win Win, who stands for $5,000 at Ocala Stud, was himself a Grade 1 winner, capturing the 2020 Forego Stakes presented by America's Best Racing at 4 at Saratoga, as well as the black-type Pasco Stakes at 3 and the Manilla on the Belmont turf course later that year, though none of those wins came at distances beyond a mile.

Nooni's dam, Unanimity, was unplaced in three starts. Her sire is 2012 Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Union Rags.

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Otomena Shacho

A start in the $2 million NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) would be something of a homecoming for Otomena Shacho, a Kentucky-bred filly who has so far raced exclusively in Japan.

Trained by Hideyuki Mori, the daughter of Speightstown has run well in all three starts, compiling a record of one win, one second and one third.

In her debut in a 1,000-meter (approximately 5 furlongs) race at Kokura Racecourse on June 28, Otomena Shacho finished third over a good racetrack, beaten a little more than a half-length under jockey Kohei Matsuyama.

In her second start, also at 1,000 meters and over a good racetrack at Kokura, she ran into fellow Japan-based Juvenile Fillies contender American Bikini, finishing second to that one by 7 lengths while 8 clear of the third-place finisher.

Otomena Shacho broke her maiden with Matsuyama back in the saddle and stretched out to 1,400 meters (approximately 7 furlongs) at Chukyo Racecourse on Sept. 15 over a sloppy track, finishing 5 lengths clear of the runner-up.

Bred in Kentucky by Sather Family LLC, Otomena Shacho was purchased by trainer Mori for $200,000 at last year's Keeneland September yearling sale from consigner Buckland Sales on behalf of owner Miki House H K Service Co Ltd.

A daughter of the late Speightstown out of the Curlin mare Mylady Curlin, Otomena Shacho has the pedigree to succeed at longer distances.

Speightstown, the Eclipse Award-winning Champion Sprinter of 2004 after his victory in the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1), was euthanized in December at the age of 25 because of what were described as foot issues from old age.

From 16 crops of racing age, Speightstown sired 26 Grade 1 winners on every surface, from 6 furlongs to 1 ¼ miles all over the world.

His offspring also have tasted Breeders' Cup success. His Breeders' Cup winners are Tamarkuz, winner of the 2016 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) and Sharing, winner of the 2019 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1).

Mylady Curlin also was a force on the racetrack, winning eight times from 17 starts. Four of those victories came in stakes, including two in graded stakes at the testing 1 1/8-mile distance. She had one previous foal by Candy Ride (ARG), Little Norma Rae, who was unraced.

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Quickick

A Kentucky-bred daughter of hot first-year stallion McKinzie, Quickick has hit the board in all three starts against top company, including a good second-place finish to expected $2 million NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies contender Immersive in her most recent race.

Trained by Tom Amoss and ridden in all three starts by Dylan Davis, Quickick debuted in a 7-furlong maiden special weight race on Aug. 11 at Saratoga. She broke alertly but soon drifted back to last before mounting a wide bid on the turn and finishing strongly to secure third, 9 ¾ lengths behind winner and fellow NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies candidate La Cara.

She again displayed a strong closing punch three weeks later at the same track, distance and conditions while wearing a new set of blinkers, breaking a bit slowly from the rail but moving up on the backstretch to secure a stalking position in fourth. Davis switched her to the outside in the upper stretch and she powered past two other $2 million NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies contenders in Snowhyte and Scottish Lassie to win by 2 ½ lengths.

Her connections vaulted Quickick into stakes company for her first journey around two turns in the 1 1/16-mile $600,000 Darley Alcibiades (G1) on Oct. 4 at Keeneland. After being bumped shortly after the break, she again settled at the rear of the pack before mounting a challenge on the far turn. She carried her momentum into the stretch and closed well to finish second, 1 ¼ lengths behind expected Juvenile Fillies rival Immersive despite being late changing leads.

Bred in Kentucky by Gainesway Thoroughbreds LTD and Whisper Hill Farm LLC, Quickick was purchased by owner Gregory Tramontin for $550,000 at the Keeneland September yearling sale.

Her sire McKinzie was ranked third among North American freshmen sires in terms of progeny earnings as of mid-October. The son of Street Sense was a four-time Grade 1 winner at 2, 3 and 4 at distances ranging from 7 furlongs to 1 1/8 miles and stands at Gainesway Farm near Lexington, Kentucky, for $30,000.

Quickick's dam, the Graeme Hall mare Graeme Six, was a five-time winner at 6 furlongs or shorter. She has had 10 winners from 11 starters, including Cali Star, winner of the 1-mile Rampart Stakes (G3) in 2015, and Delightful Joy, winner of the Monmouth Oaks (G3) at 1 1/16 miles the same year.

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Scottish Lassie

The word is out on Scottish Lassie, who broke her maiden in devastating fashion in the $400,000 Frizette Stakes (G1) at Aqueduct in her second start to earn a "Win and You're In" berth in the $2 million NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) on Nov. 1 at Del Mar.

The word was actually out on the Jorge Abreu-trained daughter of McKinzie before her debut at 7 furlongs on Sept. 1 at Saratoga, as she left the gate as the 9-5 favorite. Under Irad Ortiz Jr., Scottish Lassie broke a step slow from post 2 then rushed up and switched outside to assume a stalking position. She made a move on the turn to draw close to the dueling leaders and briefly gained second before flattening out and finishing third behind Quickick, who came back to finish second in the Darley Alcibiades (G1) at Keeneland.

Her odds rose to 6.5-1 in her second start: the $400,000 Frizette (G1), run at a mile at Aqueduct on Oct. 5, but experience and added distance combined to make a big difference. Under Jose Lezcano, Scottish Lassie broke with the field but was eased back to fourth in the early running before beginning to inch closer on the backstretch. She patiently stalked the leader until the top of the stretch, when she quickly opened up on the field to win by 9 lengths while under a hand ride.

Abreu, who earned his first graded stakes victory in the race, has been knocking at the door in the Breeders' Cup. Both his starters have hit the board, including Jody's Pride, second by a neck in last year's $2 million NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies to Just F. Y. I.

Scottish Lassie was bred in Kentucky by Winchester Farm and was purchased by Parkland Thoroughbreds for $85,000 at the Ocala 2-year-olds in training sale in March. She is now owned by Sportsmen Stable, Parkland Thoroughbreds, Photos Finish LLC, Corms Racing Stable and trainer Abreu.

Her win in the Frizette gave first-crop sire McKinzie his second Grade 1 winner, joining Chancer McPatrick , winner of the Sept. 2 Hopeful Stakes (G1) and the Oct. 5 Champagne Stakes (G1). He is also the sire of the aforementioned Quickick.

Scottish Lassie is out of the Bodemeister mare Bodebabe, winner of one sprint from seven starts.

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Snowyte

Snowyte is still a maiden after two starts, but the Kentucky-bred filly has been runner-up in both races against top company and is bred to handle a distance of ground.

The Kentucky-bred daughter of Good Magic out of the War Front mare Snow Fall, trained by Danny Gargan, was a well-regarded 2.75-1 second choice in her debut, a 7-furlong maiden special weight event at Saratoga on Sept. 1.

She broke a bit slowly, but moved up under jockey Luis Saez to take the lead from the inside on the backstretch and set the pace before being collared by fellow $2 million NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) contender Quickick inside the sixteenth pole while holding on to be a clear second.

Her connections vaulted her into graded stakes company in the $400,000 Frizette Stakes (G1) at Aqueduct on Oct. 5, Sent off as the 1.80- favorite, Snowyte changed tactics in the 1-mile race to finish a well-beaten second to another $2 million NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) contender, Scottish Lassie.

Under Hall of Fame jockey Joel Rosario, she rated near the back of the pack before slipping inside rivals and making a belated move in the stretch behind the runaway winner.

Purchased for $250,000 by current co-owner Belmar Racing and Pine Racing at the 2023 Keeneland September yearling sale, Snowyte would be the second Breeders' Cup starter for Gargan. The trainer best known as the conditioner of Dornoch, winner of this year's $2 million Belmont Stakes (G1) and Haskell Stakes (G1), has only had one previous Breeders' Cup starter, Dakota Gold, fifth-place finisher in the Juvenile Turf (G1) in 2021.

Good Magic, a son of Curlin who won two Grade 1 races over a distance of ground, is off to a strong start as a stallion, ranking 12th among North American stallions in 2024 earnings as of Oct. 18.

Her dam, Snow Fall, won four of 15 starts, including two black-type races. Her most prominent foal to date is the 7-year-old gelding Santos Dumont, a four-time winner who has earned $362,839 while rising to the optional claiming-allowance ranks.

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So There She Was

So There She Was has been a model of consistency in the early stages of her career, hitting the board in all four starts and earning placings in graded and listed stakes.

Trained by Doug O'Neill and ridden by Antonio Fresu, the daughter of Munnings out of the Take Charge Indy mare Risk Premium finished second in her first two starts, a maiden special weight race at Santa Anita on May 10 and the listed Debutante Stakes at Churchill Downs on June 30.

In the former, she broke alertly but quickly fell back toward the rear of the five-horse field, then rallied strongly in the stretch to get up for second behind odds-on favorite Night Beacon.

She showed more speed in the 6-furlong, $225,000 Debutante, breaking alertly and settling in second behind the speedy Vodka With a Twist, also a contender for the $2 million NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Del Mar on Nov. 1. She pursued that one gamely throughout despite failing to switch leads in the stretch and held onto the runner-up spot, 3 lengths behind the winner.

Returning to the maiden ranks on Aug. 10 at Del Mar, So There She Was proved a prompt 4-5 favorite, stalking from the rail in the 6 ½-furlong dash before slicing through along the rail and edging clear late.

The dark bay Kentucky-bred climbed to the top of the class ladder in her next start, the 7-furlong $300,000 FanDuel Del Mar Debutante (G1) on Sept. 7, where she raced near the back early and ran on late to be third, 9 lengths behind the one-two finishers, Tenma and Vodka With a Twist.

Owned by Great Friends Stable LLC and Mark Davis, So There She Was was purchased for $100,000 by Davis from the Ocala Breeders 2-year-olds in training sale in March.

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Vodka With a Twist

After selling at auction last year for just $2,500, Vodka With a Twist is already quite the bargain.

A Kentucky-bred daughter of first-crop sire Thousand Words, Vodka With a Twist attracted little interest at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale, with the McKutchen Training Center, a family run operation in Kingstree, South Carolina, placing the winning bid.

She finished fourth in her debut for the McKutchens at Keeneland. It was a strong effort, as she broke awkwardly to be last before rushing up along the rail to draw within a length of the leader at the top of the stretch before tiring late.

In her second start at Churchill Downs on May 17, she broke cleanly, sped to the lead and held on gamely to win the 5-furlong race over a sloppy, sealed racetrack by a length.

She surfaced next in the $225,000 Debutante Stakes (Listed) at Churchill, with a new trainer -- Phil D'Amato -- and ownership group -- Medallion Racing, Omar Aldabbagh and William Strauss - after a private sale. With Flavien Prat riding, Vodka With a Twist posted another front-running victory over a muddy track, winning by 3 lengths.

New tactics were on display in the $150,000 Sorrento Stakes (G3) at Del Mar on Aug. 10, with Hall of Fame rider Mike Smith settling Vodka With a Twist at the rear and then rallying late to finish 1 1/2 lengths behind Nooni, also a contender for the $2 million NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) on Nov. 1 at Del Mar.

Remaining at Del Mar, Vodka With a Twist just missed in theFanDuel Racing Del Mar Debutante (G1) going 7 furlongs on Sept. 7. She made the lead at the head of the stretch, opened a daylight advantage but was outdueled in the final yards by Tenma to lose by a nose.

Vodka With a Twist's sire, Thousand Words, probably is best remembered for being scratched from the 2020 Kentucky Derby after flipping in the paddock shortly before the race. But the son of Pioneerof the Nile won four of nine starts, including the Los Alamitos Futurity (G2), the Robert B. Lewis (G3) and listed Shared Belief Stakes at 3, before being retired.

Thousand Words is off to a fast start as a stallion with two stakes winning fillies - Vodka With a Twist and The Queens M G, winner of both the listed Schuylerville and the Grade 3 Adirondack at Saratoga.

Vodka With a Twist's dam, Bourbon and a Kiss, was unplaced in her only career start, but has produced five winners from six foals, including Bourbon Social, a nine-time winner.

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