Whether they’re riding a thoroughbred pony or a chubby dog, global breeding and racing powerhouse Godolphin and Hall of Fame coach Bill Mott continue to make memories of the stakes at Keeneland.
Last fall, together they won the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) with Cody’s Wish the son of make for curly and on April 21 at Lexington Oval, they hit again, taking $292,594 Doubledogdare Stakes (G3) on a late bet freezing point . The second is the full product of their breeding, with both its sire, blur and dam, the mare Timber Country ballet , racing for Godolphin or its connected Darley brand. Frosted stands at Darley’s Jonabell Farm near Lexington.
Frost Point, which took a two-share lead last spring before being sidelined, has improved to 3 to 3 since returning to the game this winter. She won an optional claim race at Aqueduct race trackfollowed by a 6 1/4 win in the Paradise Prize Invitation Bet, and a Friday boosted and graded joint stock deal.
Though she didn’t make a big break in the 1/16-mile Dougledogdare, leaving her needing to rally from behind in the six-horse field, Frost Point excelled on Friday. Always within range of the leaders, she was bottom of the table with: 24.03 and: 48.26 fixed with an 11-1 shot. Hidden connection before Flavien Prat urged his mount and she headed inside in fifth after six stretches for 1:12.19.
Beyond fourth at the start of the stretch, she angrily closed the final eight-mile run down Hidden Connection and sped up. How refreshing . She won 3/4 of the length, timed at 1:43.95 for the distance. She returned $11.06 to the win as the third pick.
Prat said: “I was a little further back than I wanted to but she went all the way in a nice way. “During the first (second) turn, it felt like she was going to make a good move. And as soon as I flipped her over and put her in, she really stretched and kicked well. .”
The Pocahontas Stakes (G3) winner of 2021 Hidden Connections holds second place, 1 1/2 apart from the stake winner How refreshing in third place.
like An Interstate Dream slowed down by Florent Geroux on the first turn, finishing in a non-threatening fourth place as favorites, before hot shooting And Pass .
Mott scored his second Doubledogdare after first winning the 2009 race against Donald Adam’s indescribable .
Mott credits Godolphin trainer Johnny Burke, who has the Godolphin horses ready to race and they will be back after a break, for thoroughly preparing her for her return to Mott’s stables.
“Over the summer, she gained weight and started to look better,” says Mott. She came back very healthy. “She’s 3 to 3 now. It was a very good race and she beat a really solid field.”
Godolphin clinched a second-place bet win against Keeneland on Friday following the success of the Brad Cox-trained match first mission April 15 at Lexington Stakes (G3). Godolphin also won his second race on the card Friday as Brendan Walsh trained Love Darley’s half-sister Maxfield , scored a resounding first win in the fourth race.
Frost Point is the second bet winner made from her dam after the initial success of the black type Villanesca (twisted humor). Six of the dam’s 11 ponies raced with four wins. Her two youngest ponies are Frost Point’s 2-year-old brother and a Music by Maclean first year students.
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