Less than two months ago, Julia shines got off to an unforgettable start when she swept the yard on October 11th, October 16th at Keeneland in a back-to-front move to break her maidenhood when she first requested Barbara Banke’s Stonestreet Stables.
When asked after the race that she always let Malathaat landing next after her impressive debut, Banke mentioned that she needed to talk to Todd Pletcher — the 2-year-old’s trainer — and make a plan.
Now the plan is in place, and it looks like it could be the one many are looking forward to after the chubby girl’s halting performance. Julia Shining will follow in her sister’s footsteps as she moves into classified company in Demoiselle Stakes December 3 (G2) for 2-year-olds at Aqueduct race track.
Two years ago, the 3-year-old Stonestreet-bred 2021 Filly Malathaat Champion was starting her career for Pletcher and Shadwell Stable. She succeeded in the first two starts and then went on to win Demoiselle on her first attempt at this level. The 4-year-old set a record six wins in first grade, including a mighty finish at the Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) on November 5.
“Physically, they’re a little bit different, but they’re both very impressive girls when it comes to training and she showed talent from the start,” says Pletcher. “I always felt that the further she got the chance to go, the better she would become. That’s why we pointed out Demoiselle.”
Not only are they both a top breeder in make for curly they came out of the great Stonestreet racehorse Dreaming of Julia daughter of AP Indy, who won the 2012 Frizette Stakes (G1), 2013 Gulfstream Oaks (G2) and reached both the 2012 Gray Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and 2013 Mother Goose Stakes (G1).
Eager to continue her family’s talent, Julia Shining will go 1/8 mile on the main track at New York Stadium on Saturday. Back in October, Banke noted that Julia Shining preferred the longer distance: “She’s not a sprinter. But when she starts, she’ll go.”
If they win, Julia Shining and Malathaat will be the first sister pair since sisters Coquette and Celandria won consecutively in 1914 and 1915.
stable friend Gambling girl also looking for her first graded stake score after her maiden break in August at Racecourse Saratoga for stable Repole. She beat Joseph A. Gimma Stakes on September 23 and finished fourth in the Maid of the Mist Stakes final.
Daughter of Called in is Repole’s $200,000 purchase from Denali Stud’s shipment for the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Selective Annual Sale. So far, the New York hybrid has earned $144,210 in five appearances. broadcast.
Completing the field is the Tempted Staking runner-up on November 6th Foggy night Breffni . farm cattle Royal Spa Trainee Rudy Rodriguez La Vita Sofia AMO Racing USA lady affirms and Tribal Queen who broke her maiden on October 27 in Belmont at Big A Meet coach Anthony Dutrow.
Demoiselle is a Road to Kentucky Oaks Qualifier, providing qualifying scores on a 10-4-3-2-1 basis for the top five finishers. Churchill Downs uses qualifying points as a preference system when the May 5 Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) exceeds the maximum school size of 14 participants.
Multiple 1st grade winners Nest won the Demoiselle 2021 and finished runner-up at the Kentucky Oaks.
