Hronis Racing’s Edgeway added $100,000 in Las Flores (G3) Stake as easily as one would expect 2-5 favorites at Santa Anita . Park. The daughter won the shares of Competitive advantage now it’s 2 to 2 of the year after winning the Kalookan Queen Stakes on January 2nd and beating the two-time winner in the Santa Monica Stakes (G2) Merneith on the same track in her first season.
Trained by John Sadler, the 5-year-old mare raised the bar in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) when it finished second behind the 2021 female champion sprinter Ce Ce but before the female champion driver in 2020 Gamine .
“Her focus is on the fall, we want to bring her back to the Breeders’ Cup,” said Kosta Hronis. “So stay home, don’t travel much with her until we have to figure out how to approach it. We’ll keep our options open and see how she comes out of the race. and then plan the next race.
“Earlier this year, we’d better play this way. It’s been a long season and she’s five years old and always fresh, so we’re going to keep her that way and just let her be on her own. Make your own schedule.”
Edgeway entered the six-run race for older fillings and mares after a bullet job on March 6 when she completed five stretches: 59 1/5 to became the fastest out of 57 in the distance on that day.
During Sunday’s test, runner John Velazquez patiently sat on the Edgeway train as she loitered outside Private mission , who held the lead and hit a quarter-mile time: 21.77. Edgeway overtook the leader with minimal effort and hit a half-mile time of: 44.47. By the time she got to the long track, Edgeway had an open gap between herself and the runner-up, finishing the previous seven in a final time of 1:10.22 on the fast track.
“She’s more handy, I mean whatever I want to do, she’s there when I ask her to do something,” Velazquez said, comparing Edgeway’s win to his effort. her at Kalookan Queen. “When I give her a little call, she’s there right away and in the long run I just keep her happy, without much effort.”
Private quest held for the second time Her own kingdom and Hello Kitten round out this field.
Bred by Pope McLean, Valerie Blethen & David Blethen of Kentucky, Edgeway is the fourth foal to enter the race and the only winner of the graded bets to date among the stakes. Stormin Fever mare Magical Solution winner, is the half-sister to level 1 winner The Lumber Guy.
