This column highlights the performances of damsels who have started no more than five times and sold for more than $500,000 at public auction, with graded siblings/group winners or dams classified/group winner. BloodHorse’s research shows that early winners, in particular, those who meet these criteria are more likely to become graded stakes winners.
Churchill Downs
John and Susan Moore’s masquerade added another winner to her children’s sparkling resume when Mixer opened her account late on June 9 at Churchill Downs.
#6 MIXILOGIST ($12.72) wins trainer debut @bradcoxracing with @flothejock in the iron. @LNJFoxwoods own this three year old baby @DarleyUSAhas been frozen. 🍸 pic.twitter.com/hf2euWIps2
– FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) June 9, 2024
Mixologist, 3 year old daughter of blur , was the youngest of Masquerade’s three colts in the race. The Silent name The mare’s first runner-up, Princess of grace , won six graded stakes scores and three Grade 1 placings for the Moores before awarding China Horse Club a cool $1,700,000 at the 2022 November Sale at Fasig -Tipton. Under her new ownership, Princess Grace departed for the Southern Hemisphere for a campaign in Australia. Millionaire Horse was runner-up twice at group 1 level last year.
Masquerade’s second foal was the talented but ill-fated Catnip. The Kitten’s Joy gelding, racing under Moore’s colors, showed the potential to be one of the country’s top turf horses in 2024 after claiming a huge third place in the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1T) in January. Catnip then journeyed to Meydan for the prestigious Dubai Turf (G1T), where he suffered a serious injury in the race 100 yards from the wire.
Following Princess Grace’s success in 2022, bloodstock agents Alex Solis II and Jason Litt secured Mixologist on behalf of LNJ Foxwoods for $175,000 at the Keeneland September sale that fall. Following in the footsteps of her half-brothers, Mixologist made a late appearance on the track when she lined up as third choice in a field of 12 fillies and mares in the special weight class for young woman on the mile-long grass field on Sunday.
Guided by Florent Geroux, the Mixer took a tenth early walk outside the horse before getting ready to head down to the backstretch. In sixth place in the furlong, the speckled horse looked beaten midway through the stretch until entering the gap at the sixteenth pole, overtaking a stubborn race favorite Deep satin to win at the neck.
The mixologist, trained by Brad Cox, stopped the clock at 1:37.25 on the hard turf.
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| The first notable winners for the week of June 4 to June 9 | |||||||
| Day | Monitor | Species | Horse | Dear Sir | Dam | Begin | First watch eligibility criteria |
| 5/6 | CD | 6 | Chris banjo | Structure | Gigi is stormy | 3 | Half brother to G3SW GG Ryder |
| 6/6 | IND | 2 | El Kown | Ghostzapper | Kosmo’s friend | 4 | $650K for one year; Half-sibling to G1SW Paynter |
| 6/6 | SAR | 6 | reckless | into mischief | Authenticity | first | $700K |
| 6/7 | family doctor | first | Binding trouble* | Troubled world | Queen Niagra | first | The dam is a G2SW |
| June 8 | CD | 7 | Princess Madison | Speightstown | The Queen Bee comes to you | 3 | Dam is a G3SW |
| June 8 | CD | 11 | lots and lots of candy | Rotating candy | Lots and lots of hope | 2 | Half-brother to G3SW Extra Hope |
| June 8 | CT | 8 | Day drama | sublieutenant | ground grouper | 4 | Sibling of G3SW Fun and Fiestay |
| June 9 | CD | 5 | Mixer | blur | Carnival | first | Half-brother to G2SW Princess Grace |
| June 9 | family doctor | 3 | Zeke’s heart | Good magic | Emerald girl | 3 | Half-sibling to G2SW Sarah Sis |
| June 9 | family doctor | 8 | actually dark | Practical joke | Midnight magic | 4 | Half-sibling to G3SW Midnight Stroll |
| *Denotes 2-year-old winner | |||||||
