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Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables LLC and Robert LaPenta’s Shantisara, Team Valor International and Gary Barber’s Wakanaka, and Bal Mar Equine LLC’s Dalika are prominent on the invitation list released Wednesday for the $500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf Invitational (G3).
Quick into stride from the gate, Phil D’Amato’s British-bred Amy C attended the pace and rallied to take Monday’s $100,000 Las Cienegas Stakes (G3) by 1 ¼ lengths and thus remain unbeaten in three tries down Santa Anita’s unique hillside turf course.
Four-time Eclipse Award winner Chad Brown secured his eighth consecutive year-end training title on the New York Racing Association Inc. circuit with 159 wins from 587 starters, good for a win percentage of 27.09 with an in-the-money rate of 59.28 percent through 196 racing days.
Now, the 32-year-old Pennsylvania native is poised to take it one step further. She is not only on the verge of securing her third meet championship at Laurel’s calendar-year ending fall stand but becoming the first woman to finish the year as the state’s leading trainer.
McGaughey is scheduled to send out a pair of highly promising fillies in Allen Stable Inc.’s Personal Best and Phipps Stable’s Surprisingly