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April 24 worked five furlongs in :59.00, breezing over a food track at Churchill Downs
April 18 worked five furlongs in :59.40, handily over a fast track at Keeneland
March 28 worked five furlongs in 1:02.20, breezing over a fast track at Palm Meadows
March 21 worked five furlongs in 1:00.60, breezing over a fast track at Palm Meadows
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Graded Earnings: $865,000 (as of 4.04.2004)
Race Record: 8-5-2-1
Ashado News: Ashado Early Second Choice For Oaks
Ashado Barn Notes: Ashado Breezes 5 Furlongs At Churchill
Ashado Update: Madcap Escapade Wins Ashland
Ashado News: Madcap Escapade Holds On To Take The Ashland Stakes
Ashado Update: Ashado Awaiting a Rematch With Halfbridled
Ashado News: Ashado Makes 2004 Debut A Winning One In Fair Grounds Oaks
Ashado Update: Ashado Is Queen Of Fair Grounds Oaks
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Won the 1 1/8 mile Demoiselle (G2) at Aqueduct November 29
Finished second, beaten 2 ˝ lengths by Halfbridled, in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Santa Anita
Ran third in Belmont Park’s Frizette (G1), beaten four lengths by Society Selection and Victory U.S.A.
At the 2003 Saratoga meet, won both the Spinaway (G1) and Schuylerville (G2) stakes
Broke her maiden at first asking going 5 ˝ furlongs at Belmont Park June 18
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Ran second in the April 3 Ashland (GI) at Keeneland, beaten a half length by Madcap Escapade
Won the 1 1/16 miles Fair Grounds Oaks (GII) at Fair Grounds Race Course March 6 |
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ASHADO - Starlight Stable, Paul Saylor and John Martin's daughter of Saint Ballado has been one of the stars of her generation since she launched her career with a seven-length romp in her career debut at Belmont Park in June. Trained by Todd Pletcher, Ashado won Saratoga's Spinaway (Grade I) and was runner-up to Halfbridled in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (GI) to highlight a stellar 2-year-old season. She opened 2004 with a romp in the Fair Grounds Oaks (GII) and then ran a close second to unbeaten Kentucky Oaks favorite Madcap Escapade in the Ashland (GI) at Keeneland. Ashado has a record of 5-2-1 in eight races with earnings of $890,800. A win in the Oaks would be the first for her owners, trainer and jockey Mike Smith. |
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Ashado is by Saint Ballado, who passed away in 2002 following complications from surgery. During his racing career, Saint Ballado won the Arlington Classic (G2) and the Sheridan Stakes (G3). At the time of his death, he had sired seven crops of racing age, with 35 stakes winners to his credit. In addition to Ashado, his stakes performers include Captain Bodgit, winner of the Florida Derby (G1) and Wood Memorial (G2); Yankee Victor, winner of the Metropolitan Handicap (G1); and Sister Act, winner of the Hempstead Handicap (G1). Ashado is the second starter out of her dam Goulash, the other being a full sister who won on both dirt and turf. Goulash had a solid race record of 6-2-2 from 12 starts, with a win in the restricted Las Ninas Stakes and second by a head to multiple Grade 1 winner Listening in the Linda Vista Handicap (G3) at age three. While her lone stakes win did come sprinting, she was never worse than third in her four races around two turns, which indicates that Ashado should be suited to the 1 1/8 miles of the Kentucky Oaks.
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