Selflessly
made a quantum leap from maiden company to become More Than Ready's 196th
stakes winner in New York on Sunday.
Runner-up
on debut over 1100m at Saratoga last month, she stretched out to 1700m in the
Miss Grillo Stakes Gr.2 and held off the closers to score a one-length victory
at Belmont Park.
Trainer
Chad Brown was winning the Miss Grillo for the 8th time since 2008 and he
confirmed a late-entry fee will likely be paid for Selflessly into the
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (1600m) at Santa Anita on November 1.
"I
will talk to the owner but if she comes out of this race sound and doing well,
I would be inclined to pay it," Brown said. "We let our young ones
come along at their own pace and wait until they're ready.
"She was
unlucky at Saratoga and came into this race training really well. I just
treated her debut as if she had won."
Selflessly
(2f More Than Ready - Uniformly Yours by Grand Slam) surged past tearaway
leader Wicked Title into the straight and, under steady handling from Javier
Castellano, fended off a late rally from the favourite Crystalle.
She will
attempt to give Brown a fourth Miss Grillo - BC Juvenile Fillies Turf double
following Lady Eli, New Money Honey and Newspaperofrecord.
Selflessly
is a half-sister to Maryland Media Stakes LR winner Enchanted Ghost and cost
$190,000 as a foal at the 2017 Keeneland November Sale. She is owned by
Klaravich Stables principal Seth Klarman who has also raced the Brown-trained
More Than Ready stakes winners Life Imitates Art, Partisan Politics, Ready to
Act and Consumer Credit.
More Than
Ready has sired 16 individual 2yo winners in North America this year and
Selflessly became his second stakes winner among them following Magic Dance
(Churchill Downs Debutante Stakes LR).
The Vinery
legend is on track for a fourth Breeders' Cup 2YO triumph at Santa Anita with
Selflessly and last-start Iroquois Stakes Gr.2 runner-up Scabbard.
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