Dynamic Pricing Overcomes Wild Traffic, Claims Beaugay in ’25 Bow

[Wandering Eyes]

Nothing like coming 10-wide on your return to the races, but if you're going to make a comeback, why not do it big? Dynamic Pricing (Ire) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) kicked off her 2025 campaign by overcoming drama she likely won't see again, and took home the trophy for the GIII Beaugay Stakes to boot.

Given a freshening after back-to-back third-place efforts in the Listed Winter Memories Sept. 13 and GII Lake Placid Stakes at Saratoga Aug. 17, she had not been to the winner's enclosure since her victory this time last year at Churchill Downs in the GII Edgewood Stakes. Between that race and the Lake Placid, her connections tired her against elite company in the GI Belmont Oaks Invitational to no avail.

Sent away at 7-2 odds here and forced to watch the race unfold in fifth with no one really keen on taking the lead, the field went from a :22.67 first sectional to a :47.97 four panels, and clicked through six furlongs in 1:11.75. Pushed along passing the quarter pole and rolling to the outside of Raqiya (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}) and Spaliday (More Than Ready) as they entered the latter stages of the turn, she found herself floated ten paths off the fence when the former blew the entry into the upper stretch. Brave as they come, she relentlessly kept on and closed the margin into the furlong grounds as Edict (Arg) (Il Campione {Chi}) fought off Heredia (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}) in the final yards. She overhauled that pair to win by a half-length with Edict claiming a hard-fought second.

“Believe me, I wanted to move earlier but I couldn't,” said winning rider Irad Ortiz Jr. “Then I hit the clear and I saw Frankie's [Dettori] horse [No. 4 Raqiya] having trouble to make the turn. I said 'Oh my God.' So, now I don't want to check my horse, stop the momentum, so I said by the time I get there, he is either going to blow the turn or make the turn. He controlled the horse. I got the time to go around them and get there on time.”

Trainer Chad Brown noted the traffic issues, but was largely pleased with her effort, saying, “It was nice off a layoff that she [No. 7, Dynamic Pricing] was ready and avoided the trouble in this race. She was able to get her season started the right way.”

 

Dynamic Pricing closes at 7/2 to win the G3 Beaugay at Aqueduct under @iradortiz for trainer Chad Brown! pic.twitter.com/SkL905QQJW

— TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) May 4, 2025

Pedigree Notes:

Dynamic Pricing's sire Night of Thunder is the current heir apparent to the great Dubawi (Ire)'s line–a precious link to the ill-fated Dubai Millennium, who only managed to produce 56 foals before passing away from complications of grass sickness. That this line, a miracle by many standards in itself, continues to thrive such as it does serves testament to the quality Dubawi and his sons can produce.

With seven champions and progeny earnings of over $38-million, Night of Thunder proves more than capable of flying the house standards as another daughter, Desert Flower (Ire), was part of Godolphin's fleet of four over the weekend that claimed the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Kentucky Oaks in the U.S., and the G1 Betfred 2000 Guineas and G1 Betfred 1000 Guineas at Newmarket.

As to the victress, she is a half-sister to one other winner, but is the most accomplished for Shemda (Ire) (Dutch Art {GB}) by far. The mare, a winner in France, is a half-sibling to MGSW-Ire Shamida (Ire) (Australia {GB}) as well as SP Shajak (Ire) (Zarak {Fr}). The female family really blooms beneath the third dam as Shemaka (Ire) (Nishapour {Fr}) was a highweight filly at three and claimed the G1 Prix de Diane Hermes-French Oaks. She would go on to claim MGSW-Fr Shemima (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}); G1 QIPCO Champion Stakes victor Bay Bridge (GB) (New Bay {GB}); G1SP-Aus Sheraz (Fr) (Sea the Stars {Ire}); G1SW-Fr Shakeel (Fr) (Dalakhani {Ire}); and Chilean Group 1 winner Full of Luck (Chi) (Lookin At Lucky) as her descendants through varies daughters.

Shemda has only produced a yearling colt by Mehmas (Ire) since Dynamic Pricing, and has no breeding on record for 2025.

Sunday, Belmont At The Big A
BEAUGAY S.-GIII, $175,000, Belmont The Big A, 5-4, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.12, fm.
1–DYNAMIC PRICING (IRE), 122, f, 4, by Night of Thunder (Ire)
                1st Dam: Shemda (Ire), by Dutch Art (GB)
                2nd Dam: Shamooda (Ire), by Azamour (Ire)
                3rd Dam: Shemaka (Ire), by Nishapour (Fr)
(170,000gns Ylg '22 TATOCT). O-Klaravich Stables, Inc.; B-Epona Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $96,250. Lifetime Record: 8-3-0-3, $497,125. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Edict (Arg), 118, m, 5, Il Campione (Chi)–Stormy Valery (Arg), by Bernstein. O-John T. Behrendt; B-Triple Alliance S.A. (ARG); T-David G. Donk. $35,000.
3–Heredia (GB), 118, m, 6, Dark Angel (Ire)–Nakuti (Ire), by Mastercraftsman (Ire). O-Wathnan Racing; B-St Albans Bloodstock LLP (GB); T-H. Graham Motion. $21,000.
Margins: HF, HF, 1HF. Odds: 3.50, 27.00, 4.50.
Also Ran: Grayosh, Mohawk Trail, Spaliday, Lady Firefoot, Raqiya (Ire). Scratched: Amanda's Folly, No Mo Candy.
Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs.
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