The Champ is Back! Immersive Wins Seneca Overnight at Churchill

[Wandering Eyes]

Godolphin homebred Immersive (f, 3, Nyquist–Gap Year, by Bernardini), the unbeaten Eclipse champion 2-year-old filly of 2024, got back on track with her first visit to the winner's circle as a 3-year-old. It's not that she was ever far from it: two months after her GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies win, Godolphin announced she would be given some time off due to bone bruising. Immersive returned to the races in June at Churchill, finishing a neck behind MSW & GISP Take Charge Milady (Take Charge Indy) in the Monomoy Girl Stakes in her first start in seven months. It was off to Saratoga and the GI CCA Oaks, where no one could catch the romping Scottish Lassie (McKinze). Immersive was second that day.

Routed back to Brad Cox's Churchill base and Saturday's Seneca Overnight Stakes, Immersive gave a little hop out of the inside gate and took control with her ears flicking back and forth. Under a firm Florent Geroux hold at 3-5, Immersive got the first quarter in a sensible :24.10 and the half in :48.16 as a pair tailed her and the others trailed a good eight or so lengths in arrears. As the tempo quickened on the turn, Ivory and Ebony (Spun to Run) challenged from inside Immersive, briefly sticking her nose in front and floating the champ wide off the turn. The two bumped, but Immersive was unfazed, kicking clear late to win by two lengths.

The Seneca Overnight marked Immersive's fourth black-type victory. In addition to the Breeders' Cup, she also captured the GI Spinaway Stakes and GI Alcibiades Stakes last year. Hailing from the same family as GISW Madcap Escapade (Hennessy), the winner's dam is out of GI Ballerina winner Dubai Escapade (Awesome Again), a $2-million Barretts purchase by John Ferguson on behalf of Godolphin. Immersive's winning dam, also a Godolphin homebred, has a yearling filly by Street Sense and is barren for 2026. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

 

Immersive wins the Seneca Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs! pic.twitter.com/4UU2w5vJML

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SENECA OVERNIGHT S., $173,700, Churchill Downs, 9-20, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:42.64, ft.
1–IMMERSIVE, 122, f, 3, by Nyquist
              1st Dam: Gap Year, by Bernardini
              2nd Dam: Dubai Escapade, by Awesome Again
              3rd Dam: Sassy Pants, by Saratoga Six
O/B-Godolphin, LLC (KY); T-Brad H. Cox; J-Florent Geroux.
$107,200. Lifetime Record: Ch. 2yo filly, MGISW, 7-5-2-0,
$1,864,900.
2–Ivory and Ebony, 118, f, 3, Spun to Run–Imprint, by Quality
Road. ($11,000 Wlg '22 KEENOV; $105,000 2yo '24
OBSMAR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-West Point Thoroughbreds;
B-St. Simon Place LLC (KY); T-Dale L. Romans. $35,000.
3–Quickick, 118, f, 3, McKinzie–Graeme Six, by Graeme Hall.
($275,000 Wlg '22 KEENOV; $550,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP).
O-Greenwell Thoroughbreds, LLC; B-Gainesway
Thoroughbreds LTD & Whisper Hill Farm LLC (KY); T-ThomasAmoss. $17,500.
Margins: 2, 4 1/4, NK. Odds: 0.61, 3.65, 6.92.
Also Ran: Liam in the Dust, Flash Wear. Scratched: Decadent, Next Up.

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