Making Waves: Del Mar Feast For French Filly

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   In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Heads In Beds at Del Mar.

Hello Youmzain Filly Wins At Del Mar

   Heads In Beds (Hello Youmzain) broke her maiden at Del Mar for Phil D'Amato on November 28 (video). Owned by Bridlewood Farm, e Five Racing Thoroughbreds, Madaket Stables and Michael Dubb, the three-year-old filly was bred by Mette Campbell Andenaes.

Mandore International Agency bought the winner on behalf of Madaket Stables for €150,000 from the Arqana October Yearling Sale in 2023. Heads In Beds is a half-sister to listed winner Monette (Cockney Rebel), who was second in the GIII Matron Stakes, and to the stakes-placed filly Lacuna (Shalaa). Her dam, the multiple stakes-placed Eleona (Areion), has a yearling filly by Intello who was sold to Daniel Cole for €25,000 at the 2025 edition of that sale. The extended family features German multiple group winner Earl Of Fire (Areion).

Haras d'Etreham's Hello Youmzain has 89 winners from 180 runners worldwide. Heads In Beds is his third winner from four runners (75%) in the U.S.

DeVaux Firster Triumphs At Fair Grounds

First-timer Pretty Ribbon (Bated Breath) spun a winning tale on debut for Cherie DeVaux at Fair Grounds on November 29 (video). The daughter of Bated Breath, bred by Papillon Stables, races for John D. Gunther and Eurowest Bloodstock Services.

A half-sister to GIII Athenia Stakes heroine Love And Thunder (Siyouni), Pretty Ribbon is the seventh foal, seventh runner and sixth winner for Pretty Paper (Medaglia d'Oro). The unraced dam also has a yearling colt by Night Of Thunder who cost $270,000 as a Keeneland September yearling when picked up by MC Bloodstock, and a weanling filly by Sioux Nation. Second dam Take The Ribbon (Chester House) won the GIII Churchill Distaff Turf Mile and was second in the GI Garden City Breeders' Cup Stakes.

Juddmonte's Bated Breath is responsible for 23 winners from 35 runners (66%) in the U.S. His best there is GI Matriarch Stakes heroine Viadera among his 11 American stakes winners.

Repeat Winners

Grade I winner Lush Lips (Ten Sovereigns) returned a winner of the GII Mrs. Revere Stakes on Friday night after topping the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale when selling for $3.7 million to Dixiana Farm earlier this month (video). The Brendan Walsh trainee had triumphed in the GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes in October.

Klaravich Stables' Oversubscribed (Too Darn Hot) added the Forever Together Stakes to her haul at Aqueduct in late November (video). The Chad Brown trainee first joined the Making Waves echelon with a victory in the Listed Wild Applause Stakes in 2024.

Vina Arana (Make Believe) won for the second time in seven starts with an 1 1/2-length victory at Churchill Downs on Saturday, November 22 (video). The Sterling Stables and MHM Stables runner, who was third in the 2024 G3 Mutamakina Stakes, is trained by Jack Sisterson.

Gary Barber and Team Valor's Bessie Abott (Kuroshio) won her second race in a row at Woodbine on November 29 for trainer Mark Casse (video). Second in the GIII Wonder Again Stakes in June, the three-year-old filly was bred by Dr Noel Cogan and Patrick Williams.

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