Oxley Filly Blitzes Schuylerville Foes to Become Uncaptured’s First Stakes Winner

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CATHERINETHEGREAT (f, 2, Uncaptured–Classy City Lady, by Carson City) broke sharply from her rail draw and never looked back in the GIII Schuylerville S. on opening day at Saratoga to become the first stakes winner for her freshman sire. Second on debut May 26 at Gulfstream, the smokey gray filly crushed a field of maidens by 10 1/4 lengths there June 23, earning an easily field-best Beyer of 80. Drifting up to 16-5 from a 5-2 morning line quote as the money poured in on Todd Pletcher’s ‘TDN Rising Star’ Nonna Madeline (Candy Ride {Arg}), the $170,000 OBS October graduate shot out of the gate and quickly established command. Rattling off a sharp :21.78 quarter, she cut the corner into the lane and quickly widened from her foes. Nonna Madeline, who was off last, briefly looked as though she’d make a race of it, but Catherinethegreat showed no weariness and streaked home four lengths to the good of the favorite in a quick 1:09.98. The winner is a half to Katinka (Kantharos), SW, $138,250. She has a yearling half-brother by Biondetti named Maserati Man and a weanling full-brother named Carson City Kid. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $143,800. O-John C. Oxley; B-Wendy Christ & Kathie Haines (FL); T-Mark Casse.

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