United States of America
Santa Anita Park · 31.05.21
Watch the raceShoemaker Mile Stakes
2ndSay The Word6yo by More Than Ready × DanceforthecauseUS$ 60,001
3rdRestrainedvengence6yo by Hold Me Back × Cupids RevengeUS$ 30,000
Full result →PurseUS$ 300,000
To the winnerUS$ 189,000
Distance1609 metres
Winning time1m 34.19s
SurfaceTurf · Firm
Conditions3-year-olds and up
Runners6
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Santa Anita Park · English commentaryResult
6 runners · prize money to 4th placePosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
1stSmooth Like Strait4yo colt by Midnight Lute × Smooth As UsualUmberto RispoliMichael McCarthyUS$ 189,000
2ndSay The Word6yo gelding by More Than Ready × DanceforthecauseFlavien PratPhilip D'AmatoUS$ 60,001
3rdRestrainedvengence6yo gelding by Hold Me Back × Cupids RevengeTyler BazeVal BrinkerhoffUS$ 30,000
Pedigree of the winner
As of race day 31.05.21Smooth Like Strait
Midnight LuteSire
Smooth As UsualDamby Flower Alley
DamSmooth As Usual
Smooth Like Strait is out of Smooth as Usual (Flower Alley).
Second damBeautiful Lil
Second dam Beautiful Lil (Aptitude).
Third damSky Meadows
Third dam Sky Meadows (Conquistador Cielo) produced the dam of the Grade 1 winner Siphonic (Siphon).
Wider family
This is also the family of Summer Front (War Front), placed in several Grade 1 races, and of the Grade 1 winner Laragh (Tapit).
Next generation
Smooth as Usual's 2-year-old Unusually Smooth, a filly by Temple City, is unraced. In 2020 she foaled a colt by Midnight Lute, and Nyquist covered her next.
Connections
Smooth Like Strait in 2021
3 placesTrainer / Jockey / Track
Breeders' Cup Mile1609 metres · US$ 1,999,9992nd——06.11.2021Del MarPrize money €351,472Race detailsWatch
Turf Classic Stakes1810 metres · US$ 500,0003rd——01.05.2021Churchill DownsPrize money —Race detailsWatch
Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes1609 metres · US$ 400,0012ndMichael McCarthyUmberto Rispoli06.03.2021Santa AnitaPrize money €70,294Race detailsWatch
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