Society
At five, Society is the oldest winner of this race since 2020. The field numbered 7 runners. The five-year-old mare is by Gun Runner out of Etiquette. The win was worth USD 315,001 to the winner. The winning time was 1m 22.00s.
United States of America
Saratoga · 24.08.24
Watch the raceBallerina Stakes
PurseUS$ 500,001
To the winnerUS$ 315,001
Distance1408 metres
Winning time1m 22.00s
SurfaceDirt · Fast
ConditionsFillies and mares, 3 and up
Runners7
Stories of this Result
Gun Runner
Gun Runner is also the sire of Vahva (third) from this field. With this win, the stallion moved to 4 Group 1 wins this season, two wins behind leader Dubawi in the sires' table. Those wins came from 4 different horses.
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Breeders' Cup World Championships · English commentaryResult
7 runners · prize money to 4th placePosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
4thPositano Sunset4yo mare by Goldencents × Gigglin' GalJulien R LeparouxIan R WilkesUS$ 35,000
Pedigree of the winner
As of race day 24.08.24Society
Gun RunnerSire
EtiquetteDamby Tapit
DamEtiquette
Society is out of Etiquette (Tapit), a winning half-sister to Pleasant Prince (Indy King), a graded stakes winner who took the Grade 3 Ohio Derby and was also Grade 1-placed. Society is a half-sister to two other winners.
Second damArchduchess
Second dam Archduchess (Pleasant Tap) was unraced and has four winners, the best of them Pleasant Prince. She is a half-sister to the multiple graded stakes winner Mark One (Alphabet Soup) and the graded stakes winner Rookie Sensation (Unbridled's Song).
Third damMy Marchesa
Third dam My Marchesa (Stately Don) won six times, including a black-type race, and produced eight winners. They include the sire Rookie Sensation, winner of the Grade 2 Twilight Derby, Mark One, a Grade 3 winner in Canada who was Grade 2-placed, Daiwa Carson (Carson City), a Listed winner in Japan, and the dam of the sire Holy Boss (Street Boss), winner of the Grade 2 Amsterdam Stakes and Grade 1-placed.
Wider family
Further back in the female line is Holy Helena (Ghostzapper), a Sovereign Award winner who took the Queen's Plate.
Next generation
Etiquette has the unraced 3-year-old filly Finesse (Street Sense), the unraced 2-year-old colt Valor (Omaha Beach) and a yearling filly by Gun Runner, a full-sister to Society, and she was covered by Gun Runner again for 2025.
Connections
Society in 2024
1 placeTrainer / Jockey / Track
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint1408 metres · US$ 1,000,0002ndSteve AsmussenTyler Gaffalione02.11.2024Del MarPrize money €175,736Race detailsWatch
All winners since 2020
| Year | Winner | Trainer / Jockey | Owner / Breeder | Video | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Echo ZuluGun Runner × Letgomyecho | Steve AsmussenFlorent Geroux | L and N Racing & Winchell ThoroughbredsBetz, J. Betz, Burns, CHNNHK, Magers, CoCo Equine & Ramsby | ||
| 2022 | Goodnight OliveGhostzapper × Salty Strike | Chad C BrownIrad Ortiz Jr | First Row Partners & Team HanleyStonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings | ||
| 2021 | GamineInto Mischief × Peggy Jane | Bob BaffertJohn R Velazquez | Micheal Lund PetersenGrace Thoroughbred Holdings LLC | ||
| 2020 | Serengeti EmpressAlternation × Havisham | Thomas AmossLuis Saez | Joel PolitiTri Eques Bloodstock LLC |
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