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Group 1 winner · 2026 North American season
Ways And Means
5yo Mare by Practical Joke×Strong Incentive
G1 wins2
G1 places1
Last winBreeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint 31.10.26
Official Rating113
Ways And Means

G1 record 2026

2026 North American season
2Wins
1Placed
3Recorded G1 results
US$1.1MPrize money
Recorded results are the Group 1 wins and placings in this database. Unplaced runs are not recorded, so no win rate is shown. Prize money is what the horse earned in these results; it stays empty where a prize is not on file.

G1 performance 2026

2 wins · 1 place
Trainer / Jockey / Track
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint1408 metres · € 878,7001stChad C BrownFlavien Prat31.10.2026KeenelandPrize money €553,569Race detailsWatch
Ballerina Stakes1408 metres · € 439,3001stChad C BrownFlavien Prat29.08.2026SaratogaPrize money €276,784Race detailsWatch
Derby City Distaff Stakes1408 metres · € 811,0002ndChad C BrownJose L Ortiz02.05.2026Churchill DownsPrize money €175,736Race detailsWatch

Total G1 career

G1 since 2024 · 3 wins · 2 places
Trainer / Jockey / Track
20262 wins · 1 place
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint1408 metres · € 878,7001stChad C BrownFlavien Prat31.10.2026KeenelandPrize money €553,569Race detailsWatch
Ballerina Stakes1408 metres · € 439,3001stChad C BrownFlavien Prat29.08.2026SaratogaPrize money €276,784Race detailsWatch
Derby City Distaff Stakes1408 metres · € 811,0002ndChad C BrownJose L Ortiz02.05.2026Churchill DownsPrize money €175,736Race detailsWatch
20250 wins · 1 place
Derby City Distaff Stakes1408 metres · € 878,7003rdChad C BrownFlavien Prat03.05.2025Churchill DownsPrize money €87,868Race detailsWatch
20241 win · 0 places
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint1408 metres · € 878,7005thChad C BrownFlavien Prat02.11.2024Del MarPrize money —Race detailsWatch
Test Stakes1408 metres · € 439,3001stChad C BrownFlavien Prat03.08.2024SaratogaPrize money €276,785Race detailsWatch
Kentucky Oaks1811 metres · € 1,318,0004thChad C BrownTyler Gaffalione03.05.2024Churchill DownsPrize money €92,261Race detailsWatch

G1 video record

7 races on film
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare SprintWays And Means · Flavien PratRace details →
Ballerina StakesWays And Means · Flavien PratRace details →
More Videos (5)
Derby City Distaff Stakes02.05.2026 · Churchill DownsWatch the Race
Derby City Distaff Stakes03.05.2025 · Churchill DownsWatch the Race
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint02.11.2024 · Del MarWatch the Race
Test Stakes03.08.2024 · SaratogaWatch the Race
Kentucky Oaks03.05.2024 · Churchill DownsWatch the Race

Pedigree

As of race day 31.10.26
Ways And Means
Strong IncentiveDamby Warrior's Reward
DamStrong Incentive

Ways And Means is out of the black-type winner Strong Incentive (Warrior's Reward). Her half-siblings include Surge Capacity (Flintshire), winner of the Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes, and Highly Motivated (Into Mischief), winner of the Grade 3 Monmouth Cup.

Second damG G's Dolly

Second dam G G's Dolly (Comic Strip) won the Listed Prairie Rose Stakes and produced seven other winners, the best of them Hall Pass (Freedom Child), a five-time winner who was twice Listed-placed.

Third damParfait

Third dam Parfait (Kingmambo) was placed five times and produced nine other winners.

Next generation

Strong Incentive has an unraced 2-year-old filly by Good Magic named Alpe d'Huez and a yearling colt by Into Mischief, and she was covered again by Into Mischief for 2027.

Official Rating

at the time of each Group 1 run
Latest recorded rating11331.10.26
Highest recorded rating11331.10.26
Recorded ratings
SeasonSeason bestLast recorded
202611331.10.26 · Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint11331.10.26
202511103.05.25 · Derby City Distaff Stakes11103.05.25
202410702.11.24 · Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint10702.11.24

Recorded values at the dates shown. The last entry is not a season-end rating.

Connections

TrainerChad C BrownProfile →
OwnerKlaravich StablesProfile →
BreederKlaravich StablesProfile →
Group 1 jockeys
1Flavien Prat2 rides · 2 wins
2Jose L Ortiz1 ride · 0 wins

Achievements

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