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Saratoga · 29.08.26
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Ballerina Stakes
Ways And Means5yo
The last three winners
2025Hope Road
2024Society
2023Echo Zulu
PurseUS$ 500,000
To the winnerUS$ 275,000
Distance1408 metres
Winning time1m 22.05s
SurfaceDirt · Fast
ConditionsFillies and mares, 3 and up
Runners9

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Result

9 runners · prize money to 4th place
PosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
1stWays And Means5yo · mare · by Practical Joke × Strong IncentiveFlavien PratChad C BrownUS$ 315,000
2ndKilwin4yo · filly · by Twirling Candy × Spanish StarJose L OrtizGeorge ArnoldUS$ 100,000
3rdBeauty Reigns4yo · filly · by Into Mischief × IlsaJunior AlvaradoWilliam MottUS$ 50,000
4thEcho Sound4yo · filly · by Echo Town × Eagle SoundLuis SaezGeorge ArnoldUS$ 35,000
5thParadise City4yo · filly · by Mckinzie × Washington BridgeEdgard ZayasSaffie A Joseph Jr
6thR Disaster5yo · mare · by Awesome Slew × Making HavocTyler GaffalioneSaffie A Joseph Jr
7thEclatant4yo · filly · by Into Mischief × Downside ScenarioManuel FrancoBrad H Cox
8thMaida4yo · filly · by Improbable × Eve GiselleSheldon RussellBrittany Russell
9thGrammy Girl5yo · mare · by Mastery × Song GirlJavier CastellanoSaffie A Joseph Jr
Pedigree of the winner
SirePractical Joke
DamStrong Incentive
DamsireWarrior's Reward
Connections
JockeyFlavien Prat
TrainerChad C Brown
OwnerKlaravich Stables
BreederKlaravich Stables

Ways And Means in 2026

1 place
DateRacePosJockey
02.05.26Churchill DownsDerby City Distaff Stakes1408 metres · US$ 923,0002ndJose L Ortiz WatchRace details →
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