Chad C Brown
Chad C Brown also saddled Blowout (second) in this edition. With this win, the stable closed to within three wins of leader Aidan O'Brien. On the same weekend, the stable also took the Hollywood Derby with Domestic Spending.
United States of America
Del Mar · 29.11.20
Watch the raceMatriarch Stakes
PurseUS$300,000
Distance1609 metres
Winning time1m 33.30s
SurfaceTurf
ConditionsFillies and mares, 3 and up
Stories of this Result
Joel Rosario
With this win, Joel Rosario and trainer Chad C Brown combined for 3 Group 1 successes this season. The jockey moved to 10 Group 1 wins this season, two wins behind leader Pierre-Charles Boudot in the jockeys' table.
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Jarrod “The Runaway Horse” Horak · English commentaryResult
8 runnersPosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
5thMaxim RateUmberto RispoliSimon Callaghan
8thBodhicittaGeovanni FrancoRichard Baltas
Pedigree of the winner
As of race day 29.11.20Viadera
Bated BreathSire
Sacred ShieldDamby Beat Hollow
DamSacred Shield
Viadera is out of Sacred Shield (Beat Hollow), which makes her a half-sister to Crossed Baton (Dansili), a multiple stakes winner and group-placed in England and group-placed in France. Sacred Shield is a half-sister to the dam of the Group 1 winner Passage of Time (Dansili) and to the dam of the multiple Group 1 winner Twice Over (Observatory).
Second damQuandary
Second dam Quandary (Blushing Groom).
Third damLost Virtue
Third dam Lost Virtue (Cloudy Dawn).
Next generation
Sacred Shield produced a full sister to Viadera last year and a colt by Camacho this year.
Connections
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