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1stBe Your Best5yo by Muhaarar × Kamakura€166,100
2ndLady Claypoole5yo by Starspangledbanner × Short Affair€52,700
3rdLiguria5yo by War Front × Lerici€26,400
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Be Your Best
Purse€263,600
To the winner€166,100
Distance1811 metres
Winning time1m 46.26s
SurfaceTurf · Firm
ConditionsFillies and mares, 3 and up
Runners7

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Result

7 runners · prize money to 4th place
PosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
1stBe Your Best5yo mare by Muhaarar × KamakuraIrad Ortiz JrSaffie A Joseph Jr€166,100
2ndLady Claypoole5yo mare by Starspangledbanner × Short AffairTiago PereiraRichard Baltas€52,700
3rdLiguria5yo mare by War Front × LericiUmberto RispoliMichael McCarthy€26,400
4thExpensive Queen4yo mare by Lope De Vega × Witches BrewKazushi KimuraBrendan P Walsh€18,500
5thPublic Assembly4yo mare by More Than Ready × Enchanting KittenAntonio FresuPhilip D'Amato
6thNo Show Sammy Jo5yo mare by Lope De Vega × ShomariaFlavien PratH Graham Motion
7thKhinjani5yo mare by Sir Percy × KandahariHector I BerriosMark Glatt

Pedigree of the winner

As of race day 26.05.25
Be Your Best
KamakuraDamby Medaglia D'oro
DamKamakura

Be Your Best is one of two winners out of the unraced Kamakura (Medaglia), whose older daughter I'm Glad (Kingman) is in foal to Flameaway. The other winner is her two-year-old half-brother Postmodern (Too Darn Hot), successful on his debut over 6f at Yarmouth.

Second damKotuku

Second dam Kotuku (A.P. Indy), placed once, is also the dam of Fortify (Distorted Humor), a dual winner and sire who was placed in the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes, of Bay of Plenty, a full brother to Kamakura who won at Listed level, was Grade 3-placed and became a sire, and of the dual winner Big Team (Speightstown), placed in the Listed Curlin Stakes. Kotuku is a full sister to Anasheed, a dual winner, sire and Group 3-placed, and a half-sister to the Listed-placed dual winners Dubai Belle and Marhoob (both Mr Prospector), the latter raced as Marhoub in Saudi Arabia and stands there as a sire.

Third damFlagbird

Third dam Flagbird (Nureyev), a multiple Group 1 winner whose wins included the Premio Presidente della Repubblica, then a Group 1, produced the dam of the Grade 1 winner Little Belle, who in turn produced the Grade 1 winner Dickinson.

Next generation

Kamakura has a yearling filly by Baaeed and a colt foal by Cody's Wish.

Connections

All winners since 2020

YearWinnerTrainer / JockeyOwner / BreederVideo
2024AnisetteAwtaad × Tutti FruttiLeonard PowellUmberto RispoliEclipse Thoroughbred PartnersMorera Partnership
2023MacadamiaHat Trick × Une Autre EtoilePhilip D'AmatoTiago PereiraR Unicorn StableHaras Springfield
2022Ocean RoadAustralia × Love And LaughterBrendan P WalshUmberto RispoliQatar RacingMiddlelane Farm
2021Maxim RateExchange Rate × Catch My EyeSimon CallaghanJuan J HernandezSlam Dunk Racing, Stable Currency and James D. BranhamFred Hertrich III and John D. Fielding
2020Keeper Ofthe StarsMidnight Lute × SociableOlin Gentry, Omar Trevino & Anthony Cappola

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