PJ Seven Seas Opens Up at One Point by 11 1/2 in Wire to Wire Domination

California hosted The Pledge Race(NZ) Special for $110,000 for Fillies and Mares, 4 Years Olds And Up at 1 5/8 Miles on the Firm Turf Saturday. The favorite coming into this race was the amazingly quick-footed mare PJ Seven Seas, and sure enough she proved her speed again today. From start to finish she dominated this very tough field under jockey Frank Griffen, opening up at the half by 6 lengths, 11 1/2 at the three-quarter marker, and a 5 1/2 length win under a hand ride at the end. PJ Seven Seas is a 5 year old daughter by European champion turf horse Rock of Gibraltar(IRE). She posted a 100 sp today, 1 sp higher than her last start.

Coming out of the gate in the second post was Im A Chick Now, getting a far off second place although she made a very impressive run at the end. She was nearly 20 back at the half and 16 after the third call. Im A Chick Now gets a 96 sp having 4 wins and 3 places in her 14 race career. Mark88 bred this horse from Event of The Year X Kingmambo X Blushing Groom(FR). Im A Chick now is a 4 year old homebred filly.Five Littleindians was around 10 lengths back all the way and was able to gain a bit of ground at the finish. At the end she couldn’t catch Im A Chick Now so she had to settle with a show. Fernando’s 6 year old mare has over $875,000 in earnings with 36 in the money finishes in 54 starts. Five Littleindians is out of Adieu Au Roi (IRE)

Sweet Sunshyne was watching PJ Seven Seas from 2nd place perspective until the final two furlongs of the race. In the final 20 seconds of the race she lost a lot of energy and so died and fell two spots to finish fourth. 375stud owns the nearly $350,000 5 year old brown mare. Sweet Sunshyne has not won in 10 starts and only has one top 3 finish in her past five races. Sweet Sunshyne’s father is Theatrical(IRE), DS is Manila, and DDS is the French bred Highest Honor.

The Australian bred Washington was 5th from step one to the last step of this stakes. Roys sent this 5 year old mare out for the second time this month, her other race being a fourth place in a five horse allowance while earning a 72 sp. Washington improved a bit to race an 83 today and gets a few dollars in here to bring her career total up to $130,634 along with 3 wins, 4 places, and 3 shows in 35 starts. West Point is the father of this chestnut turf-loving horse.

To complete this field of stakes competitors is last place horse Onagotone who started up there in third but slowly died from that point on and finished almost 50 lengths back from PJ, 25 lengths behind 5th place. Ontarget2 is the owner of this 4 year old filly with four races including 2 wins, 1 show, and $20,560. Forty Niner is the sire of this filly who has had the 2nd worst race of her career, with a 67 sp.

Time of race: 2:46 2/5