Beau Recall rallies late for Royal Heroine score
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ARCADIA, Calif. – Beau Recall closed from last in a field of nine to win her first graded stakes in Saturday’s Grade 2, $201,380 Royal Heroine Stakes for fillies and mares on turf at Santa Anita.
The milestone victory was the first time jockey Joel Rosario had been aboard the 4-year-old Irish-bred filly who races for Slam Dunk Racing and Medallion Racing and trainer Simon Callaghan.
Rosario heard simple prerace instructions from Callaghan.
“He told me to make one run,” Rosario said.
Beau Recall ($10.80) closed with a rush on the outside to take the lead in the final sixteenth and finish three-quarters of a length in front of an unlucky Thundering Sky, a 4-1 shot who raced in traffic on the turn and in early stretch and still closed well late.
The third choice, Beau Recall ran one mile on turf in 1:34.52. She was seventh with a furlong to go, trailing stretch leader Madame Stripes by about 2 1/2 lengths.
“I fell back a bit, but she was happy with where she was,” Rosario said. “I was waiting until she wanted to do it. At the three-eighths pole, I woke her up a little bit.”
Madame Stripes (9-2) finished third after racing as a stalker for the first half-mile behind pacesetters Mongolian Shopper and Enola Gray. Madame Stripes led in the stretch and was beaten 1 1/4 lengths.
Enola Gray, the 2-1 favorite, faded to finish fourth, followed by Sassy Little Lila, Sophie P, Instant Reflex, Midnight Crossing, and Mongolian Shopper.
Beau Recall, by Sir Prancealot, has won 3 of 12 starts and earned $356,877. A maiden winner in Ireland in 2016, Beau Recall ran in eight consecutive stakes in 2017 and earlier this year. During that span, her best results were a second in the Grade 2 Honeymoon Stakes here last June and a second, by a nose, in the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks last August.
In her only previous start this year, Beau Recall was fourth as the 2-1 favorite in the Grade 3 Las Cienegas Stakes at about 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside turf course on Jan. 20, the shortest race of her career.
