Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf: Gimme a Nother, Way to Be Marie out of race
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DEL MAR, Calif. – Gimme a Nother, a six-time graded or group stakes winner in California and South Africa, and Way to Be Marie, a minor stakes winner at Fair Grounds in March, will miss Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Del Mar.
Gimme a Nother was not shipped from trainer Graham Motion’s base in Maryland because of a minor splint bone injury, Motion said Monday. Motion said the 5-year-old will remain in training in 2026. Her absence from the Breeders’ Cup was first reported by Paulick Report.
Gimme a Nother won the Grade 2 John C. Mabee Stakes at 1 1/8 miles on Sept. 6 at Del Mar, her first win in the United States in her fifth start in the country. She was briefly out of training following that race and resumed workouts in early October at Motion’s base at the Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland.
The injury was detected after a half-mile workout last Friday. Motion said the splint bone was a concern after the race at Del Mar.
“It settled down and it flared after the last work,” he said.
Gimme a Nother, winner of two Group 1 races for fillies and mares in South Africa, has won 8 of 12 starts and earned $423,773. She races for Newstead Stables.
Way to Be Marie was withdrawn from consideration for the Filly and Mare Turf and was not shipped to California from Kentucky, according to a statement issued by the Breeders’ Cup. In the statement, trainer Rob Atras cited concern over whether Way to Be Marie would gain a position in the field of 14. There were 18 pre-entries for the BC Filly and Mare Turf on Oct. 20. Way to Be Marie was ranked last of four on a list of also-eligible runners.
Even though three fillies ranked above her – Alice Verite, Gimme a Nother, and Minnie Hauk – have either been withdrawn or are expected to start in other Breeders’ Cup races, there was no assurance Way to Be Marie would be able to start. Way to Be Marie will instead be considered for the Grade 3 Long Island Stakes, a $250,000 race for fillies and mares at 1 3/8 miles on turf on Nov. 8 at Aqueduct, Atras wrote in a text message.
Way to Be Marie, a 4-year-old filly by Not This Time, has won 3 of 14 starts and earned $753,200.
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