Lady Annabelle runs win streak to eight in Disco Chick
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Lady Annabelle easily took care of business to earn her eighth straight victory in the $75,000 Disco Chick Stakes on Tuesday at Parx Racing. She is now tied with five horses for the third most victories in North America this year.
Coming off her first stakes victory in the $60,000 Commonwealth Sire last month, the Ernesto Padilla-Preciado trainee easily took care of Pennsylvania-bred stakes rivals again at seven furlongs. She and jockey Silvestre Gonzalez stalked in third in the early going before advancing on the far turn and pulling clear by 4 1/4 lengths. She paid $3.80 to win and completed the seven-furlong distance in 1:25.36.
Nature’s Candy, the winner of the Disco Chick last year and runner-up in the Commonwealth Sire last month, tried her best again for trainer Hugo Padilla, Padilla-Preciado’s brother. But after chasing just behind the front-running longshot Aoife’s Magic through an opening quarter-mile in 23.19 seconds and half-mile in 46.55, she could not hold off the 4-5 favorite right behind her and settled for second again.
Mary Q, the 2-1 second choice trained by Mike Moore, closed from last in the field of six to finish third, 2 1/4 lengths behind Nature’s Candy.
Claimed for $7,500 in March, Padilla-Preciado has said it took some time for the 6-year-old mare to sharpen into form. When she did so, however, she only seemed to get better and is now on a machinelike tear through the ranks at Parx. The trainer cross-entered her on the Claiming Crown Day card on Saturday at Churchill Downs, but he ultimately decided to stay closer to home.
Lady Annabelle is currently two wins behind the Indiana-bred mare Hurricane Lassie, who currently ranks second in North America for wins this year with 10. Kerness K, another Parx-based runner trained by Jamie Ness, sits atop the rankings with 11.
As was the case when she had seven wins, of the six horses who currently have eight victories in 2026, Lady Annabelle is the highest-earning of the bunch, having made $322,430 so far this year.
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