ARCADIA, Calif. – An hour after Seismic Beauty’s dominant win in Sunday’s Grade 2 Santa Margarita Stakes at Santa Anita, syndicate manager Joe Moran stood beaming near the track’s paddock. Moran, 30, had watched the 4-year-old Seismic Beauty take command of the $200,000 Santa Margarita Stakes at the start and lead throughout, sailing to a five-length win in her stakes debut. “She’s 4 and just getting going,” Moran said. The math behind the performance was eye-catching. Seismic Beauty ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.30, the quickest in the race since Include Me Out was timed in 1:47.62 in 2012. Seismic Beauty earned a Beyer Speed Figure 104, the highest in the nation this year by a filly or mare going more than one mile on a dirt track. :: Santa Anita Clocker Reports are available every race day. Access now. Seismic Beauty is trained by Bob Baffert, who cares for three of the four fillies who have earned Beyer Speed Figures of 100 or more this year, all at Santa Anita. Cavalieri earned a 100 for her win in the Grade 1 Beholder Mile on March 8. Richi earned a 102 for her win in the Grade 2 Santa Maria Stakes on April 19 and a 100 for her second in the Beholder. Where’s My Ring, who earned a 103 with a win in an allowance race at Oaklawn Park in March, was scratched from the Santa Margarita and is expected to start in Saturday’s Grade 3 Shawnee Stakes at Churchill Downs. Baffert reiterated over the weekend that Cavalieri will be pointed for the Del Mar summer meeting. Cavalieri has not had a published workout since mid-April. Baffert said he had no immediate race plans for Richi. Seismic Beauty races for Peter Leidel and the My Racehorse syndicate, which Moran directs. Moran estimates there are 2,300 people who own micro-shares of Seismic Beauty. No one is getting rich. Moran said that each of them will receive $3.85 for her win, but that $18,491 of My Racehorse’s share of the purse will go toward the filly’s reserve fund for training and other costs, boosting the fund to more than $35,400. “We try to keep a year’s worth,” he said. A greater payday will be achieved when she is eventually sold as a broodmare. My Racehorse holds a 51 percent interest in Seismic Beauty, Moran said. Shares were initially sold for $112, he said. So many of the My Racehorse crowd attended the Santa Margarita that there were two winner’s circle photos, an unheard-of scenario. One group of owners posed in the winner’s circle with Seismic Beauty, who was then walked back onto the adjacent racetrack so another group could take positions for their pictures. “We’ve never done it like that before,” Moran said. Seismic Beauty “handled everything great. Bob was gracious. “It’s good to get people involved, good to get recognition for the sport.” Seismic Beauty, who is by Uncle Mo, has won 3 of 6 starts and earned $236,840. Purchased for a hefty $550,000 as a yearling, Seismic Beauty won her second start last August in a maiden race for sprinters at Del Mar, her final race of 2024. This year, Seismic Beauty was second and third in two allowance races for sprinters in February and March before a 10-length win in an allowance race at a mile in her first start around two turns on April 18. “It took longer than hoped to get her to two turns, but it was worth the wait,” Moran said. The April win led to the Santa Margarita, which is likely to lead to a start in the Grade 1 Clement Hirsch Stakes at 1 1/16 miles for fillies and mares at Del Mar on Aug. 2. The $400,000 Hirsch Stakes is the richest race of the Del Mar meeting for fillies and mares and holds vital importance. The winner receives a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Del Mar on Nov. 1. Considering its purse, Grade 1 status, and the Breeders’ Cup implications, the Hirsch is expected to draw a top-class field. Seismic Beauty may be the runner to catch in that field. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.