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Soothsay shows Mandella she's ready to run in Clement Hirsch Stakes

Jay Privman|Jul 27, 2022

Emily Shields Soothsay has not raced for more than a year, but has been working so well she's going right into the Grade 1 Clement Hirsch on Saturday.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Soothsay has not run in more than a year, but she worked so well on Sunday morning that trainer Richard Mandella said he was likely to bring her back against the likes of defending race winner Shedaresthedevil in the Grade 1, $400,000 Clement Hirsch Stakes on Aug. 6 at Del Mar.

Soothsay, 4, has won three times in four starts, including the Grade 2 Santa Anita Oaks – in only her second start – and the Grade 3 Indiana Oaks, which marked her last race, on July 7, 2021.

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She worked seven furlongs in a sharp 1:24.80 on Sunday, after which Mandella said “I wasn’t sure she was going to be ready, but she decided she’s ready.”

The 1 1/16-mile Hirsch is a Win and You’re In toward the Breeders’ Cup Distaff on Nov. 5 at Keeneland.

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