Trained by Brad Cox and ridden by leading jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., Alpine Princess ran 1 1/8 miles on a fast track in 1:50.46 to earn her first class win and fourth overall. She previously won the $100,000 Untapable Stakes at age 2, the $200,000 Remington Park Oaks at age 3, and this year the $100,000 Mari Hulman George Memorial Handicap at Horseshoe Indianapolis in July as a 4-year-old – all events without stakes.
“I’m so proud of her for being able to get a stakes victory today,” said Cox, who also won the 2019 Falls City with My Lady Curlin . “It meant a lot to her owners and I’m grateful I was able to get the job done today on Thanksgiving.”
Breaking from post No. 4 in the field of eight fillies and mares, Alpine Princess went straight to the front, clocking the first quarter mile in a modest :24.41 before a sharp Corningstone took over on the backstretch and half a mile in :48.52 and six furlongs in 1:12.70. Exiting the final corner, Alpine Princess tilted to the outside and met three-time 2025 stakes winner Corningstone at the top of the stretch. The two dueled shoulder to shoulder through the course before Alpine Princess kicked home under pressure into the final furlong for the win.
“She broke really well and after (Corningstone) wanted the lead I was able to give my filly a breather from the back,” Ortiz said. “When I went home, I was able to tip her outside and she left.”
Alpine Princess, a daughter of Classic empire paid $6.82, $3.64 and $3.08 as the 2-1 second betting choice. The Indiana-bred Corningstone, ridden by Joseph Bealmear, returned $17 and $7.08. It was another 5 1/4 lengths back in third place for multi-millionaire Raging sea who paid $3.88 to show under Flavien Prat at 3-1.
With the victory in Falls City, Alpine Princess improved her overall record to six wins, four seconds and four thirds in 17 starts for owners Full of Run Racing II (Dann Glick) and Madaket Stables (Sol Kumin). Thursday’s first prize of $240,455 boosted her winnings to $949,065.
“It means a lot to us for her to get a stakes victory,” Glick said. “I am very grateful to Brad and his entire team. Irad has given her a great ride. This is a great way to continue into her 5-year-old campaign and hopefully become a major player in the filly and mare division.”
Alpine Princess was bred in Kentucky by Betz/DJ Stables/Peter V. Lamantia/Classic Empire Syndicate. She is out of the Curlin mare Le Moine.
Proctor Street secures victory on the first bet
Proctor Street squirted through a gap with a furlong to run and finished with the power to beat Great Czech by three-quarters of a length in Thursday’s 50th running of the $289,665 Cardinal Stakes.
Proctor Street, a 4-year-old filly owned and bred by Patricia L. Moseley, ran 1 1/8 miles on firm grass in 1:49.65 to earn the first win of her career. Tyler Gaffalione rode the winner for trainer Brendan Walsh.
“I’m so thankful for (owner Patricia Mosley),” Walsh said. “She’s been a great supporter of mine over the years. This is a great win and it’s so great to have this filly. I think she’s starting to turn a corner. Who knows what she could do from here.”
Proctor Street, a daughter of the 2007 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Street feeling out of the Ghostzapper mare Proctor’s Ledge, bred in Kentucky.
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