With Himika out, Baffert had two contestants in Consistent and Nima . Both had 1-of-1 records with jockey Juan Hernandez aboard. Hernandez opted for Nimah, who left as 2-5 favorite in the Starlet over 5-2 Consequent, ridden by Kazushi Kimura.
Cashed, placed against a California-bred company, led much of the way, with Nimah not far behind. Consistently ran in third place behind Cashed’s fractions of :23.52, :48.01 and 1:12.46.
“She had already done a two-turn race and I was confident in that,” Kimura said. “So when I started riding from the three-eighths, she kept responding and made a big, nice stride.”
As Cashed and Nimah fought through the stretch and made some contact, Consequent stood outside them. It took Consequent some effort to get around, but eventually she reached the wire well ahead in 1:44.03. Cashed finished second, 4 lengths above Nimah, who was followed by Cosmic heat And Jewlz .
The stewards placed the board with a question and looked at the contact between Cashed and Nimah during the course. But they didn’t change the order of arrival.
“That looked pretty good, she definitely needed all that stretch,” Baffert assistant coach Mike Marlow said. “She’s still quite green. She was difficult to saddle, but she’s going to figure it out. She’s going to be good and it looks like more distance will be even better for her.”
The Starlet is part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks and offers 2026 Kentucky Oaks (G1) qualifying points to the top five finishers on a scale of 10-5-3-2-1.
Baffert didn’t unveil Consequence of Nimah until the fall Sea meeting. As a result, her first November 14 at a mile broke by half a length, while Nimah scored by 1 3/4 lengths at 6 1/2 furlongs on November 23.
Juddmonte bred Consequent in Kentucky from the Uncle Mo mare Cognitive after purchasing Cognitive as a yearling for $500,000 at Fasig-Tipton’s The Saratoga Sale in 2016. Baffert also trained Cognitive; she made only four starts and won once Santa Anita Park. Lane’s End sent Cognitive to this year’s Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, where she was in foal to Elite power she sold to Repole Stable for $500,000. Cognitive’s previous foals include: Show map also trained by Baffert. Show Card, a full sister to Consequent, won the 2024 Tranquility Lake Stakes at Del Mar and the Dark Mirage Stakes at Los Alamitos.
The result is over In mischief who is on his way to his seventh title as leading bull. Other Into Mischief winners in 2025 include Sovereignty winner of the Kentucky Derby (G1), Belmont Stakes (G1) and Travers Stakes (G1), and winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) Ted Noffey . Into Mischief is scheduled for the 2026 season for a stud fee of $250,000 at Spendthrift Farm near Lexington.
Video: Starlet S. (G2)
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