$244,567 Worth Horse Shocks Equestrian World With 7–1 Upset in Grade 3 Stakes

The Remington Park in Oklahoma was a crowded place on Sunday. The day was scheduled to hold a prestigious race meet, for which participants from all over the area gathered at the racetrack. The race was a Grade 3 $200,000 Remington Park Oaks, held annually around the same time. This year was no different, with many prominent equestrian jockeys and trainers trying their luck.

This year, Honor D Lady claimed the graded stakes race for three-year-old fillies, creating an upset in the eight-horse race. The Final Furlong Farm and Madaket Stables-owned filly had produced a formidable show at the dirt track and overcame its nearest adversaries in the final stage, shocking the equestrian world.

Honor D Lady brings home the equestrian stakes

Honor D Lady arrived at Remington Park after finishing in the tenth place in its last race at the Grade 3 Saratoga Oaks. Before it, the three-year-old filly had placed a good show finishing second at Grade 3 Selene Stakes in Woodbine and third at Martha Washington Stakes in Gulfstream Park.  According to Paulickreport, the daughter of Honor Code was at odds of 7-1 in her eighth career race. The Saffie Joseph Jr. trained filly, was ridden by Tyler Conner, who rode her for the first time. At the start of the race, Ancient Peace, under the command of Rafael Bejarano, took the lead. Behind it was Merlazza, ridden by Flavien Prat and Honor D Lady, who was put in the race early by the jockey.

Ancient Peace set the initial fractions by covering a quarter mile in 23.49 seconds, half a mile in 47.49 seconds, and three-quarter mile in 1:11.46. As the race approached the far turn, Merlazza withdrew back and the contest now remained between the two. In the final turn, Ancient Peace was looking strong and was cruising towards the wire when Honor D Lady gathered her full strength and left behind her nearest competitor on the final furlong stretch. Honor D lady Won the one and one-sixteenth mile race by two and a half-length. $244,567 worth of Honor D Lady completed the race in 1:46.00. Ancient Peace claimed second, leaving behind Magic Bubbles for third by a distance of four and a quarter length. Tyler Conner was happy with the win after having his maiden ride on the filly.

Equestrian jockey’s winning experience on Honor D Lady

Tyler Conner had never ridden Honor D Lady before, so he had no idea what to expect from the three-year-old filly. He asked the trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. a few hours before the race about her to have an idea. The trainer asked him to keep the filly’s face clean as she didn’t like the dirt coming at her face. They informed Connor that the filly tends to be lazy sometimes, but once he was in the race, the competitors closed by her. The filly’s attitude was different and responded to his call in the stretch. Connor got confident in her in the final stage and his confidence paid off.

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The three-year-old maiden’s graded stakes win brought confidence in her trainer and the jockey in her. After showing her potential in the race, she seems to be ready for her next challenge.

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