She did it again. Michael Lund Petersen's Adare Manor (m, 5, Uncle Mo–Brooklynsway, by Giant Gizmo), who was coming off wins in the GI Apple Blossom Handicap and GII Santa Margarita Stakes, made it three straight in winning the GI Clement L. Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar for the second year in a row. She earned a 'Win and You're In' fees-paid berth to the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff, which will be contested over this same surface in three months.
Adare Manor broke nicely in the Clement Hirsch, content to let 58-1 longshot Olivia Twist (Mshawish) take command despite previously setting all the pace in the majority of her wins. Unbothered in third while under a snug hold, she bided her time as Olivia Twist set the first quarter mark in :23 before relinquishing the lead to June's dual Churchill graded winner and 'TDN Rising Star' Scylla (Tapit), who notched the second quarter in :46.52. As the field bunched up before the final turn, Adare Manor got pinned in by 2023 Eclipse champion 3-year-old filly and 'TDN Rising Star' Pretty Mischievous (Into Mischief) and two-back GII Santa Maria Stakes winner Coffee in Bed (Curlin) to her outside as Olivia Twist began slowing, giving her no where to go. Shuffled back a few spots, she re-rallied, tipped out, and circled around Pretty Mischievous. Still several lengths back on the turn while Scylla had daylight on the field, Adare Manor found her best stride and ran down the shipper to prevail by 2 3/4 lengths. Scylla held second by two lengths over another shipper in MSW & MGISP Flying Connection (Nyquist), who served as runner-up to Adare Manor in the Apple Blossom.
“She broke good and relaxed, so I was happy,” said winning rider Juan Hernandez. “This wasn't a perfect trip for her, but it was fine. She's not bothered by the kick back so where we were OK. I rode her with a lot of confidence; she was running with a lot of confidence. We made our way through that little bit of trouble we had and she was off and running. She is one of the best fillies I've ever ridden.”
With eight graded wins to her name, including three Grade I scores, Adare Manor joins Stellar Wind (Curlin, 2016-17), Zenyatta (Street Cry {Ire}, 2008-10), and Azeri (Jade Hunter, 2002-03) as repeat winners of the Clement Hirsch since it was restricted to fillies and mares in 1981. The latter two were named Horses of the Year; the former was a champion 3-year-old filly. With three wins out of four starts in 2024–her sole loss this year a close second in her seasonal debut, the GI Beholder Mile in March–and a ticket punched to the Breeders' Cup, Adare Manor is making her own case for an Eclipse this year.
Pedigree Notes:
Adare Manor is one of 50 graded winners and one of 102 black-type winners for her Coolmore America sire, Uncle Mo. The champion 2-year-old colt turned leading freshman sire is now annually one of North America's leading sires. She is not only Uncle Mo's only stakes winner out of a Giant Gizmo mare, but the only black-type winner out of a Giant Gizmo daughter. Uncle Mo does have five black-type winners out of daughters by Giant Gizmo's sire, Giant's Causeway, including Grand Mo the First, who won his first stakes race, Gulfstream's Bear's Den Stakes, Saturday after placing in the GI Florida Derby and GIII Tampa Bay Derby and running in the GI Kentucky Derby this spring.
Brooklynsway, dam of the Clement Hirsch winner and herself winner of the 2016 GIII Doubledogdare S. at Keeneland, was a 2020 Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed Sale purchase by Town & Country for $95,000. Adare Manor sold at the same sale as a short yearling to Walmac Farms and Gary Board for $180,000 before Donato Lanni picked her up at OBS as a 2-year-old the next year for $375,000. Brooklynsway's 2-year-old filly, Nosleeptilbrooklyn (Ghostzapper), made her first start Saturday, finishing seventh at Ellis Park for trainer Brian Lynch and Boardshorts Stables, who bought her as a $500,000 Keeneland September yearling. Brooklynsway, a $1.2-million RNA at last year's Fasig-Tipton November sale, has a yearling full-brother to Adare Manor. The mare aborted her 2024 foal and was bred to Curlin for next term.
Saturday, Del Mar
CLEMENT L. HIRSCH S. PRESENTED BY OAK TREE RACING ASSOCIATION-GI, $401,500, Del Mar, 8-3, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, 1:43.29, ft.
1–ADARE MANOR, 125, m, 5, by Uncle Mo
1st Dam: Brooklynsway (GSW-USA, MSW & GSP-Can, $724,597), by Giant Gizmo
2nd Dam: Explosive Story, by Radio Star
3rd Dam: Maya's Note, by Editor's Note
($180,000 Ylg '20 FTKFEB; $190,000 RNA Ylg '20 FTKSEL; $375,000 2yo '21 OBSOPN). O-Michael Lund Petersen; B-Town & Country Horse Farms, LLC & Gary Broad (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-Juan J. Hernandez. $240,000. Lifetime Record: 18-10-5-0, $2,096,600. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Scylla, 123, f, 4, by Tapit
1st Dam: Close Hatches (Ch. Older Mare, MGISW, $2,707,300), by First Defence
2nd Dam: Rising Tornado, by Storm Cat
3rd Dam: Silver Star (GB), by Zafoni
1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. 'TDN Rising Star'. O/B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); T-William I. Mott. $80,000.
3–Flying Connection, 121, f, 4, by Nyquist
1st Dam: Free Flying Soul (MSW & MGISP, $423,177), by Quiet American
2nd Dam: Ruby Surprise, by Farma Way
3rd Dam: Santa Rosalia, by Bold Bidder
($250,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-Brad King, Jim Cone, Robert Lewis, Suzanne Kirby and Randy Andrews; B-Liberty Road Stables (KY); T-Todd W. Fincher. $48,000.
Margins: 2 3/4, 2, NO. Odds: 0.60, 2.70, 21.30.
Also Ran: Desert Dawn, Pretty Mischievous, Sugar Fish, Coffee in Bed, Olivia Twist.
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ADARE MANOR ($3.20) WAS INCREDIBLE!
The mare by Uncle Mo (@coolmoreamerica) sat back and got a perfect trip under @JJHernandezS19 to win the @LanesEndFarms @BreedersCup Challenge Series $400,000 Clement L. Hirsch (G1) at @DelMarRacing! The 5yo was trained by @BobBaffert. pic.twitter.com/pXizDMG0I7
— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) August 4, 2024
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