Mixologist, Half to Princess Grace And Catnip, Graduates First Out At Churchill

5th-Churchill Downs, $123,375, Msw, 6-9, 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:37.25, fm, neck.
MIXOLOGIST (f, 3, Frosted–Masquerade {MSP, $233,873}, by Silent Name {Jpn}), the well-related half-sister to both Princess Grace (Karakontie {Jpn}) and Catnip (Kitten's Joy), earned a 5-1 shot in her debut Sunday. Outrun by the half the field to her outside, she raced at the back of the pack as Grapes for Eloise (Liam's Map) paced the field through fractions of :23.32 and :48.69. Making an outside run into the turn, Mixologist still had plenty of work to do as she straightened up but more than enough momentum to reel in race favorite Deep Satin (American Pharoah) and get by in the final jumps to graduate at first-asking by a neck. Half-sister Princess Grace was exported to Australia after bringing $1.7m FTKNOV the way of China Horse Club in 2022. She's since been runner up in both the G1 Winx S. and the G1 Stow Storage Memsie S. Half-brother Catnip was no slouch at the top level either, placing in GI United Natoins S. and running third in the GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational S. Masquerade has a 2-year-old American Pharoah filly named Miss U. S. A. and a yearling Gun Runner filly. She was bred to Life Is Good for this year. Sales History: $175,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $69,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-LNJ Foxwoods; B-John Moore & Susan Moore (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.

#6 Mixologist graduates at 5/1 in R5 at Churchill Downs under @flothejock for trainer @bradcoxracing and owner @LNJFoxwoods! 🍀

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