Little Miss Curlin became the first black-type winner for freshman sire Charlatan (Speightstown) with a sharp performance in Friday's Donovan L. Ferguson Memorial S. at Fair Grounds.
The 9-5 favorite battled through fractions of :21.69 and :46.09 and powered home to win by five lengths. The Coteau Grove Farms homebred previously won her debut, also versus fellow Louisiana-breds, by 4 1/4 lengths at Delta Downs Oct. 22.
Little Miss Curlin's dam had a colt by Life Is Good in 2024 and a filly by Constitution this year. She was bred back to Wit.
DONOVAN L. FERGUSON MEMORIAL S., $100,000, Fair Grounds, 11-21, (S), 2yo, f, 6f, 1:11.45, ft.
1–LITTLE MISS CURLIN, 122, f, 2, by Charlatan
1st Dam: Mylady Curlin (MGSW, $805,883), by Curlin
2nd Dam: Ladyledue, by Slewdledo
3rd Dam: Exploded's Girl, by Exploded
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O/B-Coteau Grove Farms, LLC (LA);
T-Patrick Devereux, Jr.; J-Jareth Loveberry. $60,000. Lifetime
Record: 2-2-0-0, $85,800.
2–Wickedwithbourbon, 122, f, 2, Bobby's Wicked One–
Betterwithbourbon, by Yankee Gentleman. 1ST BLACK TYPE.
O/B-Picard Thoroughbreds Racing Stable, LLC (LA); T-J. Keith
Desormeaux. $20,000.
3–Liteupthenite, 122, f, 2, Aurelius Maximus–City Gone Wild,
by City Zip. ($15,000 Ylg '24 TTAYRL). O-Norman Stables LLC;
B-Channon Farm, LLC (LA); T-Jayde J. Gelner. $11,000.
Margins: 5, HF, HF. Odds: 1.90, 3.70, 4.80.
Also Ran: Allons Betta Lee, El Sunshine, On the Horizon, Summers With Sonya, Swampy, Fly Strong.
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#2 LITTLE MISS CURLIN ($5.80) won the $100,000 Donovan L. Ferguson Memorial Stakes at @fairgroundsnola in dominant fashion. @jareth16 was aboard the juvenile Charlatan filly for trainer Patrick Devereux, Jr. pic.twitter.com/G4THjVvLZi
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