Medaglia d'Oro's Pretty Sassy Strolls to TDN Rising Stardom at Fair Grounds

Hardly a secret to the betting public at the Fair Grounds Sunday, Pretty Sassy (Medaglia d'Oro–Pretty City Dancer, by Tapit) blasted back from a last-out fifth sprinting at Churchill Downs in November to score like a good thing, stamping herself a 'TDN Rising Star' in the process.

Settled in a stalking third as Queen Jubilee (Authentic) and Ruby's Ghost (Ghostzapper) led them through opening splits of :23.91 and :48.22, the grey sister to 3-year-old champion filly Pretty Mischievous (Into Mischief) looked like she was itching to go on the far turn but needed the seas to part in front of her. Gaining a slip of daylight turning for home, the even-money choice strode right through and tore down the stretch like her tail was on fire, crossing the wire an easy 7 1/2-length winner over her equally-brilliantly bred stablemate–who was Insighted in the TDN—Love Song (Ghostzapper–Music Note, by A.P. Indy). Queen Jubilee rounded out the trifecta.

Pretty Sassy, out of GI Spinaway Stakes winner Pretty City Dancer, is a half-sister to GI Kentucky Oaks heroine Pretty Mischievous, in addition to full-sister, 3-year-old Ornamental. The half-sister to GISW Lear's Princess (Lear Fan), who was purchased by Godolphin for $3.5 million at the Fasig-Tipton November sale in 2018, is also responsible for a juvenile filly by Street Sense as well as a yearling colt by Into Mischief. She was bred back to the Spendthrift stallion.

6th-Fair Grounds, $58,000, Msw, 1-19, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:46.64, ft, 7 1/2 lengths.
PRETTY SASSY, f, 3, by Medaglia d'Oro
   1st Dam: Pretty City Dancer (GISW, $286,344), by Tapit
   2nd Dam: Pretty City, by Pulpit
   3rd Dam: Pretty Special, by Riverman
Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $38,400. O-Godolphin LLC; B-Godolphin (KY); T-Brendan P. Walsh. *1/2 to Pretty Mischievous (Into Mischief), Ch. 3-year-old Filly, MGISW, $2,112,560. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

PRETTY SASSY ($4.00), 1/2 sister to 2023 Kentucky Oaks winner Pretty Mischievous, and @EMoralesRacing destroyed the field in the 6th at @fairgroundsnola. @godolphin owns three-year-old filly by Medaglia d'Oro (@DarleyAmerica) trained by @brenpwalsh. pic.twitter.com/0vU2s5cGZB

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