By Alan Carasso
Having earlier registered his seventh training victory in the GII Wonder Again Stakes courtesy of Fitz Right (Charlatan), Klaravich Stables' lightly raced Portfolio Duration (GB) (f, 4, Night of Thunder {Ire}–Shemya {Fr}, by Dansili {GB}) took command from the opening bell of Friday's GI New York Stakes and never relinquished the lead, just holding off French raider Cankoura (Fr) (Persian King {Ire}) to give Brown his sixth win in the 9 1/2-furlong contest.
It was a second graded winner on the card for Klaravich and Brown, who annexed the GII Bed O' Roses Stakes for the second straight year with 'TDN Rising Star' Ways and Means (Practical Joke), and a third for jockey Flavien Prat, who was also aboard Fitz Right.
Facing the starter for just the fifth time in her career, Portfolio Duration was well backed at odds right at 4-1 and was put straight into play by Prat from the inside draw, as several of her rivals in behind were pulling and otherwise tugging for rein in a very messy run passing the stands for the first time.
The 4-year-old got the opening couple of furlongs in :24.39 and was still nicely within herself through a half in :49.21. Kathynmarissa (American Pharoah), who defeated former Brown stablemate Gezora (Fr) (Almanzor {Fr}) in the GIII Modesty Stakes at Churchill Downs on the Kentucky Oaks undercard May 1, had first crack at the pacesetter having sat a wide trip, and drew right alongside the front-runner in upper stretch, appearing a real threat.
But having expended a minimum of energy for the opening six panels, Portfolio Duration swatted away that bid with relative ease and had a good kick to pinch a break. Cankoura, rank for the better part of the opening three-quarters of a mile while riding the rails beneath Clement Lecoeuvre, emerged as a danger three off the inside and looked every bit a winner with less than a furlong to race. But Portfolio Duration was kept to her task by Prat and was ultimately saved by the wire. Kathynmarissa completed a 1-3 finish for Brown.
Gezora, last year's GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf winner, but recently transferred to the barn of Bill Mott, was also tossing her head about passing the line for the first time, was consigned to a three-wide trip under John Velazquez and gave way readily from three furlongs out to finish at the tail.
“There was no speed in the race, so I needed to be there, anyway. Once I got to the first turn I got a good position. By the time I got to the backstretch, I did not have anything.”
Prat was full of praise for his mount.
“She jumped well. We thought that stretching out, she could be the speed,” said Prat. “She gave me a good run, tried hard. After the last time, I think she enjoyed a bit more ground. It took her a little bit of time to get going and today on the stretch-out it was better.”
The winner is likely for the GI Diana Stakes back at the Spa on July 18, Brown said.
A two-time Tattersalls graduate, Portfolio Duration missed by a head on Tampa debut in February 2025, but went missing, returning to graduate by nearly six lengths in Olsdmar that December. A facile winner at that venue Mar. 28, the bay came running late, but fell a neck short in the GII Distaff Turf Mile at Churchill on May 2.
Pedigree Notes:
Portfolio Duration, one of several successful Tattesalls grads sourced on behalf of Seth Klarman by bloodstock agent Mike Ryan, is the 86th black-type winner, 44th group/graded winner and 11th elite-level scorer for Kildangan Stud's marvelous Night of Thunder, a son of Dubawi (Ire).
Portfolio Duration is bred on the exact same cross as treble Group 1 winner Ombudsman (Ire), winner of this year's G1 Dubai Turf, while the outstanding sprinter Highfield Princess (Fr) was out of a mare by Dansili's prodigious sire Danehill. Daughters of Dansili are now responsible for 165 SWs, 105 GSWs and 29 to succeed at the highest level.
A granddaughter of two-time French group winner Shemima and from the family of GIII Sheepshead Bay Stakes winner No Show Sammy Jo (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), Portfolio Duration has a juvenile half-brother by Palace Pier (GB) and a yearling half-brother by Dubawi's 2022 GI Breeders' Cup Mile winner Modern Games (Ire).
A Grade 1 breakthrough for PORTFOLIO DURATION!
She earns her first stakes win in the New York Stakes, giving both Flavien Prat and Chad Brown their third wins on the card. pic.twitter.com/v81nkKtdnk
— NYRA (🗽) (@TheNYRA) June 5, 2026
Friday, Saratoga
NEW YORK S.-GI, $750,000, Saratoga, 6-5, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 3/16mT, 1:52.50, fm.
1–PORTFOLIO DURATION (GB), 120, f, 4, by Night of Thunder (Ire)
1st Dam: Shemya (Fr), by Dansili (GB)
2nd Dam: Shemima (GB), by Dalakhani (Ire)
3rd Dam: Shemaka (Ire), by Nishapour (Fr)
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN, 1ST GRADE I
WIN. (185,000gns Wlg '22 TADEWE; 150,000gns Ylg '23
TATOCT). O-Klaravich Stables, Inc.; B-Michael E Wates CBE
(GB); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Flavien Prat. $412,500. Lifetime
Record: 5-3-2-0, $630,400. *1/2 to Cormorant (Ire) (Kingman
{GB}), GSW-Ire, $124,421. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple
Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for
the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Cankoura (Fr), 122, f, 4, by Persian King (Ire)
1st Dam: Candarliya (Fr) (MGSW & G1SP-Fr, $534,189),
by Dalakhani (Ire)
2nd Dam: Candara (Fr), by Barathea (Ire)
3rd Dam: Caribbeandriftwood, by Woodman
O-His Highness the Aga Khan's Studs, Ltd.; B-Haras De S.A. Aga
Khan S.C.E.A. (FR); T-Francis – Henri Graffard. $150,000.
3–Kathynmarissa, 122, m, 5, by American Pharoah
1st Dam: La Dalila (Chi) (G1SW-Chi), by Milt's Overture
2nd Dam: Top Diplomat (Chi), by Edgy Diplomat
3rd Dam: Top Shape, by Fit to Fight
($200,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP). O-Michael J. Caruso and Michael
Dubb; B-Don Alberto Corporation (KY); T-Chad C. Brown.
$90,000. Upcoming Auction: OBS 2 YR OLD & HRA 2026, Hip
#519.
Margins: HD, 1HF, 1 1/4. Odds: 4.00, 8.75, 3.76.
Also Ran: City Girl (Fr), Pretty Picture, Laurelin (Ire), Speed Shopper, Gezora (Fr). Scratched: Bellezza (Ire). Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
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