Merriebelle Farm

Argentine Champion 3-year-old filly and Grade I winner Didia (Arg) (Orpen-Delambre (Brz), by Rainbow Corner {GB}) has been retired to Resolute Farm, according to the operation's John Stewart Thursday. Campaigned by Merriebelle Stable and Resolute, the 7-year-old will be bred to Darley's Nyquist. A two-time Group 1 winner in her native Argentina at two, she won her initial four starts after joining Ignacio Correas IV in the U.S., including the 2023 GIII Modesty Stakes at Churchill Downs. Runner-up in the GI New York, she regained the winning thread in the...

John Stewart's Resolute Racing has purchased this year's GII Pegasus Filly and Mare Turf Invitational S. winner Didia (Arg) (Orpen), he told the TDN in a text message. He will race her in partnership with her owners, John Moores's and Charles Noell's Merriebelle Stable. Didia is entered in this Saturday's GI Jenny Wiley S. at Keeneland. "I have a ranking system I use and she was at the top," said Stewart. "I have been trying to buy her for four months. The agreement is for me to buy her. I pay...