2001 Personal Ensign Handicap
942 views · Published 2 June 2018 · 2:19 · Indexed 21 September 2026
Channel: Horse Racing · 2018 · Sports
Pompeii, earning her first grade I score, defeated Beautiful Pleasure and six others in the 10-furlong Personal Ensign at Saratoga. The four-year-old Broad Brush filly, conditioned by John Kimmel, sat second behind the 1999 champion older female and outkicked her down the lane, stopping the timer in 2:04.60 over the 'fast' track. Pompeii was bred in Kentucky by Robert and Albert Clay, and races in Robert Clay and the WinStar Farm name. Beautiful Pleasure, who had captured the previous two runnings of the Personal Ensign but hadn't won in four tries since last year's edition, had things her own way for most of the race. Setting moderate fractions of :49 and 1:13.40 on a lonely lead, the John Ward trainee moved into the final turn clear of the field. But as is her habit, she swung very wide around the bend turning for home, allowing Pompeii and rider Richard Migliore to save considerable ground and take the lead in upper stretch. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/191856/pompeii-conquers-beautiful-pleasure-in-personal-ensign
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