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Mary's Follies steals the show in Mrs. Revere The connections of Big Brown made another successful invasion of Churchill Downs on Saturday when MARY'S FOLLIES (More Than Ready) slammed a capacity field of three-year-old fillies in the $209,500 Mrs. Revere S. (G2) by 1 1/2 lengths. Paul Pompa Jr., the original owner of Big Brown who later sold a majority interest in the colt to IEAH Stable, campaigns the bay. She is trained by Rick Dutrow and was ridden here by Kent Desormeaux. The 9-1 fourth choice among 14 paid $20.80, $11.40 and $8.40. Desormeaux guided Mary's Follies to a ground-saving position along the rail as War Kill (War Chant) darted out to an early lead through splits of :24 1/5 and :48 2/5. That advantage began to diminish after War Kill clipped off six furlongs in 1:12 2/5, as a stampede of runners waited to take their shot, including pace presser Romacaca (Running Stag) and Keertana (Johar). Turning for home those two had every opportunity, but Desormeaux had shifted Mary's Follies off the rail and proved through the stretch that he had the most horse underneath. Mary's Follies burst to the lead with more than a furlong to go and extended her advantage to the wire. She completed 1 1/16 miles on the firm turf in a stakes-record 1:41 3/5. "When I was in the paddock before the race I was told I had a loaded gun underneath me," Desormeaux said. "All I had to do was aim and pull the trigger." Keertana, at 13-1, prevailed by a length for second, returning $14 and $7.80. Romacaca paid $10.80 at 15-1 after lasting by a neck over 2-1 favorite Hot Cha Cha (Cactus Ridge), the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) winner. The exacta paid $261.80, the trifecta $4,405.80, and the 5-11-9-7 superfecta gave back $14,902.20. Bluegrass Princess (Dynaformer), Striking Dancer (Smart Strike), Miss World (Bernstein), Single Solution (Flatter), Kiawah Cat (Lemon Drop Kid), War Kill, C. S. Silk (Medaglia d'Oro), Redreamit (Tapit), Miss Keller (Ire) (Montjeu [Ire]), and Obsequious (Fusaichi Pegasus) completed the order of finish. Also-eligibles Aaroness (Distorted Humor), Alice's Smart (Smart Strike) and Bum Bum (Fr) (Giant's Causeway) failed to draw in. The win was the second in as many turf attempts for Mary's Follies, who also took the Boiling Springs S. (G3) at Monmouth Park in June for trainer John Forbes. She was the beaten favorite when second in the off-the-turf Lake George S. (G3) at Saratoga when debuting for Dutrow in her next start, then trailed the field in the Cotillion S. (G2) prior to the Mrs. Revere. Earlier in the year, Mary's Follies had finished a neck second in the Just Smashing S., a six-furlong dash at Monmouth. Her record now stands at 9-4-3-1, $319,581. Bred by Mr. and Mrs. David Randal in Kentucky, the winner was a $40,000 yearling purchase at Keeneland September. She is out of the Miswaki mare Catch the Queen, who has since produced the unraced juvenile colt Catch a Wild One (Wild and Wicked) and a weanling filly by Good Reward. Mary's Follies' second dam is multiple stakes heroine Wave to the Queen (Wavering Monarch). This is the family of noted sire Bold Reasoning (Boldnesian), hero of the 1971 Withers S. and Jersey Derby, as well as Grade 1 winner Star Over the Bay (Cozzene).
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