Artemis Agrotera captures Frizette

"I said (to Lezcano), 'Be careful she just doesn't run off the first part of

it.' If he tapped her once on the shoulder, she'd be gone, and he didn't,"

Hushion said. "I saw (Sweet Reason) coming, but watching as many races as I have

over this track, I knew at the sixteenth-pole (Sweet Reason) had her work cut

out for her and we were in good position."

As for Artemis Agrotera going in the Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita, Hushio

added, "I hope so. We'll see what the next few days bring. Hopefully, everything

will be a 'go.'"

Artemis Agrotera returned $10.60 as the 4-1 third pick in the seven-filly

field and has now banked $342,000 in career earnings to go with her perfect

two-for-two mark. Sweet Reason took second by 2 3/4 lengths over Stopchargingmaria,

while Divided Attention came running for fourth. Ria Antonia, Tea Time and

Recepta completed the order of finish.

"She just ducked in (at the start). She's never done that before. It's just

one of those things. It's one of those things that babies do," Solis said

philosophically about Sweet Reason's start.

"It was a remarkable race," stated the filly's trainer, Leah Gyarmati.

"Obviously, she didn't get a very good start. (Solis) just said she ducked over

to the inside (at the start). I thought when I was watching it that she wasn't

standing good, and her head looked like it was in the air and she was turned

sideways. He said she was standing square, but when the doors opened she ducked

to the inside. I'll have to watch it again.

"She's already a horse that's going to be back a little bit, so it cost us

probably five, six lengths. She proved she could handle a fast track, she was

six wide, and she spotted the field several lengths at the start, so I'm very

impressed with her.

"I would think so," Gyarmati confirmed when asked if Sweet Reason was headed

to the Breeders' Cup. "Obviously, we'll have to see how she is and make sure

she's OK. She certainly proved that she could overcome a lot of adversity, plus

she can handle a fast track, which is what everybody's question was."

Artemis Agrotera, a New York homebred of Mary and Chester Broman Sr., is by

Roman Ruler and out of multiple Grade 2-placed stakes winner Indy Glory. That

A.P. Indy mare has also produced the stakes-placed Fusaichi Pegasus duo of Time

Squared and Submerge.

Artemis Agrotera's second dam is Grade 1-placed Immerse, who is responsible

for Grade 1-winning sire Stephen Got Even. This is the same female family as

multiple Group 1 hero Xtension as well as champion and sire Lord Avie.

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