Keen Pauline

Keen Pauline
Sire Pulpit
Grandsire A. P. Indy
Dam Grand Pauline
Damsire Preach
Sex Mare
Foaled 2012
Country United States
Colour Chestnut
Breeder Stonestreet Stables
Owner Stonestreet Stables
Trainer Dale Romans
Record 6: 2-2-1
Earnings $181,932
Major wins
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (2015)
Last updated on May 20, 2015

Keen Pauline (foaled April 27, 2012, in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. The daughter of Pulpit won the mile and an eighth Grade II $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 15, 2015.[1]

Two-year-old season

Keen Pauline made her first start in $40,000 maiden special weight race at Saratoga Race Course on August 25, 2014, and finished last in a field of ten as the race was won by Eclipse Award finalist Lady Eli. In the second race of her career, Keen Pauline scored her first win in a dead-heat with heavily favored Streetheart over a field of eleven in a $37,000 Maiden Special Weight Race at Churchill Downs on September 27, 2014. Six weeks later, she finished second in a $43,000 allowance race at Churchill Downs on November 9, 2014. She finished her freshman year with $23,732 in earnings and a win and a placing out of three starts.

Three-year-old season

In her three-year-old debut, Keen Pauline's connections shipped her down to Florida for the winter. On January 16, 2015, at Gulfstream Park, she finished third to Eskenformoney in a $48,000 allowance race. She was then freshened for the winter and did not race again for 90 days. On April 16, 2015, Keen Pauline finished fourth in a $60,000 allowance race at Keeneland Race Course.

In May 2015, trainer Dale Romans and owner Barbara Banke decided to ship the filly to Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, to run in the May 15 second jewel of the defacto Filly Triple Crown, the $300,000 Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes. Eight three year-old fillies were entered, and Keen Pauline was listed as a 15-1 longshot behind four graded-stakes-. placed rivals. In the 1 1/8 miles race on dirt, she broke sharply and assumed the lead early as the field passed the stands for the first time. Fractions were moderate to slow times of :24.37 for the first quarter and :49.09 for the half mile.[2]

Keen Pauline saved ground by ducking in close to the rail, and as she rounded Pimlico's famous clubhouse turn she was on the lead a half length ahead of Gypsy Judy and Devine Aida. Those two tired to finish last and next to last. Going down the backstretch, Keen Pauline picked up the pace and completed the first 3/4 mile in a swift 1:13.00 flat.[3] Under hand urging by jockey Javier Castellano at the top of the lane, she pulled away from the field and won by two and three-quarter lengths over Include Betty.[3] Her final time was a fast 1:50.46. It was another half length back to Ahh Chocolate in third, and Danessa Deluxe finished another one quarter length behind her in fourth. The winner's share of the purse was $180,000.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Keen Pauline
Sire
Pulpit

dk br 1994

A. P. Indy

dk br 1989

Seattle Slew Bold Reasoning
My Charmer
Weekend Surprise Secretariat
Lassie Dear
Preach

bay 1989

Mr Prospector Raise a Native
Gold Digger
Narrate Honest Pleasure
State
Dam
Grand Pauline

ch. 2005

Two Punch

gray 1983

Mr Prospector Raise a Native
Gold Digger
Heavenly Cause Grey Dawn
Lady Dulcinea
Grand Sophisticate

dk br 1989

El Gran Senor Northern Dancer
Sex Appeal
Sophisticated Girl Stop the Music
Close Control (Family A-29)

References

  1. . Equibase. 2015-05-15 Susan Stakes Chart http://www.equibase.com/premium/chartEmb.cfm?track=PIM&raceDate=05/15/2015&cy=USA&rn=11=Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Chart Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 2015-05-22. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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