Materia gives Godolphin the nickname "Eat Yells Stakes"

The filly "Materia" with the "Godolphin" logo maintained her unbeaten record at the age of three, by winning the "Eight Bells Stakes" title yesterday, which took place for a distance of 1,400 meters at the famous American "Cherchill Downs" track, and was dedicated to the horses of the second category, "Group 2". .

Materia, under the supervision of her coach Brad Cox, added her first victory in the "Group 2" races and her third in a row this season, after winning the "Samah in February Grunts" and "Beamont Stakes" races for Group 3 horses in her last two participations this year.

The jockey, Flavian Pratt, knew how to compensate for the late start of the skilled “Materia” in the race, and move it gradually from the side of the inner fence to compete for the third place, before advancing and taking second place by turning it to the outside when entering the straight track of the track, and then snatching the lead and cutting the end In first place, with a time of one minute 21 seconds and 86 milliseconds, two-half lengths apart from the second-placed American skilled Bertie Beradi, owned by "Marilo Whitney Stables" under the supervision of coach Norm Cass and led by jockey Florent Giroud, while the third place went to "Wicked Halo" For "Winchell Foundation" under the supervision of coach Stephen Asmussen and led by jockey Rafael Bejarano.

Coach Brad Cox commented on Materia's victory in the Eight Bells Stakes, saying in a press statement: "I am very proud of Materia, who fought a high competition after a short break of three weeks and five days since her victory in the Beamont race, to come back and progress. Another winning performance.

He added: "The jockey Flavian best behaved, when he showed courage not to be affected by moving away from the front horses after a bit, and leading them to run to the side of the fence in a shorter path, and then turn them to the outside before rushing to capture the lead towards the finish line."

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