Paddys Day and Uptown Sandy Girl winners in Texas Arabian Stallion Stakes Gr 3

Paddys Day - Photo by Dustin Orona

On 22 November 2020, Lone Star Park hosted the final two Arabian Stakes races for 2020 where Paddys Day made short work of his six competitors in the Arabian Stallion Stakes Gr 3 and Uptown Sandy Girl defending her 2019 title in the mares and fillies Gr 3.

Nine-year-old mutliple champion Paddys Day made a bold start to the race and finished in the same fashion, after a brief mid-field interlude when he was challenged by RB Rich Lyke Me and Quick Sand AA. The three raced together with Paddys Day trailing until jockey Ivan Arellano brought Paddys Day back to attention with a tap of the whip, whereby he charged ahead down the stretch and finished in style. He was followed into second by Quick Sand AA then RB Rich Lyke Me for third. Winning race time was 1:49:49.

Paddys Day (Burning Sand x AK Loretta by Virgule Al Maury) was bred and is owned by Jane Teutsch and was trained by Nicole Ruggeri.
Ruggeri said after the race: “This horse has an incredible amount of heart and a personal mission to win. He led the race out and then was caught by RB Rich Lyke Me and Quick Sand AA, where he seemed content to say hello, but when reminded he was racing, he put his head down and took off.”

Paddys Day has won three out of four races in 2020. His last win before this was the Gr 1 UAE President Cup Stakes at Pimlico on 3 October.

Also ran in order: Kissour, Madjestic, Uptown CruiseDirector, Uptown WTF.

Uptown Sandy Girl - Photo by Dustin Orona

Uptown Sandy Girl and Dance With Me BW flew out of the gate together and took up the lead position and shortly RB Gaim Changer had moved up to duel with the front runners. Around the 1/4 pole the two greys, Dance With Me BW and Uptown Sandy Girl, were again racing each other until Uptown Sandy Girl under Jose Garcia moved on by and flew down the stretch to win with Dance With Me BW maintaining second over RB Gaim Changer, while Dream Pearl won the battle for fourth over Risky Red. Final win time was 1:50:80.

Uptown Sandy Girl is trained by Glen Rottweiler for owner Jon K Henningsgard and was bred by Krista Henningsgard. Uptown Sandy Girl has had 3 firsts from 6 starts in 2020.

Also ran: 5. Risky Red, 6. RB Whistlin Dixie, 7.WMA Hope, 8. Golly Shez Hot SV.

Source: https://www.horsereporter.com/