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CAROUSEL S. ( ), Oaklawn Park , April 11, 2013 , $100,000 Guaranteed , value of race $100,000 , 4 yo's & up , 6 furlongs , 1:11.03 Dirt FT .

VUITTON (Dark Bay or Brown Filly , 4 yo, 117 lb) $60,000 Smart Strike —Juliet's Way , by Farma Way B—Padua Stables , KY ; O—Gillian S Campbell, Ralph & Shelly Stayer & Andrew Pajak ; T—Steven M. Asmussen Beat the Blues (Bay Mare , 6 yo, 116 lb) $20,000 Great Pyramid (IRE) —Imtheblues , by Pentelicus B—Edward Pendray, B.K. Pendray, William F Murphy & Annabel Murphy , FL ; O—Martin Racing Stable, LLC and Morgan Thoroughbred, LLC ; T—W. Bret Calhoun Lady Diva Ga Ga (Gray or Roan Filly , 4 yo, 117 lb) $10,000 Exchange Rate —Boxer Girl , by Two Punch B—W. Nelson McMakin , KY ; O—McMakin, Nelson and Dolezal, Fred ; T—Philip A. Sims

Margins: nose, 2¼, 3 . Others: Good Deed 119($5,000) , Holy Heavens 117($3,000) , All About Allie 119($667) , Awesome Symmetry 116($667) , Mysterious Chimes 115($666) . Winning Jockey, Ricardo Santana, Jr..

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WINNING COLORS S. (gr. III ), Churchill Downs , May 27, 2013 , $100,000 Added , value of race $108,000 , 3 yo's & up , 6 furlongs , 1:08.59 Dirt FT .

BEAT THE BLUES (Bay Mare , 6 yo, 120 lb) $66,960 Great Pyramid (IRE) —Imtheblues , by Pentelicus B—Edward Pendray, B.K. Pendray, William F Murphy & Annabel Murphy , FL ; O—Martin Racing Stable, LLC and Morgan Thoroughbred, LLC ; T—W. Bret Calhoun Judy the Beauty (Chestnut Filly , 4 yo, 120 lb) $21,600 Ghostzapper —Holy Blitz , by Holy Bull B—Adena Springs , ON ; O—Wesley A. Ward ; T—Wesley A. Ward Vuitton (Dark Bay or Brown Filly , 4 yo, 120 lb) $10,800 Smart Strike —Juliet's Way , by Farma Way B—Padua Stables , KY ; O—Gillian S Campbell, Ralph & Shelly Stayer & Andrew Pajak ; T—Steven M. Asmussen

Margins: ¾, 4¼, 1½ . Others: Burban 120($5,400) , Funnys Approval 122($3,240) . Winning Jockey, Miguel Mena.

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After settling for runner-up finishes in the two previous editions of the Winning Colors Stakes (gr. III) at Churchill Downs, Beat the Blues registered a front-running victory in this year’s edition of the six-furlong race for fillies and mares at Churchill Downs to secure the first graded stakes win of her career.

The victory by Martin Racing Stable and Morgan Thoroughbred’s Beat the Blues gives the 6-year-old daughter of Irish-bred stallion Great Pyramid at least one stakes win in three straight seasons. In five seasons of racing, Beat the Blues has earned three stakes wins and seven additional stakes-placings, with four of those placings coming in graded stakes.

“She’s been a bridesmaid in so many big races and she was deserving of this,” said winning trainer Bret Calhoun. “She’s run a lot of good races against some good horses and has just been unfortunate to not get there in a graded stakes. Today was her day.”

Having been claimed in two of her first three career starts, first for $20,000 and then for $25,000, Beat the Blues has gone on to earn $520,634 in five seasons of racing. Besides her previous runner-up finishes in the Winning Colors, Beat the Blues also finished second to Tar Heel Mom in the 2011 Honorable Miss Stakes (gr. II) at Saratoga and placed third in last year’s edition of that race won by C C’s Pal. Her other stakes wins have come at Oaklawn Park and Prairie Meadows.

Bred in Florida by Edward and B.K. Pendray, William Murphy, and Annabel Murphy, Beat the Blues is the first stakes winner out of the winning Pentelicus mare Imtheblues, who has produced two starters, both winners.

The Pendrays also bred Imtheblues, the first foal out of Thunder Blues.

Beat the Blues is the first stakes winner from four small crops of racing age for Great Pyramid, by Danehill—Offshore Boom, by Be My Guest. A full brother to 2002 English and Irish classic winner and European Horse of the Year Rock of Gibraltar, Great Pyramid registered his lone victory in Ireland before standing for $2,500 at Arthur Appleton’s Bridlewood Farm near Ocala. Fourteen-year-old Rock of Gibraltar stood this season for €17,500.—F.A.

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