OLD HAT S. (gr. III ), Gulfstream Park , January 01, 2013 , $100,000 Guaranteed , value of race $140,000 , 3 yo , 6 furlongs , 1:09.66 Dirt FT .

Like her dam, it appears Kauai Katie prefers sprints over route distances. The filly, who is now a three-time graded stakes winner, scored her most recent victory in the six-furlong Old Hat Stakes (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park.

The Old Hat was preceded by Kauai Katie’s only off-the-board effort, a fourth in the 11/16-mile Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Filles (gr. I) in November. Before that, the daughter of Malibu Moon had won the six-furlong Matron Stakes (gr. II) and the 61/2-furlong Adirondack Stakes (gr. II).

Trainer Todd Pletcher said the Forward Gal Stakes (gr. II) at Gulfstream Jan. 26 is likely to be the next goal for 3-year-old Kauai Katie, who is owned by Barbara Banke’s Stonestreet Stables.

Kauai Katie was produced by the More Than Ready mare More Than Pretty, who won or placed in four sprint contests from 2005-06, including a victory in the five-furlong Open Mind Stakes.

Raced throughout her career by Naveed Chowhan, More Than Pretty was purchased for $330,000 by B. Wayne Hughes at the 2007 Keeneland January mixed sale from Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

“She’s one of the very first mares we bought based on a new approach,” said Ned Toffey, general manager of Hughes’ Lexington-based Spendthrift Farm. “We decided to buy mares where pedigree would be more secondary to ability. (In our approach), the mares didn’t necessarily have to be graded stakes winners; there just had to be some inherent ability. We also bought (More Than Pretty) with the idea of breeding her to Malibu Moon.”

Spendthrift campaigns More Than Pretty’s second foal, Winding Way, as a homebred. A full sister to Kauai Katie, she won the 2012 Rancho Bernardo Handicap (gr. III). Winding Way is currently sidelined with a minor injury, but Toffey expects her to be back in training soon with Carla Gaines.

Spendthrift sold Kauai Katie through Warrendale Sales, agent, at the 2011 Keeneland September yearling sale, where she was bought by Grady Equine. The following year she was acquired for $490,000 by Stonestreet Stables at the Fasig-Tipton Florida March 2-year-olds in training sale from Eddie Woods, agent.

Toffey reported that More Than Pretty is currently in Australia, where she produced a foal by Tapit during the Southern Hemisphere breeding season. She is scheduled to ship back to the United States and be bred to Malibu Moon for 2014.

Malibu Moon, the sire of 65 stakes winners, will stand the 2013 season for $70,000 at Spendthrift.—E.M.

WIDE COUNTRY S. ( ), Laurel Park , February 02, 2013 , $75,000 Guaranteed , value of race $125,000 , 3 yo , 7 furlongs , 1:27.04 Dirt FT .