Seismic Beauty Makes the Ground Shake!

At long last, Seismic Beauty, our daughter of Uncle Mo out of Medaglia d'Oro mare Knarsdale, won impressively going a mile around two turns! She left the field in the dust, finishing 10 lengths the better while geared down in the stretch. Her fractions and her speed figures were eye-popping. We can't wait to see where she's headed next, but strongly suspect it will be a stakes race.

Here's the race...

From MRH:

Congratulations to all owners! Seismic Beauty was an extremely impressive winner in her first start around two turns this afternoon at Santa Anita. Your daughter of Uncle Mo broke to the front, cleared the field, and led every step of the way - setting impressive fractions of 22.67 and 45.91 before widening her lead around the far turn. She covered six-furlongs in 1:10.04 and blew the field away winning by as many as she wanted, stopping the clock for the mile distance in 1:36.87. 

Speed is certainly an impressive trait for an equine athlete, but speed that carries is a dangerous one, and that is what Seismic Beauty showed us she possesses today. We will let her bounce out of this race and convene with trainer Bob Baffert before deciding on where to point at next, but one would have to believe that stakes company awaits.

FOLLOW UP (Beyer speed figure):

Seismic Beauty earned a very strong 95 Beyer Speed Figure for Friday’s romp.

That’s a graded stakes-caliber number for sure. For context, yesterday’s longshot winner of the G3 Doubledogdare at Keeneland ran a 96. Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna ran a 93 in last Saturday’s G1 Apple Blossom H. (We’re certainly not saying she’s better than Thorpedo Anna quite yet…).

We’ll have plenty of fun options to consider moving forward.

POST RACE UPDATE:

We checked in on Seismic Beauty this morning, April 20, at Santa Anita Park. 

Your daughter of Uncle Mo exited her dominating win in good physical order and the future looks bright. From the get-go, we all felt two turns was going to be the key for this filly and while it took a little longer than expected to finally get to see it, the wait was worth it. We’ll let Bob and his team get her back on the track in the coming week and begin putting together a plan for her.