LONGINES CHURCHILL DISTAFF GRASS MILE STAKES (G2T)
Churchill Downs, May 6, $500,000 included, worth of race $500,000, 4-year-olds and up, fillies and mares, 8 furlongs (grass), 1:35.53 (course record, 1:33.78), course company.
FLUFFY SOCKS (b m, 5 yo, 118 pound), C $306,900
Slumber —Breakfast Time by Kitten’s Joy
B—Head Of Plains Partners, Ky.; O—Head of Plains Partners; T—Chad C. Brown
Spenderella (b f, 4 yo, 120 pound), A++ $99,000
Karakontie —Spanish Bunny by Unusual Heat
B—Gainesway Thoroughbreds, N.Y.; O—Gainesway Stable (Antony Beck)
Speak of the Devil (b m, 6 yo, 118 pound), D $49,500
Wootton Bassett —House by Indian Rocket
B—Herve Viallon, Fr.; O—Peter M. Brant
Margins: 1, 1, nose. Others: Sharp 120 ($24,750), Sharp Hero 118 ($14,850), Haughty 120 ($5,000). Scratched: Freedom Speaks, Sister Lou Ann. Winning jockey: Irad Ortiz, Jr.
Fluffy Socks’s
Family Notes
Sire: RESTb, 2008. Raced 7 years in Eng and NA, 27 sts, 5 wins, $1,477,594. Won Knob Creek Manhattan S (G1T), James Seymour S; second Joe Hirsch Turf Classic S (G1T), United Nations S (G1T), Gulfstream Park Turf H (G1T), Mervin H Muniz Jr. H (G2T), Betfred the Bonus King Select S (G3), Bowl Game S (T); 3rd Woodford Reserve Turf Classic S (G1T), Pan American S (G2T), Mac Diarmida S (G2T), Tercentenary S (G3), MBNA Chester Vase (G3).
Lifetime: 3 crops, 22 foals, 14 rnrs (64%), 9 wnrs (41%), 2 2yo wnrs (9%), 2 sw (9%), 2.19 AEI, 0.77 CI, 3 sale yrlgs, avg $2,900, 0.0 TNA.
In 2023: 1 sw, 1 sale yrlg, $1,700.
first dam: Breakfast Timeb, 2013. Bred by George Krikorian (Ky.). Raced 2 years, 3 sts, $5,350. Dam of 4 called foals, 4 rnrs, 2 wnrs, 1 sw. ($300,000, 2014 keesep yrlg).
2017: Pink Peppermintgr/ro f, by Creative Cause. Raced 2 years, 5 sts, 0 wins, $16,940.
2018: FLUFFY SOCKSb f, by Slumber (GB).
At 2: Won Jimmy Durante S (G3T), Selima S (T), second Chelsey Flower S (T).
At 3: Won Sands Point S (G2T), second Lake George S (G3T), Memories Of Silver S (T), 3rd American Oaks (G1), Del Mar Oaks (G1T).
At 4: second Ballston Spa S (G2T), Modesty S provided by TwinSpires (G3T), WinStar Matchmaker S (G3T).
At 5: Won Longines Churchill Distaff Turf Mile S (G2T).
2019: nail polishch f, by Exaggerator. Raced 1 year, 2 sts, 0 wins, $780.
2020: Up and Downgr/ro f, by Creative Cause. Raced 2 years, 2 sts, 1 win, $62,875.
2021: B c, by Exaggerator.
2022: Ch c, by Munnings.
2023: C, by Slumber (GB).
Inbreeding: 4SX5D Mr. Prospector; 5SX5SX5DX5D Northern Dancer; 4SX4D Seattle Slew.
Nicking: REST (GB) w/KITTEN’S HAPPINESS mares: 2 foals, 2 strs, 2 wnrs (100%), 1 2yo wnr (50%), 1 SW (50%), 1 GSW (50%)
Broodmare sire: KITTEN’S HAPPINESSch, 2001-2022. Sire of 365 dams of 917 foals, 539 rnrs (59%), 337 wnrs (37%), 100 2yo wnrs (11%), 1.19 AEI, 1.37 CI; 37 sw.
second dam: OUTFIT DESIGNERdkb/br, 2001. Bred by Martyn P. Burke (Ky.). Raced 5 years, 18 sts, 4 wins, $162,428. Won Great Lady M. S (T); 3rd Harold C. Ramser Sr. H (T). Dam of Originator (f, Artie Schiller; $248,370, second Coronation Cup S (T), Alywow S (T)), Runway Giant (f, Giant’s Causeway; $113,257, 3rd Gasparilla S).
