With over $1 million in earnings already as a four year old,
Marketing Mix has only finished off the board three times for trainer Tom Proctor and Glen Hill Farm. With a record like that, being in excellent form,
and a victory at Arlington last year in the Grade 3 Pucker Up (REPLAY HERE), this filly must
be considered on all tickets.
Marketing Mix sure has a
championship pedigree. Her sire,
Medaglia D’Oro needs no explanation. Her broodmare sire,
Kris S (not to be
mistaken with me,
Chris S.) also needs no explanation. Her family roots go all
the way back to
Canadian great
Northern Dancer. So we already know that she has
solid bloodlines for graded stakes competition.
Her worst start of her career was in her very first race, a
dirt sprint at Gulfstream last March where she went off as a 20-1 longshot. She
obviously didn’t care for the dirt and won her next race on the Polytrack at Keeneland
as a 13-1 shot! She never returned to the dirt at all and actually took to the
turf quite well during her three year old campaign. Her results on the turf were:
- Win in the Wonder Where Stakes at Woodbine
- Win in the Grade 3 Pucker Up Stakes at Arlington
- Place in the Grade 1 QEII Challenge Cup Stakes at
Keeneland
- Win in the Grade 2 Mrs. Revere Stakes at Churchill
Not bad for her three year old season,
eh?
(Marketing Mix wins the Pucker Up at Arlington!)
After a five month break, Marketing Mix started where she
left off and had three victories from four starts in her 2012 season. After an
allowance tune-up victory at Keeneland in April, she has taken home two Grade 2
stakes victories at Woodbine so far this summer. I believe she will be poised
and ready to strike in the Beverly D. this season!