From the moment My Miss Aurelia was sent to Gulf Coast Farms near Ocala,
Fla., to be broken as a yearling, she was a standout. “A star at every
stage” is how trainer Steve Asmussen would later describe the bay filly,
and she certainly lived up to that billing as a 2-year-old when she won
all four of her races while establishing herself as a no-doubt-about-it
champion.
That championship status was affirmed Jan. 16 when it was announced that
My Miss Aurelia had been voted champion 2-year-old filly of 2011,
garnering 247 of the 248 total first place votes.
My Miss Aurelia emphatically wrapped up her championship honors Nov. 4
at Churchill Downs when she rolled to a three-length victory under Corey
Nakatani in the Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) as
the 2-1 favorite. That victory followed a score in the Frizette Stakes
(gr. I) in October at Belmont Park, and two wins over the summer at
Saratoga, including the Adirondack Stakes (gr. II). She earned
$1,380,000 in 2011.
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