NYRA/Adam Coglianese
Freudie Anne chalked up another stakes victory for New York’s leading sire Freud, the stallion’s eighth for the year, when she dominated the six-horse field of the $100,000 East View Stakes for New York-bred juvenile fillies by more than nine lengths at Aqueduct on Sunday afternoon. The one-mile 70 yard, two-turn contest on the inner oval was co-featured with the Damon Runyon for males.
Trained by Eddie Kenneally for Marc Detampel, Freudie Anne was starting for the fourth time in the East View following a 4 1/2-length score in an off-the-turf, first-level allowance at a mile over Aqueduct’s main track on November 19. The East View was also the filly’s second stakes appearance. A debut maiden breaker at Belmont Park in a turf sprint on September 7, she had a poor outing second out in the seven-furlong Joseph A. Gimma on September 21 in the mud.
Kenneally reported, “She didn’t break sharp [in the Gimma] and got discouraged early on when the dirt hit her in the face; nothing went right for her. She’s a filly who’s grown up a little bit since then.”
Freudie Anne did end up breaking break well on Sunday as she exited post four as the narrow 7-5 favorite over 8-5 Building Permit. Outsprinting the field early, she crossed over and assumed the lead by the time the fillies entered the clubhouse turn.
Maintaining a comfortable lead over her closest pursuer My Super Nova along the back stretch run, Freudie Anne widened her lead from two to five lengths in the turn with little apparent effort, and entered the home stretch in full command. Widening her advantage under a bit of drive in the stretch, she crossed the finish line geared down a 9 3/4-length winner.
Hot City Girl, a half-sister to star sprinter La Verdad, closed to grab second by a half-length over Building Permit. Completing the order of finish were My Super Nova, Sweetpollypurebrd and Classic Aussie. Able to clock steady fractions throughout, Freudie Anne stopped the clock at 1:44.50. [VIDEO]
Winning jockey Jose Ortiz felt that the sharp break and the opportunity to set a moderate pace were the keys to victory. “She broke good,” said Ortiz. “It seemed like there was a lot of speed in the race, but my filly was so game, and broke really sharp. I was able to get the lead easy; I thought I would have to go :23, :47 to get the lead, but everyone took back. My filly relaxed very well, and when I asked her to go I had a lot of horse.”
Kenneally said, “I think she’s a versatile filly. Originally, we scheduled to run her on dirt on closing weekend at Saratoga, but it didn’t work out, and the next maiden race that came up happened to be on turf. She’s as good or better on the dirt, and she showed that today.”
Bred by Delaney Stable and foaled on March 31, 2012 at Keane Stud in Amenia, Freudie Anne was, in retrospect, a steal both times she passed through the auction ring. A $14,000 weanling at the 2012 Fasig-Tipton fall mixed sale in Saratoga, she was purchased by Jayne Johnson the following year for $9,000 at the Keeneland September sale. Three-for-four lifetime, Freudie Anne has now earned $141,500.
Freudie Anne’s unraced dam Lake Toccet (Toccet) is a half-sister to turf stakes-placed Irish Princess and both of her foals to start are winners. Her yearling filly by Frost Giant brought $18,000 this fall at the Fasig-Tipton fall mixed sale and she produced a colt this year by Giant Surprise.
