NYRA/Adam Coglianese
by Sarah Mace
Nirvana Stables’ She’s All Ready, slated to pay 30 cents on the dollar to win the 6 1/2-furlong $200,000 Seeking the Ante Stakes for New York-bred fillies, obliged her backers with a commanding victory.
Trained by James Ryerson, She’s All Ready certainly lived up to her name when she won her Spa debut on August 7 by more than eight dazzling lengths. A chestnut filly by Girolamo, the filly worked once in the interim, firing a five-furlong bullet on the Oklahoma training track in 1:00 2/5.
Out of the gate well, She’s All Ready immediately engaged 23-1 longshot Crowd Control in a contest for the lead in the early stages of the race under Kendrick Carmouche. After an opening quarter-mile in 22.04, She’s All Ready began to shake free as she completed the half-mile in 45.39.
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Carmouche said “go” in upper stretch, and the filly complied readily, opening up a comfortable lead and cruising home under the wire a three-length winner in a final time of 1:16.71. Super Surprise finished second, followed more than five lengths back by Lemon Liqueur in third. Completing the order of finish was Ben’s Girl, Backwood Bay, Crowd Control and Out of Nowhere. [VIDEO]
Carmouche reported, “She’s very easy [to ride]. Mr. Ryerson, the whole team of us, they’ve all done a good job at just keeping her relaxed in the morning because she was very anxious when she came on the track.
Carmouche continued, “I wasn’t worried [about the early pace]. She was nice and relaxed in my hands. Once I asked her, she pretty much ran on from there. She did such a good job. She’s a phenomenal filly. Mr. Ryerson’s trained a lot of good horses over the years. I’m sure if he wanted to stretch her out and train her to stretch out, I’m sure he can do it if anybody can.”
Ryerson said, “You know, I thought she could do it. She’s so smart. She’s fast, but she’s like an old horse in the paddock. She’s a really nice filly. Mentally, all you need her to do is relax. She has that ability and I was never really concerned. When she leaves them and nobody’s running at her it feels good.”
As to the future, Ryerson said, “We’ll see how far she can go. She’s a very thick filly. She’s built like a sprinter. She’s very strong, and at this stage she’s very mature so that gives her a little chance. We’ll see what the schedule of races are. We wouldn’t be afraid to go against open company that could definitely be a possibility.”
Bred by Kings and Queen’s Farm and foaled at Rockridge Stud in Hudson, She’s All Ready is the first winner out of Prominent, a winning Kentucky-bred daughter of El Prado (IRE). Prominent has also produced a yearling full brother to She’s All Ready named Masci. The filly has now earned $163,800 from her two winning starts at Saratoga.
She’s All Ready’s freshman sire Girolamo began his stud career in 2012 at Becky Thomas and Dennis Narlinger’s Sequel Stallions New York.
