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Fi FI Pharoah takes out Melair Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday

American Pharoah
American Pharoah Picture: Coolmore Stud

Fi Fi Pharoah (3 f ex My Fiona by Ghostzapper) won Saturday's Melair Stakes (Listed, 8.5f) at Santa Anita to provide her Coolmore Australia shuttle sire American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) with his 17th stakes winner. 

From the gates, Fi Fi Pharoah raced at the rear of the seven runners with the field led along by Mucha Woman (Empire Way). Moved up approaching the home turn, Fi Fi Pharoah went wide and ran on in the straight to pull clear in the closing stages and record a half length victory over Eddie's New Dream (Square Eddie). I'm So Anna (Fast Anna) was another two and a half lengths back in third. 

A homebred for Californian breeder Terry Lovingier, Fi Fi Pharoah is the best of two winners out of the stakes-winning mare My Fiona (Ghostzapper).

"I didn't think we would get beat this time," said winning trainer Walther Solis. 

"She just ran from the three-eighths, she knows when she has to speed up. When she got in front, she started waiting for everybody. She's a classy filly. I knew the filly was coming in 100 per cent. I told Terry, 'We got the filly'."

American Pharoah returns to Coolmore Australia for a fifth time this spring. His 17 stakes winners include three Group / Grade 1 winners in Harvey's Lil Goil, Cafe Pharoah and Van Gogh while his first Australian crop has produced three winners to date. 

 


Racing and Sports

Santa Anita Saturday, 19th June 2021

1m110y DIRT FAST
USD $150,000

Melair S. (LR)

USD $150,000
Age: 3yo Sex: F Type: OPEN
1m110y DIRT FAST
FP Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 3. FI FI PHAROAH (USA) 3yo F
AMERICAN PHAROAH (USA) - MY FIONA (USA)
UMBERTO RISPOLI
WALTHER SOLIS
$3
120lbs
LOVINGIER BECKERLE OR NAVARRO

Sales Information

2nd 6. EDDIE'S NEW DREAM (USA) 3yo F
SQUARE EDDIE (CAN) - WALKINGONADREAM (USA)
MARIO GUTIERREZ
BEN CECIL
$4.8
120lbs
REDDAM RACING LLC
3rd 5. I'M SO ANNA (USA) 3yo F
FAST ANNA (USA) - SO SO FAST (USA)
FLAVIEN PRAT
S M SHERMAN
$3.8
124lbs
KMN RACING LLC

Sales Information

4th 1. PAWNEE (USA) 3yo F
MR BIG (USA) - HOLLER (USA)
MIKE E SMITH
T R BELL (II)
$4.1
120lbs
5th 2. MUCHA WOMAN (USA) 3yo F
EMPIRE WAY (USA) - BLACK BIRD ROCK (CAN)
J J HERNANDEZ
DOUG F O'NEILL
$22.4
120lbs
6th 4. SMOOTHLIKEBUTTAH (USA) 3yo F
MR BIG (USA) - EIGHT DAUGHTERS (USA)
ABEL CEDILLO
STEVE KNAPP
$22.5
120lbs
7th 8. OMG IT'S JESSICA (USA) 3yo F
SMILING TIGER (USA) - SNOBBY PRINCESS (USA)
JESSICA PYFER
CRAIG DOLLASE
$16.2
120lbs

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