Pletcher Gets Another Stakes Win With Graceful Princess In Molly Pitcher
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Graceful Princess wins the Grade 3 Molly Pitcher Stakes at Monmouth Park.
After getting a win with Dr Post in the Grade 3 Monmouth Cup, trainer Todd Pletcher followed up that victory with another one in the Grade 3 Molly Pitcher with Graceful Princess. A daughter of 2011 Horse of the Year Havre de Grace, the bay 5-year-old mare improved on her fifth-place finish in her last start in the Obeah Stakes to win the G3 Molly Pitcher by three-quarters of a length at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J.
Fourth out of the gate, Graceful Princess settled in behind Mrs. Danvers, Our Super Freak, and Bajan Girl early, Joel Rosario content to sit just off the early pace. Mrs. Danvers stretched her lead out to two lengths after the first half, the first four horses maintaining their positions through the backstretch. Coming into the final turn, Our Super Freak ran by Mrs. Danvers, taking a short lead going into the stretch.