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Stopchargingmaria

Stopchargingmaria
Sire Tale of the Cat
Grandsire Storm Cat
Dam Exotic Bloom
Damsire Montbrook
Sex Mare
Foaled 2011
Country United States
Colour Dark Brown
Breeder Harvey Clarke & Brookdale Farm LLC
Owner Town And Country Farms
Trainer Todd Pletcher
Record 18: 9-4-1
Earnings $3,014,000
Major wins
Demoiselle Stakes (2013)
Tempted Stakes (2013)
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (2014)
Coaching Club American Oaks (2014)
Alabama Stakes (2014)
Allaire duPont Distaff Stakes (2015)
Shuvee Handicap (2015)
Breeders' Cup Distaff (2015)
Last updated on August 2, 2015

Stopchargingmaria (foaled March 26, 2011 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. The daughter of Tale of the Cat won the mile and an eighth Grade II $500,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 16, 2014. and the Grade I 2014 Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga. In 2015 she won the Allaire duPont Distaff Stakes and the Shuvee Handicap before recording her biggest success in the Breeders' Cup Distaff. She is owned by Town and Country Farms and trained by Todd Pletcher.

Stopchargingmaria was bred in Kentucky by Harvey Clarke and Brookdale Farm LLC. She was sold for $220,000 in the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training sale in March 2013 by her consignor, Woodford Thoroughbreds.

On July 19, 2013, Stopchargingmaria debuted in a 5-1/2 furlong Maiden Special Weight race at Saratoga Race Course and won handily. On September 1 she placed second to Sweet Reason in the Grade I Spinaway Stakes, also at Saratoga. Pletcher brought her back in five weeks to run in the Grade I Frizette Stakes run at a mile at Belmont Park, where she finished third to long shot Artemis Agrotera.

On October 3 Stopchargingmaria won the Grade III Tempted Stakes run at one mile at Aqueduct Racetrack. She then won the Grade I Demoiselle Stakes run at a mile, also at Aqueduct. After five starts in four months, Pletcher decided to give Stopchargingmaria some time off and freshened her during the winter for a three-month break.


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