Wicked Whisper Wins Miss Preakness
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Photo: Skip Dickstein
Wicked Whisper (outside) en route to victory over Ain't No Elmers in the Miss Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course
Coming off the rail and splitting rivals, Alex and JoAnn Lieblong's Wicked Whisper got a hard-fought win over Ain't No Elmers in the Oct. 3 Miss Preakness Stakes (G3) at Pimlico Race Course. The chestnut Liam's Map filly ran the six furlongs in 1:10.36 under Joe Bravo.
Off the pace set by Ain't No Elmers and outsider Fly On Angel early, Wicked Whisper saved ground following splits of :23.08 and :45.78. She finished a length in front as the 5-1 third choice. Odds-on Mundaye Call was fourth behind Sound Machine.
The winner of last fall's Frizette Stakes (G1), Wicked Whisper was making just her third start of the year and entered off a second in the Aug. 28 Charles Town Oaks (G3). She has a 3-1-0 mark in six starts and has earned $463,000.
"Her season was definitely interrupted by this year's racing calendar," winning trainer Steve Asmussen said. "She was getting ready a little late for things and with the cancellations we got off track. It's beautiful to see her show the quality she's always had. There are big things in her future."
The winner, bred in Kentucky by Siena Farms, is out of the Siena-bred Zayanna, by Bernardini . The Lieblongs paid $500,000 for her at the 2018 Keeneland September Yearling Sale from the Taylor Made Sales Agency consignment.
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