Key Biscayne Upsets Robert G. Dick Memorial at 36-1
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Key Biscayne wins the Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes at Delaware Park
Recording her first graded stakes win with a powerful closing punch, Key Biscayne upset the $200,500 Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes (G3T) July 9 at Delaware Park.
Relaxing behind the pace for the majority of the 1 3/8-mile on a rain-soaked, soft turf course, the 5-year-old mare closed from midpack behind fractions of 1:18.25 and 1:44.79. She won by 1 1/4 lengths in a final time of 2:25.59.
Gladys showed the way early until hitting the stretch and faded into third, with Sister Otoole passing her to take the runner-up position.
35-1 #1 KEY BISCAYNE gets the victory in the G3 Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes @DelParkRacing! Congrats to connections Trainer Juan Alvarado, Jockey Daniel Centeno & Owners Arindel.
Stakes action continues now at https://t.co/nBYFHj6ufh! pic.twitter.com/JEGWQsVsBY— TVG (@TVG) July 9, 2022
Under Daniel Centeno, the 5-year-old daughter of Brethren paid $74.20 on a $2 win ticket while increasing her earnings to $435,758, established with a 6-3-3 record in 24 starts.
The Memorial was the Juan Alvarado trainee's first success in graded stakes company, with previous tries in the 2020 Lake Placid Stakes (G2T), 2020 Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes (G1T), 2021 Rood and Riddle Dowager Stakes (G3T), and the Feb. 26 Royal Delta Stakes (G3), not resulting in better than a fourth-place effort. She won the ungraded Monroe Stakes at Gulfstream Park in 2021.
An Arindel homebred foaled in Florida, Key Biscayne is out of the Lemon Drop Kid mare Boa Twelve , who has two winners from as many to race. The dam also has a 2-year-old full sibling to Key Biscayne in Cabernet as well as a 2022 filly by Brethren, who stands at Arindel near Ocala.