Clairiere, Pauline's Pearl Retire to Stonestreet
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Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt
Clairiere training Oct. 29 in advance of the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Santa Anita Park
A pair of popular, grade 1-winning Stonestreet Stables homebreds—Clairiere and Pauline's Pearl —have been officially retired and returned to Stonestreet to prepare for breeding season. The news was announced Nov. 8 via a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Welcome home! G1 winners CLAIRIERE and PAULINE'S PEARL have joined the Stonestreet broodmare band. Their future breeding plans are TBD #homebred #GirlsinGold #shesintheband #StonestreetStables pic.twitter.com/fhZy9zxbe3
— Stonestreet (@StonestreetFarm) November 8, 2023
Clairiere, by Stonestreet's own Curlin out of three-time grade 1 winner Cavorting , won grade 1 races at 3 (the 2021 Cotillion Stakes, G1), 4 (the 2022 Ogden Phipps Stakes, G1), and 5 (the Apple Blossom Handicap, G1, and the Phipps). She earned $3,266,392 while compiling a record of 8-6-3 from 22 starts. In her final start she closed for fourth behind Idiomatic in the Nov. 4 Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1).
Pauline's Pearl, by Tapit out of Barbara Banke's beloved Hot Dixie Chick (campaigned by Banke's Grace Stables), got her grade 1 in the 2022 La Troienne Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Oaks Day. She was a six-time graded stakes winner, also from 3 to 5. She leaves the track with a record of 8-3-3 from 20 starts and earnings of $2,146,800. Pauline's Pearl's final outing was September's Locust Grove Stakes (G3) at Churchill, where she was an even fourth in a race won by Search Results .
Pauline's Pearl wins the Fleur de Lis Stakes at Ellis Park
Future breeding plans for Clairiere and Pauline's Pearl are "TBD," according to Stonestreet. The Versailles, Ky.-based operation is home to more than 100 high-class broodmares.
Both mares were trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen.