Beaute Cachee's Class Prevails in Matchmaker Stakes
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Beaute Cachee wins the Matchmaker Stakes at Monmouth Park
Frankie Dettori's internationally acclaimed riding skills were on full display in the July 20 Matchmaker Stakes (G3T), as the jockey guided grade 1 winner Beaute Cachee to victory in a front-running performance over the Monmouth Park turf.
Hard-sent from the outer post in the field of seven fillies and mares, Dettori and a willing mount in Beaute Cachee traversed through leisurely early fractions of :25.16, :50.66, and 1:15.38. Rounding the bend with plenty left in the reserves, Beaute Cachee dueled a stubborn Sacred Wish down the lane to prevail by a neck at the wire.
The third choice on the betting board behind her two stables, Delahaye and Maman Joon , Beaute Cachee ($11.20) completed the 1 1/8 miles on a firm turf course in a final time of 1:49.63.
Sacred Wish was second, three-quarters of a length over Delahaye, who got up for third to give trainer Chad Brown a 1-3 finish in the $300,000 Matchmaker. Beaute Cachee marked the trainer's unprecedented eighth win in the grade 3 contest.
Beaute Cachee, a 5-year-old daughter of Literato , is enjoying her best season yet for owners Louis Lazzinnaro, Madaket Stables, Michael J. Caruso, and Michael Dubb. The mare led at every pole to defeat the highly touted Godolphin runner English Rose in the April 13 Jenny Wiley Stakes (G1T) at Keeneland in her first start of the year, setting the stage for an ambitious 2024 campaign. She was victorious over the Monmouth turf last year when landing the listed Violet Stakes.