Freshman Sire Charlatan Gets First Stakes Winner
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Photo: Courtesy Hill 'n' Dale Farms/Louise Reinagel
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Coteau Grove Farms' homebred Little Miss Curlin dueled on the front end and drew away late to win the $100,000 Donovan L. Ferguson Memorial Stakes Nov. 21 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, giving freshman sire Charlatan his first black-type stakes winner.
The 6-furlong dirt stakes was for Louisiana-bred 2-year-old fillies. Little Miss Curlin improved her record to 2-for-2 following an impressive 4 1/4-length debut victory Oct. 22 at Delta Downs Racetrack.
Trained by Patrick Devereux Jr. and ridden by Jareth Loveberry Friday, Little Miss Curlin broke alertly from the 2 post and dueled through an opening quarter in :21.69. She was a head back through a half-mile in :46.09, then gradually asserted herself in the lane to win going away by 5 lengths. Her final time over the fast track was 1:11.45 and she paid $5.80 to win.
Little Miss Curlin is the third foal out of the grade 2-winning Curlin mare Mylady Curlin . Coteau Grove purchased Mylady Curlin, in foal to Charlatan, for $550,000 at the 2022 edition of Fasig-Tipton's The November Sale. Her first foal by Candy Ride is unraced, while her second foal Otomena Shacho, by Charlatan's sire Speightstown, was a $200,000 Keeneland September yearling and is a two-time winner in Japan.
Little Miss Curlin wins the Donovan L. Ferguson Memorial Stakes at Fair Grounds
Coming into Friday, Charlatan had 13 winners and ranked seventh in earnings among Northern American first-crop stallions. A multiple grade 1 winner at age 3, Charlatan stands at Hill 'n' Dale Farms near Paris, Ky. His stud fee has stood at $50,000 since he entered the breeding shed in 2022. Hill 'n' Dale has not yet set his 2026 fee.