Destino d'Oro Takes on Brown Duo in Hillsborough Stakes

Destino d'Oro  looks for more graded stakes glory in the $225,000 Hillsborough Stakes (G2T) at Tampa Bay Downs March 7. She will face seven other older fillies and mares in the 1 1/8-mile event on the turf course, including a one-two punch from trainer Chad Brown.

Trained by Brad Cox and owned by Steve Landers Racing, the 4-year-old daughter of Bolt d'Oro   is coming off a half-length victory in the Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf Invitational Stakes (G2T) at Gulfstream Park. At odds of 15-1, she made a wide move in the stretch drive to run down all her competition and get her biggest win to date. As a 3-year-old, she won an allowance race at Churchill Downs before taking the Pucker Up Stakes (G3T) at Ellis Park. She was off the board in two graded stakes attempts before completing her 2025 season winning the Dec. 13 Tropical Park Oaks at Gulfstream. Her five wins from eight starts all come on turf. Jockey Junior Alvarado will climb back aboard the morning-line second choice at odds of 5-2.

Video: Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf Invitational S. presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (G2T)

Brown sends out a duo led by Whiskey Decision , the morning-line favorite at odds of 2-1, who was fourth behind Destino d'Oro in the Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf. Last year, she won the Eatontown Stakes (G3T) at Monmouth Park and the Athenia Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack. The daughter of Into Mischief   is owned by Alpha Delta Stables, who purchased her for $1.5 million at the 2025 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.

Brown's second entry is Child of the Moon , who last out was second in a Feb. 6 allowance optional claiming race at Gulfstream, coming into that race off a 14-month layoff. She was a length behind the winner in the 1 1/16-mile turf race. Her lone graded stakes start came in the December 2024 Matriarch Stakes (G1T), where she was sixth; she did not start again until the Feb. 6 allowance. The daughter of The Grey Gatsby  is owned by Madaket Stables, Michael Dubb, and Louis Lazzinnaro. 

Proctor Street , coming off a tough trip when eighth in the Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf, looks for her first graded win in her second start of the year. At 4, she won the listed Cardinal Stakes at Churchill Downs going 1 1/8 miles. The daughter of Street Sense   also won an allowance optional claiming race at Saratoga Race Course and an allowance at Keeneland. At odds of 9-2, she is campaigned by trainer Brendan Walsh and owner/breeder Patricia Moseley.