Gamine (horse)

Gamine (foaled February 16, 2017) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the Acorn Stakes, Test Stakes and Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint in 2020 in record time.

Gamine
SireInto Mischief
GrandsireHarlan's Holiday
DamPeggy Jane
DamsireKafwain
SexFilly
Foaled2017
CountryUnited States
BreederGrace Thoroughbred Holdings LLC
OwnerMichael Lund Petersen
TrainerBob Baffert
Record6:4-0-0
Earnings$1,003,000
Major wins
Acorn Stakes (2020)
Test Stakes (2020)
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (2020)
Awards
American Champion Female Sprint Horse (2020)

Background

Gamine is the daughter of 2007 Los Alamitos Futurity champion, Into Mischief and non-stakes winner, Peggy Jane. She was purchased as a yearling for $220,000 in 2018. The following year she was sold for $1,800,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year Olds sale.[1]

Racing career

2019: Two-year-old season

Gamine didn't run any races as a two-year-old.

2020: Three-year-old season

Gamine ran her first race on March 7th at Santa Anita Park in a Maiden race. She won this race by going straight to the front and never looking back with easy 6¼ lengths.

Her next race should be an Allowance Optional Claiming on May 2nd at Oaklawn Park. As in her last start, she went straight to the front. At the end of the race, she slowed down but still managed to win by a neck. Shortly after the race, Gamine tested positive for lidocaine. The Arkansas Derby (Div. 1) winner Charlatan also tested positive.

 As a result, both were disqualified. Bob Baffert said in a statement that he believes both horses were “unknowingly and innocently” exposed to lidocaine by one of his stable employees. The employee had broken his pelvis and was suffering from back pain in the days leading up to May 2. He applied a pain relieving patch, which contained small amounts of lidocaine, according to Baffert’s statement.

After Gamine was disqualified, she ran in the Acorn Stakes on June 20 at Belmont Park. The filly ran fast fractions right from the start, when they were in the stretch, she started opening daylight and won with an incredible 18 ¾ lengths. She broke You's race record by 1,55 seconds and was only 0,31 seconds slower than the track record. After the Acorn Stakes, Gamine became the favorite for the Kentucky Oaks and got 50 points for the 2020 Road to the Kentucky Oaks.

She was then taken to Saratoga for the Test Stakes on August 8th. She won extremely easily with 7 lengths and again ran a race record. Gamine was only 0,43 seconds slower than the track record.

Although Gamine showed a great dominance over the other fillies in her last two races, many asked themselves whether she would be able to do it over longer distances.

On September 4th, Gamine should start at Churchill Downs in the Kentucky Oaks. There she would meet the Alabama Stakes winner Swiss Skydiver, who was the 2nd favorite after Gamine. Again Gamine went to the front, but slowed down in the stretch and was overtaken by the Longshot Shedaresthedevil and the filly Swiss Skydiver. Gamine finished third. After the Kentucky Oaks, Gamine tested positive again, this time for betamethasone.

"The medication was administered to Gamine on August 17 by her veterinarian and on the veterinarian's recommendation. Importantly, the veterinarian followed established medical and regulatory guidelines in administering the medication, The withdrawal guidelines published by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission recommend that the medication not be given within 14 days of a race. In this instance, as an additional layer of protection, Gamine's veterinarian last treated her with betamethasone 18 days before the Oaks."

Gamine was again disqualified to last place.

After Gamine failed in the distance, she should start in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, which took place on November 7th in Keeneland. There she should meet mares like Serengeti Empress and Bell's the One. The first time Gamine did not go straight to the front, but the 4 year old mare Serengeti Empress. Gamine ran in second position to take out Serengeti Empress in the stretch to break the race and track record again.


In the 2020 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, Gamine was rated on 122, making her the equal twenty-first best racehorse in the world and the best three-year-old filly alongside Love and Swiss Skydiver.[2]

Racing record
Statistics
Date Race Racecourse Grade Distance Finish Margin Time Weight Odds Jockey Ref
Mar 7, 2020 Maiden Santa Anita Park 6 ½ furlongs 1 6 ¼ Lengths 1:16.59 118 lbs 0.10* Drayden Van Dyke
May 5, 2020 Allowance Oaklawn Park 1 1/16 miles 1

(disqualified to 11th)

neck 1:41.91 119 lbs 0.60* Martin Garcia
Jun 20, 2020 Acorn Stakes Belmont Park | 1 mile 1 18 ¾ Lengths 1:32.55 120 lbs 0.70* John R. Velazquez
Aug 8, 2020 Test Stakes Saratoga Race Course | 7 furlongs 1 7 Lengths 1:20.83 123 lbs 0.30* John R. Velazquez
Sep 4, 2020 Kentucky Oaks Churchill Downs | 1 ⅛ miles 3 (disqualified to 9th) (2 ½ Lengths) 1:48.28 121 lbs 0.70* John R. Velazquez
Nov 7, 2020 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint Keeneland | 7 Furlongs 1 6 ¼ Lengths 1:20.20 122 lbs 1.10* John R. Velazquez

Pedigree
Pedigree of Gamine (USA), 2017[3]
Sire
Into Mischief (USA)
b. 2005		 Harlan's Holiday (USA)
b. 1999		 Harlan Storm Cat
Country Romance
Christmas in Aiken Affirmed
Dowager
Leslie's Lady (USA)
b. 1996		 Tricky Creek Clever Trick
Battle Creek Girl
Crystal Lady Stop the Music
One Last Bird
Dam
Peggy Jane (USA)
b. 2009		 Kafwain (USA)
b. 2000		 Cherokee Run Runaway Groom
Cherokee Dame
Swazi's Moment Moment of Hope
Swazi Girl
Seattle Splash (USA)
b. 2003		 Chief Seattle Seattle Slew
Skatingonthinice
Grand Splash Bucksplasher
Rain a Little

References
  1. "Gamine". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. "The 2020 World Thoroughbred Rankings". Horseracingintfed.com. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  3. "Gamine". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
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