Augustin Stable’s Delight earned a berth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) with a powerful victory in Friday’s $320,463 Jessamine Stakes (G2) at Keeneland. The 2-year-old Florida-bred daughter of Mendelssohn took the lead at the start and never looked back, drawing away in the stretch to a five-length victory. It’s her first stakes win for trainer Jonathan Thomas, giving her a 4-2-0-2 career record with earnings of $211,905. The two-time OBS graduate was sold by Stuart Morris, Agent, at the 2021 October Selected Yearling Sale and then purchased for $400,000 out of the Paul Sharp consignment at the 2022 March Sale after turning in an Under Tack eighth in :10 1/5. watch her under tack video March Sale walking video October Yearling Sale walking video
Delight’s yearling half-sister by The Factor is cataloged in the upcoming OBS October Select Yearling Sale as hip 150 and is scheduled to sell on Tuesday, October 11. She is also consigned by Stuart Morris as agent. View Pedigree
