G3 winner Somethinabouther makes 3yo debut in Cincinnati Trophy
Turfway Park stakes advance by publicist Kevin Kerstein (Coady Media photo Somethinabouther winning an Ellis Park maiden race last August 4)
FLORENCE, Ky. (Feb. 14, 2025) – X-Men Racing, Madaket Stables and SF Racing’s Grade III winner Somethinabouther headlines a competitive group of 12 3-year-old fillies, plus one also-eligible, entered in Friday’s 43rd running of the $175,000 Cincinnati Trophy Stakes at Turfway Park Racing & Gaming, a Prep Season event on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks.
Run at one-mile, the Cincinnati Trophy is carded as Race 7 with a post time of 8:55 p.m. (all times Eastern). First post is 5:55 p.m. The Cincinnati Trophy is part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks Prep Season, awarding qualifying points on a 20-10-6-4-2 scale to the top five finishers toward a spot in the starting gate for the $1.5 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (GI) on Friday, May 2 at Churchill Downs.
Trained by Brendan Walsh, Somethinabouther makes her season debut following a determined victory in the Mazarine Stakes (GIII) at Woodbine over the Tapeta surface. Jockey Declan Cannon, who was aboard for that win, will travel from his winter base at Fair Grounds to retain the mount from post No. 6.
Somethinabouther is one of three fillies Walsh entered in the race. The others are Mazarine fourth-place finisher Salt and local maiden special weight winner Wonderous, who needs one defection to make the body of the field.
While Somethinabouther is the most accomplished filly in the race, several promising newcomers look to add a stakes victory to their resume, including WinStar Farm’s highly regarded maiden special weight winner Girl Math;LNJ Foxwoods’ Presque Isle Debutante winner and Mazarine Stakes beaten favorite Foxtastic; Claiborne Farm’s two-time Turfway Park winner Admit; Rock Ridge Racing’s dominant 4 ¼-length allowance winner Just Ruthlessand Jastar Capital Ltd., Polivka Equine Holding and Timothy Madden’s recent six-length maiden special weight winner White Rocks.
The field for the Cincinnati Trophy from the rail out (with jockey and trainer):
- Tiger Division (Corey Lanerie, Rusty Arnold II)
- Just Ruthless (Gabe Saez, Destin Heath)
- Bracelet (Vincent Cheminaud, Brad Cox)
- White Rocks (Victor Corrasco, Arnaud Delacour)
- She’s All Charm (Gerardo Corrales, Eoin Harty)
- Somethinabouther (Cannon, Walsh)
- Pure Majestic (Xavier Perez, John Robb)
- Girl Math (Flavien Prat, Rodolphe Brisset)
- Salt (Adam Beschizza, Walsh)
- Admit (Irving Moncada, Tommy Drury Jr.)
- Presha (Luan Machado, Will Walden)
- Foxtastic (Rafael Hernandez, Josie Carroll)
- AE: Wonderous (Luan Machado, Walsh)
The Cincinnati Trophy is the local prep toward the $300,000 Bourbonette Oaks (Listed), run on the undercard of the March 22, $777,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (GIII).
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