Revolutionary’s two-year old daughter Maiden Beauty lived up to her name on Sunday, July 15, when, in her debut start, she won the Lynnbrook S. for New York-breds at Belmont by 3 ¼ lengths. A $15,000 weanling at Fasig Tipton November and a $40,000 two-year old buy back at OBS April (though she worked 10 3/5), she defeated the favorite, Tossup, a $230,000 Keeneland September yearling by star sire Pioneer of the Nile. Maiden Beauty is out of the Eddington mare Alpha Charlie.
The breeders of this very fast filly, Sandy Glenn Stables, LLC, have received a $10,000 award from Winstar Farm, where Revolutionary stands. Owned by Pines Stables, John Irwin, Paul Zysset and Sam Arci, Maiden Beauty is trained by Gary Contessa, who said he saw something special in her when she regularly beat a winning colt in breezes before her debut. He was happy to buy her back in the two-year old sale and continue with her. Joel Rosario rode the filly.
Millionaire earner Revolutionary was high on most gamblers’ Kentucky Derby hopefuls lists, as he had won the Louisiana Derby-G2, and had a spectacular win as a two-year old, taking a maiden special weight at Aqueduct by 8 ½ lengths with a 102 Beyer number. His third in the Kentucky Derby-G1 relegated him to the lower priced stallions rank when retired; he stands at Winstar for $5000 stands and nurses, though his dam, Runup the Colors, by A.P. Indy, was a Grade One winner.
His sire, War Pass, by Cherokee Run, probably helped make Revolutionary’s future as a stud suspect, but now Maiden Beauty has made the folks at Winstar look like geniuses for standing this handsome dark horse. Revolutionary is inbred to Hoist the Flag 4 x 3, so Contessa’s assertion that Maiden Beauty should easily get more distance is echoed in her sire’s pedigree.