Clairiere Caps Curlin Exacta in Cotillion

Clairiere (Curlin) won the GI Cotillion S. at Parx. It was her first highest-level victory and capping an exacta for her sire. Clairiere was a neck winner of the GII Rachel Alexandra S in February. She was second in the 10-panel GI Alabama S at Spa on August 21. Steve Asmussen will speak to Stonestreet about starting her in a Breeders' Cup Distaff. The winner's pedigree is: Cavorting (MGISW), by Bernardini, Promenade Girl (Carson City), and Pleasant Colony (Pleasant Colony).

Clairiere is the 16th Grade I winner for her two-time Horse of the Year sire, who stands at Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa. She is also the second bred on the cross of Curlin over Bernardini after GI Coaching Club American Oaks victress Paris Lights. The late Bernardi is rapidly making a name for himself as a broodmare sires.