Dona Bruja (ARG)
Bay Mare / September 11th, 2012 in ARG / by Storm Embrujado (ARG) out of This Is Crazy (AUS)
$192,500
2018 earnings
117
speed figure
20%
2018 wins
racing Record
2018 Stats
Career Stats
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1
Firsts
11
1
Seconds
4
0
Thirds
0
3
Unplaced
4
5
Starts
19
$192,500
Earnings
$639,068
$38,500
Earnings / Start
$33,635
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Bio
After winning eight of 10 races in her native Argentina, Dona Bruja shipped over to the United States for her 5-year-old season and made a stellar debut when reeling in multiple stakes winner Believe in Bertie late to prevail in the Grade 3 Old Forester Mint Julep Stakes. She followed with another impressive victory from off the pace, charging to victory in the Grade 3 Modesty Handicap at Arlington Park on July 8.
After winning eight of 10 races in her native Argentina, Dona Bruja shipped over to the United States for her 5-year-old season and made a stellar debut when reeling in multiple stakes winner Believe in Bertie late to prevail in the Grade 3 Old Forester Mint Julep Stakes. She followed with another impressive victory from off the pace, charging to victory in the Grade 3 Modesty Handicap at Arlington Park on July 8.
That race set up Dona Bruja or Arlington Park’s premier race for turf fillies and mares, the 1 3/16-mile Beverly D. Stakes. She battled gamely in the stretch and briefly led but could not hold off Dacita’s rally, settling for a dead-heat second with Grand Jete. In her next start, Dona Bruja settled in last and made a mild rally in the stretch to take fourth in the one-mile First Lady Stakes at Keeneland on Oct. 7.
After a four-month break from racing, Dona Bruja returned in the Lambholm South Endeavour Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. She set the tempo in the Endeavour and put away favored La Coronel in early stretch en route to a dominant season-debut victory in the Grade 3 race. Dona Bruja then set the pace in the Grade 1 Jenny Wiley Stakes in April at Keeneland but faded in deep stretch to finish fifth. After a ninth-place finish in the Grade 1 Beverly D. Stakes, she finished a fast-closing second in the Grade 1 First Lady Stakes in October at Keeneland.
